iemand14 Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 The first thing I do with a new Windows instalation is to disable the pop-up to press on Ctrl-alt+delete.The question is? Why did Microsoft built in this function.I heard of a friend is was fore security reasons, but I don't understad why. Can someone explane?Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispy Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 It's to avoid spoof login boxes, because It's relatively easy to spoof up a fake login dialog box, and capture user IDs and passwords. User mode applications cannot intercept Ctrl+Alt+Delete. Thus, by making sure that the user has to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete in order to get to the login dialog, spoof dialog boxes are avoided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 I find it useful to bring Windows back into focus when some stubborn games don't like Alt-Tab and won't bring it back to the desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xper Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 Bradley is the man who gave the world "control-alt-delete." "It was not a memorable event," said Bradley, a longtime IBM employee, speaking of that day in 1980 or '81 when he discovered control-alt-delete. "It wasn't intended as something we were going to tell the customers about," he says. "Then it turned out that this reset was a problem-solver for people who were writing the programs and writing the instruction manuals." Thank this guy for ‘control-alt-delete’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iemand14 Posted October 25, 2003 Author Share Posted October 25, 2003 Intresting to know.So, in the Workshop to make a workstation af a Windows 2003 server is it stupid to dissable the control-alt-delete function? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispy Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 So, in the Workshop to make a workstation af a Windows 2003 server is it stupid to dissable the control-alt-delete function? Basicly disabeling any kind of security is always a bad idea ... So, it really depends on how paranoid you are ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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