Disable control alt del with vb.net

It is often useful in Visual Basic programs to be able to disable the Ctrl-Alt-Delete key sequence. It is easily done by persuading Windows that a screen saver is running. This code also disables Ctrl-Esc, that is used to activate the Start Menu.

It is often useful in Visual Basic programs to be able to disable the Ctrl-Alt-Delete key sequence. It is easily done by persuading Windows that a screen saver is running. This code also disables Ctrl-Esc, that is used to activate the Start Menu.

Declarations

Copy this code into the declarations section of your project.

Private Declare Function SystemParametersInfo Lib _
"user32" Alias "SystemParametersInfoA" (ByVal uAction _
As Long, ByVal uParam As Long, ByVal lpvParam As Any, _
ByVal fuWinIni As Long) As Long

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Code

Sub DisableCtrlAltDelete(bDisabled As Boolean)
Dim X As Long X = SystemParametersInfo(97, bDisabled, CStr(1), 0)
End Sub

Use

To disable Ctrl-Alt-Delete:

Call DisableCtrlAltDelete(True)

To enable Ctrl-Alt-Delete:

Call DisableCtrlAltDelete(False)

Tip by James Limm