# Control Windows related action through Ignition client

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/control-windows-related-action-through-ignition-client/112638>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** vision\
**Created:** [December 5, 2025, 4:41am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/control-windows-related-action-through-ignition-client/112638 "2025-12-05T04:41:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![namrathae02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e8c25b/32.png) [@namrathae02](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/namrathae02)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 4:41am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/control-windows-related-action-through-ignition-client/112638/1 "2025-12-05T04:41:03Z")

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Hello everyone,

I’m looking for a way to **control Windows-level actions** from within the Ignition Vision Client.

### Scenario

When a user presses **Ctrl + Alt + Delete** , Windows shows the black security screen.  
I want to **prevent that screen from appearing** while the Vision Client is active — but **only for certain user roles**.

### Requirements

- **Operators or other roles:** Ctrl+Alt+Delete (and other OS shortcuts) should _not_ work inside the client.

- **Admins:** These actions should work normally.

- I want similar control for other OS-level keyboard shortcuts like:

### Question

Is it possible for Ignition Vision to:

1. **Block or override OS-level keyboard shortcuts?**

2. **Apply this behavior conditionally based on user roles?**

If anyone has experience or best practices for handling OS-level key events in Vision clients, please share.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/control-windows-related-action-through-ignition-client/112638/2 "2025-12-05T13:35:49Z")

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Ctrl-Alt-Del is very special in Windows, as it is intended to **guarantee** secure access to the current login information in spite of **any** application interference (malware).

There are tools like AutoHotKey that can intercept and manage just about everything else.

So, no.

If you really need this, switch to Linux. You can construct `.Xsession` files for use with auto-login that launch full-screen Vision _ **as the desktop** _ instead of Gnome/KDE/XFCE/whatever. In this usage, exiting Vision causes a desktop logout, typically re-triggering the auto-login (after a few seconds) right back into Vision.