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Using Alt,Ctrl,Delete won't come up

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by hoosyrbaby

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I have always used Alt, Ctrl, Delete to close all running programs so I can run defrag and scan disk. It no longer works. When I use those three keys nothing happens. Where did they go? I'm a novice at this so step by step will help. I have tried "regedit" it is there. No virus. Tried both sides of keyboard-nothing. I'm lost!! Even tried to go to safe mode to defrag but am lost without the mouse....

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by dmiles

Hopefully you are not using it as listed in your heading,it should be CTRL-ALT-DEL
You can check the registry setting using the following to make sure that you have not disabled the function
Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)
Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Double click on DisableCAD (create of type REG_DWORD if it does not exist)
Set to 1 if you don't want to have to press Ctrl-Alt-Del, and set to 0 if you do. Click OK
Close the registry editor
Reboot the machine

by hoosyrbaby

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dsmiles: Thank you for the help so far, I am really a novice at this, I'm sorry about the Ctrl, Alt, Del order. Now. I have gone through each step you gave me except when I get to Current Version, there is no Winlogon. Only drivers.desc and Drivers 32

by maxwell edison

VIrus or Spyware

I think you may have a virus or some spyware that's causing the problem. Update your virus definitions (You do have anti-virus software installed, don't you?), and search the Web for a spyware removel and/or detection tool.

by hoosyrbaby

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I have automatic updates on virus definations or I am notified of critical ones. That is done on a regular basis. I use Ad-aware weekly. I think demiles was directing me on the basis of XP. I have 98. I did find out today, it's a faulty keyboard....

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