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I run VMWare player 2.5.0-118166 from Ubuntu 8.10 using Gnome 2.24.1.

  • I can find no menu options to send the combination to the welcome screen.
  • Ctrl+Alt is being picked up by VMWare Player and releases input, so Ctrl+Alt+Del/Ctrl+Alt+Ins can't be typed inn directly.
  • Ctrl+Alt+Space should suppress VMWare Player from picking up the next keyboard input, but following this with Ctrl+Alt+Del or Ctrl+Alt+Ins does not seem to work.

So I'm stuck, not able to log in to my windows image.

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Belongs on SuperUser (though that didn't exist when this was posted :P) – therefromhere Feb 8 '10 at 15:00
someone has proposed closing this as a duplicate of superuser.com/questions/108109/… , but i think that one should be closed as a duplicate of this one. – quack quixote Mar 17 '10 at 9:08
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Ctrl-Alt-Insert. In my experience with VMware products (Workstation and Server; I must say I have not tried Player, but I can't see any reason why it differs), Ctrl-Alt only has special effects if you press and release them on their own, without an accompanying key.

Oh yes, I remember. It only works when the input is grabbed, or not (I can't remember which). Try grabbing/ungrabbing the input and doing that keystroke again.

Edit (gleaned from other answers; thanks!): If Ctrl-Alt-Ins doesn't work, try:

  • Crtl-Alt-PrtSc
  • Ctrl-Alt-End

VMware has some really funky keyboard mapping issues (at least on some versions, and at least on some platforms).

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Don't work for me. Maybe Gnome eats the key combination? – Alf Nov 4 '08 at 9:54
I can't remember if it requires input to be grabbed first, or ungrabbed. I don't have VMware working on my computer at the moment, but try both and see. – Chris Jester-Young Nov 4 '08 at 9:56
Both tried. Neither works. – Alf Nov 4 '08 at 9:57
Soooo odd. Even the VMware person thinks C-A-I should work: communities.vmware.com/thread/23712 – Chris Jester-Young Nov 4 '08 at 10:04
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After some more googling I finally found the solution. It seems that the key combination is Ctrl+Alt+Print_Screen.

It might be that Ctrl+Alt+Insert works on other platforms.

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Wow! That's bizarre! I'll favourite this post so I can refer people to it. – Chris Jester-Young Nov 4 '08 at 10:05
Works for me as well. – HappyCoder Sep 25 '09 at 9:27
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If you have trouble with Ctrl+Alt+Insert, try Ctrl+Alt+End.

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Worked for me! Note that I was remote desktoped into a computer which was then running vmware player. Ctrl-Alt-End sent the ctrl-alt-del to the remote desktop, which caused both it and the VM to respond. Thanks! – Scott Whitlock Nov 17 '09 at 18:30
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I usually access my VMs via UltraVNC, which has a CAD button in its toolbar. One mouse click sends the three-finger salute.

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ctrl+alt+numdel (the one that also acts as a period on the numpad) also works perfectly.

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On Ubuntu (x64, 8.10) and VMWare Player 2.5: Ctrl-Alt-Del can be emulated as Jon and brian already answered:

  1. Ctrl+Alt+PrtScr
  2. Ctrl+Alt+NumDel

Don't release Ctrl+Alt keys before pressing third one, or You will lose keyboard focus.

ChAr

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Mind notebooks/keyboards with the "Fn" function for keys. Push it together with CTRL+ALT+PR_SCREEN. =)

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I'm running an XP vm in VM Player 2.5.1 on Vista 64bit via Remote Desktop. The only one that worked for me was Ctrl+Alt+End - it took me to the shutdown screen for Vista but when I cancelled that the VM was at the login dialog. I pressed Ctrl+G first, not sure if that was vital or not.Thanks Christian!

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control alt print-screen works perfectly in ubuntu 9.04

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