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  • ctrl+alt+del != user experience

    posted @ Thursday, February 15, 2007 10:24 PM | 3 Comments | 

    attention windows vista team...

    suggestion for SP1 -- remove the lame CTRL+ALT+DEL for machines added to a domain.  why should the logon experience be any different for a domain-joined machine?  is that a consistent user experience? why do i feel like when i CTRL+ALT+DEL that i still click on my name tile and login...essentially i'm clicking login twice i feel like.

    please please please...remove that function.  i'm a developer...i understand that there may be some code that *must* be required.  but can't you just abstract that code?  why make me see the mess anymore...c'mon -- let's eat our own words on user experience and change some subtleties!

    Thursday, February 15, 2007 10:24 PM

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  • Jason Mauer said:
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    # re: ctrl+alt+del != user experience


    The reason for that key combination (besides the legacy of it) is that the OS has complete control over it; when you hit Ctrl+Alt+Del, you know that you're talking to the OS and not some phishing app.

    The key combination was originally chosen because it's not easy to hit by mistake, because by default it will reboot your machine (before your OS gets its grubby mitts on it).

    Some Tablet PCs have a dedicated security button that does the same thing as Ctrl+Alt+Del... I think this is the best you'll see in terms of a usability improvement without some non-trivial alterations to PC hardware design.

    2/16/2007 4:48 PM
  • Bill Williams said:
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    # re: ctrl+alt+del != user experience


    Just catchin up on you blog. I had to add some info here. While the ctrl+alt+del keystroke is still on by default,polcy allows you to turn this off in Vista. This can be done even for domain joined machines. You can make this change both in the Control Panel under User Accounts, then the advanced tab. Also, this is a policy as well, and can be changed using GPOs or the Policy Editor under Local Policies/Security Options/Interactive logon: Do not require CTRL+ALT+DEL. Obviously a domain admin can require this...but it is not a limitation of Vista.

    3/1/2007 2:47 AM
  • stone said:
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    # re: ctrl+alt+del != user experience


    You can turn it off in Group Policy:
    Local Computer Policy\Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Option\Interactive logon: Do not require CTRL+ALT+DEL

    4/4/2007 4:23 PM

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