There’s very little doubt that if you are running on a work computer, you’ve seen the screen that says “Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to log on”. In Windows NT based OS’s (including XP and 7), this is known as the Secure Attention Sequence. The idea is that you can only get to a proper login screen once you’ve hit this key sequence, which is designed to prevent login spoofing (a process that is pretending to be the login process but actually is not). To add this sequence requirement to the login screen, complete the following.
- Open the Run command
- You can do this by either pressing the Windows Key + R or by accessing the Run command from the Start menu. Running Windows 7 and cannot find the Run Command? Check out this article on how to add the option to your Start menu.
- Type ‘control userpasswords2′ and press Enter or click OK.
- Click on the Advanced Tab
- At the bottom, under the section labeled ‘Secure logon’, click the checkbox next to ‘Require users to press Ctrl + Alt + Delete’ and click OK.
To test this, log off of your computer. When you log off, you should now be presented with the screen that says ‘Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to log on’. Hit the key sequence and login using your username and password.
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