disable ctrl alt delete

[Brad Westfall]

I know its been talked about many times for may reasons but I cannot
seem to find a strait answer. I need to disable ctrl alt delete from
doing anything. In some of the other posts I read, the most common
reply was "why would you ever want to do that?" Well, my company is
buying 200 computers for kiosks in stores and they will be running
only one program from the moment they start to when they get shutdown.
We can't have users exiting the program with ctrl alt delete so we
need it completely disabled. Is there a certain version of windows
that allows for special Administrative capabilities that can do this?
Is there a good piece of software that can? We don't know what version
of Windows we are getting but the ctrl alt delete is the only thing
that can swing our choice. Thanks in advance

-Brad W

 

[Kelly]

Hi Brad,

Run the script on line 198 (right hand side)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

[Alex Nichol]

I know its been talked about many times for may reasons but I cannot
seem to find a strait answer. I need to disable ctrl alt delete from
doing anything. In some of the other posts I read, the most common
reply was "why would you ever want to do that?" Well, my company is
buying 200 computers for kiosks in stores and they will be running
only one program from the moment they start to when they get shutdown.
We can't have users exiting the program with ctrl alt delete so we
need it completely disabled.

One way is to remove (by renaming() the taskmgr.exe file, so that there
is nothing to load on CTL-ALT-DEL

In the Windows folder do a search on taskmgr.exe, then rename (say to
taskmgr.ex) the various versions found in the order of the one in
Windows\ServicePackFiles (if any) then in
Windows\System32\dllcache then the one in use in
Windows\System

Accept the complaint about a file having been deleted or replaced -
that's what you want to achieve

 

[Brad Westfall]

How do mean run this script. I can see that it is a vb script and Im
familiar with basic6.0 and I also have .net. Do I make an executable
from this script? When the exe is ran and then exited, will the ctrl
alt delete problem be solved (until the next startup) or does the
program have to be running at all times?

 

[Kelly]

Download it, save it, execute it.

To use the VBS Files: Download .vbs file and save it to your hard drive
(you may want to right click and use Save Target As). Double
click the vbs file. You will be prompted when the script is done.

NOTE: If your anti-virus software warns you of a "malicious" script, this
is normal if you have "Script Safe" or similar technology enabled. These
scripts are not malicious, but they do make changes to the System Registry.