Disable "CTRL-ALT-DEL" on Vista Home Premium.

1. Click the  Start   button.
2. In the Start Search bar, type  control userpasswords2
3. Load the  User Accounts  window

4. Click on Advanced tab , and disable secure logon

hope this info helps

Hi emtcrash,

• Is your computer on a domain or workgroup?

• Are you using the Administrator account to login?

• Are you using any Remote Desktop software?

Since the options are grayed out to disable CTRL-ALT-DEL, you may try the following steps to resolve the issue:

You must be logged on as an administrator to perform these steps.

Important The below mentioned method contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/ ) How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

1. Open the Start Menu.

2. In the Start Search box type regedit and press Enter.

3. If prompted, click on Yes in the UAC prompt.

4. In regedit, Expand the following:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

5. In the right pane, right click on DisableCAD and click on Modify.

6. To Disable Secure Logon - Type 1.

 (In future if you want to Enable Secure Logon -Type 0)

8. Click on OK.

9. Close regedit and Restart the computer

Hope this information is helpful.

Praseetha K
Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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