Capture Ctl + Alt + Delete Keys

[Woody666]

Hi All,

Does anyone know how to capture Ctrl + Alt + Del key combinations and stop the windows shut down from occurring?

I cant figure it out using the KeyDown KeyPress events!



Thanks
Woody

 

[chiph]

This has been covered many many times in the VB6 forum - all the comments there still apply when using VB.NET.

Chip H.


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[petbo2]

Don't Microsoft claim that only windows are able to recognise those key combos for security reasons (i.e when you are logging on)

 

[chiph]

Yes, it's called the SAS - secure attention key sequence. Under NT/2K/XP the OS traps this -- you are not able to get access to this key sequence without writing a GINA dll, something which is extremely painful and difficult to do, even for experienced C & Win32 developers.

Under 95/98/ME, it is possible to do this via an API call. I don't remember what it is, but a search in the VB6 forum will turn it up.

Chip H.


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