Set Ctrl+Alt+Del Options in Windows 7 ,8

Ctrl+Alt+Del have been one of the rescue Key combos since the Windows Evaluation. And during successions of Windows it has changed the offers and functionality it provides to user.
In Windows 7 Ctrl+Alt+Del combo gives the following option

•  Change Password
•  Lock Computer
•  Task Manager
•  Logoff
•  Start task Manager

However restrictions can be made on the above features using Group Policy Editor Setting. This setting might

•  Prevent users from locking the system
•  Prevent users from changing their Windows user name password on the Windows Security dialog box (which appears when you press Ctrl+Alt+Del).
•  Prevent users from starting Windows Task Manager
•  This setting disables or removes all windows menu items and buttons that log the user off the system.

Steps to disable any of the features:

•  Open Run Dialogue Box (Win + R) and type gpedit.msc
•  Navigate to Local Computer policy > User Configuration > Administrative Templates > System in left hand side pane.
•  Select Ctrl+Alt+Del Options setting
•  Select any of the setting you want to enable from right side pane on it. (Enabling a setting means disabling the feature)
•  Open it and enable it.
•  Press OK 

 Please  reboot your computer for the above setting to take place.

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