We have a fairly complex setup with a Hyper-V farm we are using Remote Desktop to access and from there we have access to a Citrix App which brings up a standard login box asking for user to press CTRL + ALT + END (not del) On the local client we do have a smart card that are being read all the way for cerificate.

This post is just for sake of my mental sanity because I’m always forgetting the keystroke combination to perform a CTRL-ALT-DEL thru Remote Desktop on an Azure Virtual Machine because if you press a CTRL-ALT-DEL key combination it will perform that command in your local machine – maybe now next time I will remember it, otherwise I know were to look.

Microsoft Remote Desktop Mac Ctrl Alt Delete

To bring up the Windows Security dialog box for the Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) (provides the same functionality as pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL on the local computer) you need to use the following keystroke combination: CTRL + ALT + END.

Get the Remote Desktop client. Follow these steps to get started with Remote Desktop on your Mac: Download the Microsoft Remote Desktop client from the Mac App Store. Set up your PC to accept remote connections. (If you skip this step, you can't connect to your PC.) Add a Remote Desktop connection or a remote resource. How can I send ctrl+alt+del to a remote computer over Remote Desktop? For example, if I wanted to change the local admin password on a remote PC using a Remote Desktop connection, it would be helpful to be able to send the ctrl+alt+del key sequence to the remote computer. I would normally do this by pressing ctrl+alt+del and selecting the change password option. Control+Option+Delete now triggers the CTRL+ALT+DEL sequence. On your Mac, download and install Microsoft Remote Desktop 10 from the Mac App Store. Start the Remote Desktop program by clicking on 'Start,' clicking 'Run,' typing 'mstsc' and clicking. It's great, but if I walk away and the remote desktop session goes into screensaver/locked mode, I need to send it a ctrl-alt-insert to get it to give me login window to unlock. Ctrl-alt-delete applies to the VM on my mac, and ctrl-alt-fn (where the insert key would be) just takes me out of full screen mode of fusion. On a Windows PC the CTRL-ALT-END key combination can be used to send the CTRL-ALT-DEL sequence to the remote session. As you rightly point out this is not possible on a MAC keyboard. For a MAC the key sequence to use is actually CTRL-ALT-DEL.

While researching, once again, I found out another very useful shortcut:

• ALT+PRINT SCREEN will place a snapshot of the active window, within the client, on the clipboard

To know more about other possible shortcuts please see Remote Desktop Services Shortcut Keys

Having problems typing “Control-Alt-Delete” (also sometimes abbreviated as “Ctrl+Alt+Del”) in your Windows virtual machine on your Mac®? This article has everything you need to know about entering this important Windows shortcut. Hp xw4200 drivers.

See also: How to press Alt Key on Mac and other Windows shortcuts

Since I have already admitted one character flaw on this blog (font addiction), I might as well fess up about another: key combos. Unlike fonts—which I can’t get enough of—key combos are something that I just don’t use much at all. While they are speedy, they’re cumbersome, often require two hands, and for me, are hard to remember. I would much rather use a button on the Ribbon or choose a menu item than use a key combo.

So I’m rather fortunate that an extremely common key combo used in Windows, “Control-Alt-Delete,” has a menu alternative in Parallels Desktop® for Mac.

Sidebar: Why is “Control-Alt-Delete” so important in Windows?

“Control-Alt-Delete” is the ultimate non-hackable Windows control. (At least Microsoft hopes so and put in a great deal engineering work to make this true.) “Control-Alt-Delete” is used to get the log-on screen so that you can be sure you’re not being spoofed and your password is not being stolen. “Control-Alt-Delete” is also used to kill off an application that has hung or is otherwise running amok. There is no direct analog to “Control-Alt-Delete” on the Mac.

If you use a virtual machine in the Window view, just click on the reveal triangle in the window’s title bar to show the very useful status icons. (See Figure 1.)

(Figure 1.)

Microsoft Remote Desktop For Mac Clt Alt Delete

Then whenever you need “Control-Alt-Delete” in a Windows VM, click on the little keyboard status icon to see the many menu item equivalents of key combos. Since it’s so commonly used in Windows, “Control-Alt-Delete” is at the top of the menu. (See Figure 2.) No finger gymnastics needed.

(Figure 2.)

Microsoft Remote Desktop For Mac Clt Alt Deluxe

You don’t use Window View? If you use Coherence View, then just use themenu in the Mac menu bar, as shown in Figure 3.

(Figure 3.)

Microsoft Remote Desktop For Mac Ctrl Alt Del

You don’t use Window or Coherence view? If you use Full Screen view, then do the same thing as in Coherence after first moving your mouse cursor to the top edge of the screen in order to make the Mac menu bar appear, as shown in Figure 4.

Microsoft Remote Desktop Mac Control Alt Delete

(Figure 4.)

Use Picture-in-Picture view? Access to the keyboard menu is just the same as in Coherence.

Of course, if you are a finger gymnast, you can always enter “Control-Alt-Delete” with the same three-finger salute as PC users.

I hope this helps Mac users when they need to type “Control-Alt-Delete.”

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