ctrl-alt-delete in multiplicity
Monday, November 17, 2008 by Phoon | Discussion: Stardock Support General
Running Multiplicity Pro. Primary machine is Vista Ultimate x64. Secondary is Server 2003 SP1.
Both systems are running in a domain environment and I must press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to log on. We also have a group policy in place that forces a system lock after 20 mins of inactivity.
On the secondary machine, when I have to press ctrl-alt-delete it passes this to the primary system.
I assume that this would be controlled by the advanced setting of "Do not attempt to sync pressed keys", however when I check this option it does not retain the setting. The next time I open the advanced settings dialog the option is still unchecked.
suggestions?
Please and thank you.
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Reply #22 Wednesday, November 26, 2008 4:18 PM
Neil,
Yes, the zip contained vistahelp.exe and vistahelp.exe.manifest.
I placed these files in C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\ThinkDesk\Multiplicity\ on both host and client systems.
Reply #23 Wednesday, November 26, 2008 4:43 PM
Then that should have resolved the issue. The only reason why it might not work after that is if your machine has been configured to prevent software emulated ctrl-alt-dels. In which case the settings would need changing to allow such a thing (and if it is on a domain then it may need to be changed via domain settings)
Reply #24 Friday, November 28, 2008 4:19 AM
negative. there are no domain policies in place which would override the local policies which I changed.
Reply #26 Thursday, December 4, 2008 7:52 AM
If I might jump in, I am having exactly this issue now, having upgraded my seconary machine from XP to Vista 32 Business. My primary also runs Vista 32 Business and has for over a year. Multiplicity worked OK up until now, although I suspect it is the cause of some "sticky key" problems I've been having where the CTRL key will sometimes appear to be pressed when it is not.
However my primary concern is the same as yours - Windows shortcut keys and CTRL+ALT+DEL and CTRL+ALT+BKSP no longer function. I am on a domain and do not have the option to disable the requirement for CTRL+ALT+DEL to log on.
Reply #27 Monday, December 22, 2008 1:01 PM
Unfortunately I do not have the luxury of time to do this. I needed the application to function properly.
I abandonded Vista on the Laptop and put XP back on it.
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Reply #21 Wednesday, November 26, 2008 11:44 AM
Did you get a .exe and a .manifest file in the zip?