CTRL+ALT+DEL doesn't work - clean new installation of W11 Pro doesn't react on this shortcut

swec said:

I did reinstall it. ... But it did help.

I tried reinstall it with preserving applications and data. Installer did not preserved applications, but at least local users stayed local

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If your user accounts remained then you did not reinstall Windows.
Perhaps you did a Repair install. Possibly a Reset.
A Repair install ought to have allowed you to keep your installed applications.
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Try3 said:

Perhaps you did a Repair install. Possibly a Reset.

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You are right, it was repair install. I wrote it very late at night.

swec said:

You are right, it was repair install. I wrote it very late at night.

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Good you did that as there likely were other things affected you did not notice yet.

@swec, Even though it would be nice to find out what caused the problem, you have the computer working the way it should and that's what counts.

Winuser said:

@swec, Even though it would be nice to find out what caused the problem, you have the computer working the way it should and that's what counts.

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often you just never know what happened, except that something happened most likely in the software.
These are very complex machines.

sdowney717 said:

often you just never know what happened, except that something happened most likely in the software.
These are very complex machines.

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It definitely ain't Windows 1.0 anymore.

Doubt all you like, but to really troubleshoot, you would want to Disable Eset just to find out.

swec said:

Conclusion:
I did reinstall it. I really don't like this kind of solution. It seems to be unnatural for me. I just cannot get to used to solve problems by reboot and reinstall. But it did help.

I tried reinstall it with preserving applications and data. Installer did not preserved applications, but at least local users stayed local, only administrator was enabled for some reason, so i disabled it again.

Only important setting was pretty easy return back from my backup. So it took me only something between 60 - 90 minutes.

And CTRL+ALT+DEL is working again...

It must had be some setting which remained from original Windows Installer... only bad thing is, we don't know what it was.

Maybe someone else will solve it if this happens again.

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I had the exact same problem.
Have you tried open "netplwiz" -> Advanced -> "Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete" ?

When I used GPO to set this option, didn't work.
But enable manually fix the problem.

I signed up on this forum just to respond to this question because there is no answer. Starting with Windows 11 23H2 skipping the OOBE will break CTRL ALT DEL. This occurs on new PC's fresh out of the box or bootable USB's. So here's my workaround.

If you skip the OOBE then you need to run the set up again when you're on the Desktop but you need to your files and settings. Once this is done CTRL ALT DEL is restored.

I work in IT and new PC's get a bootable USB wipe to remove bloatware. Once I get to the desktop I have to run the set up again keeping the files and settings (essentially running the set up again.

For those with existing PC's, just get the ISO file for it, mount it and run the set up.

This issue didn't come up with Windows 11 21h2 or Windows 11 22h2. This is a bug and a bug that isn't being noticed due to the version.

swec said:

Lenovo ThinkBook built on AMD platform

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On my AMD Lenovo ThinkPads, the functions for the FN key and the Ctrl key can be "swapped" in BIOS. It'd be good to see what your settings there are, since making the BIOS swap still leaves the keys with their original ("wrong") labels.