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How do you send Ctrl+Alt+Delete to Windows in VMWare Player
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I run VMWare player 2.5.0-118166 from Ubuntu 8.10 using Gnome 2.24.1. I can find no menu options to send the combination to the welcome screen. Ctrl+Alt is being picked up by VMWare Player and releases input, so Ctrl+Alt+Del/Ctrl+Alt+Ins can't be typed in directly. Ctrl+Alt+Space should suppress VM…
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Fix for: How do you send Ctrl+Alt+Delete to Windows in VMWare Player
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Ctrl+Alt+Insert. In my experience with VMware products (Workstation and Server; I must say I have not tried Player, but I can't see any reason why it differs), Ctrl+Alt only has special effects if you press and release them on their own, without an …
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