{"id":3758,"date":"2014-08-19T07:55:33","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T07:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=3758"},"modified":"2016-04-16T16:17:54","modified_gmt":"2016-04-16T16:17:54","slug":"2-options-to-disable-press-ctrlaltdel-to-log-on-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/2-options-to-disable-press-ctrlaltdel-to-log-on-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Options to Disable “Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to Log on” in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to bypass the Ctrl+Alt+Del logon prompt? One way of adding an additional layer of security to your computer is by enabling secure logon. By enabling secure logon, users are required to press Ctrl+Alt+Del before they can enter their credentials and log on. However, if you’re tried of pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del every time you turn on the computer, there are 3 easy options to disable the secure logon.<\/p>\n

Option 1: Disable Secure Logon in the User Accounts Applet<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Press Windows key + R to bring up the Run box. Type netplwiz<\/b> or Control Userpasswords2<\/code> and press Enter.<\/li>\n
  2. When the User Accounts applet opens, click on Advanced<\/strong> tab.\n

    \"secure-logon\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. Uncheck the Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete<\/strong> checkbox. Click OK. The next time you start the computer it will boot directly to the login credential dialog box, without prompting your to press Ctrl+Alt+Del.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Option 2: Disable Secure Logon through Group Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Press Windows key + R to bring up the Run box. Type secpol.msc<\/b> and press Enter to open the Local Security Policy Editor.<\/li>\n
    2. Navigate to Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options.<\/li>\n
    3. In the right pane, double click on Interactive logon: Do not require CTRL+ALT+DEL<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    4. Select and set the radio button of Enabled<\/strong>.\n

      \"disable-ctrl-alt-del\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    5. Save the policy change by clicking OK.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Option 3: Disable Secure Logon through Windows Registry<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Press Windows key + R to bring up the Run box. Type regedit<\/b> and press Enter to open the Registry Editor.<\/li>\n
      2. In the left pane of Registry Editor, navigate to the following key:\n

        HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\System<\/code><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      3. You should see a DWORD (32-bit) entry named DisableCAD<\/strong> in the right pane. Double-click it and change its value from 0 to 1.\n

        \"DisableCAD\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      4. Close Registry Editor and you’re done!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        How to bypass the Ctrl+Alt+Del logon prompt? One way of adding an additional layer of security to your computer is by enabling secure logon. By enabling secure logon, users are required to press Ctrl+Alt+Del before they can enter their credentials and log on. However, if you’re tried of pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del every time you turn on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894,3,39,5,4],"tags":[1814,1816,1815,1812,1811,1813],"class_list":["post-3758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","category-windows-7","category-windows-8","category-windows-vista","category-windows-xp","tag-ctrl-alt-del-windows","tag-disable-ctrlaltdel-prompt","tag-disable-secure-logon-in-windows","tag-secure-logon","tag-secure-logon-ctrl-alt-del","tag-secure-logon-windows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3758"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6672,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3758\/revisions\/6672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}