Ctrl + Alt + Del

G

Guest

How do I make it so that Ctrl + Alt + Del displays the task Manager instead
of the options screen.
 
C

Colin Barnhorst

Start Task Manager is one of the options on the screen.

Also you can call the Task Manager with a right click on the Task Bar.
 
G

Guest

But it's more efficient to just have it pop up when I press Ctrl + Alt + Del.
That's how it worked in XP, and isn't Vista supposed to be more efficient
have less "clutter"? Those extra options that pop up are worthless. I never
use them and they can all be accessed either through the Start Menu or
Control Panel, in the remote event I want to change my password or switch
users (I'm the only user on my desktop). I mean, if you need a hot key that
lets you change your password you've got some serious security problems.
 
R

Rock

How do I make it so that Ctrl + Alt + Del displays the task Manager
instead
of the options screen.
Click to expand...

Ctrl-Shift-Esc brings up Task Manager, just like XP. Happy? Some things
change, some don't.
 
C

Colin Barnhorst

The new options screen completely replaces the old method. According to the
Vista team responsible for the feature, usability studies found that most
users wanted the options in a single place on a screen as it is now. I'm
not saying I think it is the best way, but that is the reasoning MS used.
From what I learned from the team during TechBeta, there is no workaround to
restore the old way. Sorry.
 
J

JesseMac

Forget Ctrl + Alt +Del. Ctrl + Shift + Esc is the key combination for task
manager. This is from the NT based versions of Windows, which Vista (like
WinXP) is a part.

Jesse
 
J

JesseMac

But Colin, the 'old way' was the way from Windows 95/98, not from any of the
NT Versions of Windows.

Jesse
 
B

Bill Condie

Right-clcik desktop is another annoyance for me in the new way of things.

MUCH simpler the old way . .
 
D

David Hearn

S said:
How do I make it so that Ctrl + Alt + Del displays the task Manager instead
of the options screen.
Click to expand...

Ctrl + Alt + Del displays the Windows Security dialog for me on XP.
That's because I'm on a domain.

So it isn't a universal thing in XP. To get Task Manager use Ctrl +
Shift + Esc.

David
 
M

marty

On a standalone machine like mine Ctrl+Alt+Del brings up a menu with the
following choices:

Lock this computer
Switch Users
Log off
Change a password
Start task manager

So this is essentially the same as Windows 2000/XP
 

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