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Apparently with a recent update one (older) PC with Windows 10 Home 21H1 is required ctrl-alt-del to unlock. Another (almost as old) PC with Windows 10 Home 21H1 does not.

I’ve tried netplwiz and found Secure sign-in was not checked. I checked-apply-unchecked-apply and it didn’t help. I checked the “DisableCad” registry key at \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon and it is ‘1’.

I appreciate the security angle, but it’s a fuss and I’m mostly wondering what is going on.

Thanks in advance.

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Maybe this will help (I have Pro version, this won’t work on home, I believe).

start – run – mmc gpedit.msc

Under computer configuration – local policies – security options

set  “Interactive logon: Do not require CTRL+ALT+DEL”

Seems the registry you gave should have worked – the machine hasn’t at some point been on a domain so there is an overriding policy maybe? might be worth checking the network settings if that’s the case, though unjoining a domain which can no longer be validated against can be problematic.

 

 

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Yeah, gpedit isn’t available on the Home version. The computer was never part of a domain. Just another puzzle…

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A mystery indeed – I don’t think you even have secpol.msc either?

Though while looking to check that assumption I did find this:

https://www.majorgeeks.com/content/page/how_to_enable_local_security_policy_in_windows_10_home.html

 

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Thanks for the hint, I’ll have to check into it. However, yesterday–after a week of having to find Ctrl-Alt-Del to unlock the PC–it returned to normal. A tap of Esc or any other key now does the deed as before.

Thanks again for the replies.

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This old issue has not recurred (though sometimes it takes longer than expected to respond). Thanks.

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