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Q40580: You Cannot Trap CTRL+ALT+DEL in OS/2

Article: Q40580
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 5.10
Operating System(s): OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 16-MAY-1989

In OS/2, you cannot trap the CTRL+ALT+DEL. This key sequence is caught
by the keyboard driver and never makes it into the input steam, so you
have no access to it.

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