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Windows 7 and GoToMyPC - Configure the Domain Group Policy to allow GoToMyPC to send Ctrl-Alt-Del

After installing Windows 7, I was unable to logon to the office computer using GoToMyPC. It came up with an error message along the lines of ‘The Domain Group Policy for this computer does not allow GoToMyPC to send Ctrl +Alt +Del. please contact your administrator'. I tried following the instructions given in the documentation of GotoMyPC's 'Pro Administrator Guide' till point 7, which read, I quote "Locate the Group Policy Object (GPO) in the domain or sub-domain that contains the policy that is preventing GoToMyPC from sending Ctrl-Alt-Del.". I spent some time looking for this policy but couldn't. I then started digging further into this issue and came across the concept of 'Secure Attention Sequence' which is basically a special sequence of events that enables a user to log on or off a computer, and how Windows Vista/Windows 7 introduced a new group policy setting which controls whether or not software can simulate a SAS. I solved my pr