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Why can't I Ctrl + Alt + Del on the On Screen Keyboard?

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Mar 15, 2026166408 views
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I have a Proline tablet running Windows 7 Professional. The client has added it to their domain, causing it to require Ctrl + Alt + Del to log in. They do not want to change this. If I plug a USB keyboard in, then the CAD combination works fine. Yet, when using the On Screen Keyboard, it has no eff…

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Fix for: Why can't I Ctrl + Alt + Del on the On Screen Keyboard?

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If UAC is disabled on the target computer then passing a fake Secure Attention Sequence (SAS) keystroke (Ctrl+Alt+Delete) to the system (ie: from an OSK or a remote-control program like VNC) will fail. If you need lowered UAC interference, then you …

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