How to send Ctrl+Alt+Del to a remote computer
For security, Windows doesn't accept Ctrl+Alt+Del as ordinary keys from another program. That's why RemoteBite has a button that asks Windows for the real combination.
Step by step
- 1Connect to the Windows computerWith its number or from «My computers».
- 2Press the Ctrl+Alt+Del buttonIn the Mac app it's the keyboard icon in the session toolbar; on Windows and Linux, the «Ctrl+Alt+Del» button.
- 3Carry on in WindowsYou'll see the security screen or the sign-in screen, as if you'd pressed it at the computer.
It needs unattended access
Windows only accepts Ctrl+Alt+Del when a system service asks for it. So unattended access has to be on for the remote computer (Settings › Unattended access). If you've just updated the app and it doesn't respond, turn it off and on again to bring the service up to date.
From a Mac keyboard
You can also press Control + Option + Delete (on a laptop, Control + Option + fn + Delete). RemoteBite turns it into the same request as the button.
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