How To Enable User Login Security On Windows Vista NOT User Account Control

	How To Enable User Login Security On Windows Vista - NOT User Account Control
	Discussion by FirefoxRocks with 1 Replies. Last Update: August 25, 2009, 7:21 am

FirefoxRocks

How to enable User Secure Login on Windows Vista

You may have worked in a business, educational or other network that uses Windows to log in. With or without being on a domain, most business environments "require" you to press the key combination of CTRL + ALT + DELETE prior to the log on prompt (the username, password and domain box). This is supposed to enhance login security to verify the authenticity of the login box (so that no other malicious software makes a similar box).

This tutorial will show you how to enable this functionality on Windows XP Home Edition and Windows Vista Home Premium. This may work on Windows Vista Home Basic and/or Windows XP Media Center Edition but they haven't been tested so I can't guarantee anything.
For Windows Vista Business, Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista Ultimate, again, these instructions may work, I haven't tested them out, but you can likely enable it via the Control Panel applet or by using Group Policy Editor.

Windows XP Home Edition:

Make sure you are running an administrative account.
Open Control Panel.
Navigate to the User Accounts panel.
Click on "Change the way users log on or off".
Uncheck the box labelled "Use the Welcome Screen".
Click Apply Options, and close the window.
Press the WindowsKey + R (or click Start > Run)
Type in control userpasswords2. This is a rather unknown command.
Click on the Advanced tab.
Check the box that is labelled "Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete"
If you wish, take a look at the other settings, but don't do anything that will annoy other users, compromise system security, or lock yourself out of your PC!
Click OK when done.
Restart your computer (or log off).

From now on, you will have to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to access the login box and you have to type your username and password (and select domain if necessary) to log in.

Windows Vista Home Premium:

Make sure you are running an Administrative account.
Click Start.
In the Start Search box, type in control userpasswords2.
Click Continue in the User Account Control prompt. (The UAC is excellent by the way, I love it!)
Click on the Advanced tab.
Check the box that is labelled "Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete"
If you wish, take a look at the other settings, but don't do anything that will annoy other users, compromise system security, or lock yourself out of your PC!
Click OK when done.
Restart your computer (or log off).

From now on, you will have to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to get to the Welcome Screen to type your password in to log in.

Note that in both Windows XP and Windows Vista, this also affects when you Lock Computer/Switch User. You must press Ctrl+Alt+Delete in the Unlock Computer dialog also.

Hope this helps!!

Thu Nov 6, 2008 New Discussion

(G)sharma

user account lockd automaicallyHow To Enable User Login Security On Windows Vista

Good morning sir,

my Name is sharma from india,I am working in Efftronics computer as Sysadminstrator, in my organization 235 computers,all systems are in domain,one user facing account problem, every 1 or 2 days his account locaked automatically,I uncheked account locked,still he faced, one policy I aplied in my organization 3 times after enter user password wrongly their account will locked,but here user type correctly but user account locked,please give me solution any where I will change that user settings give me reply sir,

and one more doubt user not come to office since 2 days,so automatically their account will locked,how can I applie the policy please tell me that settings also,because we can safe that user login,no one misuse that account,

We are using Windows 2003 standard Edition 32 bit

client sys all are Windos xp and Windows 2003,vista

-reply by sharma

Tue Aug 25, 2009 New Discussion