Sometimes without thinking, I'll press Ctrl-Alt-Del from the workstation running VMWare Client and it will send Ctrl-Alt-Delete to the guest server (or give you the option to do so), as well as bringing up the security dialog on the workstation.
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Don Kuhlman <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, not sure about that one right now Jeff, but can you use the cmd > line option "logoff" to sign off while you're working on the issue? > > Don K > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jeff Bunting <[email protected]> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 1, 2009 11:27:36 AM > *Subject:* Strange VM problem; CTRL-ALT-DEL doesn't work > > Windows 2003 SP1 VM on ESX 3.5 won't respond to CTRL-ALT-DEL command from > either VMware client or Dameware. I clicked on the "Help" link on the logon > screen and it gave me the logon prompt. Was able to logon as local admin > OK, but now can't logoff. > > All services appear to be OK, tried stopping/restarting dameware and > vmtools services to no effect. > > Any ideas besides rebooting? (production system of course) > > just tried Windows-L to lock console, which worked. now I can't unlock.... > > Thanks, > Jeff > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
