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In Windows 7 update KB2830477, Remote Desktop for Windows does not sent anymore the key combination Ctrl+Alt+Insert, even if you explicitly configure your connection to send all keys to the host. With Windows 7 you have the option of skipping installation of the update, but with Windows 8.1 you do not even have that option.

The first level of support of Microsoft does not seem to know any reason for this change besides acknowledging that Microsoft actually changed it and that it is not a bug.

It obviously breaks any existing workflows that rely on an application on the host responding to Ctrl+Alt+Insert. So the disadvantadges of this decision by Microsoft are clear.

What are the advantages of this change? What does it try to fix? AFAIK, Ctr+Alt+Insert is not even a hotkey for the Windows Remote Desktop program.

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  • Ctrl+alt+insert passes the ctrl+alt+delete combination to the remote session. I've been using this combination for quite a while and it works in a lot of different remote software.
    – Nathan C
    Nov 22, 2013 at 14:23
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    @NathanC That's Ctrl+Alt+End that sends the Ctrl+Alt+Del keystroke. Ctrl+Alt+Insert shouldn't be captured to my knowledge. It might be leftovers from when Alt+Insert was used to send Alt+Esc (cycles through programs, like Alt+Tab but without the little menu thing).
    – Chris S
    Nov 22, 2013 at 14:31
  • @ChrisS Really? I've been using ctrl+alt+insert and it's been working for me.
    – Nathan C
    Nov 22, 2013 at 14:33
  • Does nothing for me, what OS are you on? I'm on 8.1 connecting to 2008R2 at the moment.
    – Chris S
    Nov 22, 2013 at 14:34
  • @ChrisS - same here...does nothing for me either...exact same environment as you. (i'll delete this comment soon to quit muddying up his question).
    – TheCleaner
    Nov 22, 2013 at 14:37

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Have you tried:

To use the Ctrl-Alt-Insert combo in Microsoft RDP, perform the following configuration: Open the Remote Desktop Connection utility. Click Options. Open the Local Resources tab. Change the value for Apply Windows key combinations option under Keyboard to On the rem

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1025282

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I have had this issue with Windows 8.1 and Server 2003 - 2012

After some investigation I found this was due to third party software (IOBIT WINDOWS 8 START MENU)

When exiting the application all the regular key forwarding within the TS works normally.

This may or may not be your issue however I thought I should mention it here.

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  • Thanks, unfortunately, it is not the case. For 8.1, we use the other Remote Desktop (the one in the App Store).
    – Pep
    Oct 2, 2014 at 16:04

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