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Ctrl+Alt+Del was a mistake
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And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014 -
Originally posted by vetran View Postthe argument I first heard for this was that it meant a log on and reboot should be concious decision not a random keypress therefore all 3 fingers were needed.
Not sure life would have been the same if we hadn't had the 'three fingered salute'.
When the missus forgets to lock the pcs, I've seen the screen flipped upside down, the pc shutdown or restarted...it's only a matter of time before they hit ctrl-alt-delDoing the needful since 1827Comment
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Originally posted by amcdonald View PostThey obviously never thought of cats
When the missus forgets to lock the pcs, I've seen the screen flipped upside down, the pc shutdown or restarted...it's only a matter of time before they hit ctrl-alt-delAnd what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostWhat is he calling it when we press the Start button to switch the machine off?Comment
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Originally posted by TykeMerc View PostLook, shiny!!!!
On topic though, Gates was wrong, a single button would have been a nightmare for support people. While the 3 finger salute could be considered clunky it had a safety factor that before the days of autorecovery of documents and software that didn't need re-installing if the machine crashed was useful.
It wasn't a bad idea to use it to access the task manager tools.
To repeat myself, for the benefit of those who didn't RTFA: Gates never said Ctrl-Alt-Del was a bad choice for a reset, he said it was a bad choice for logging in.Comment
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I always had assumed the choice was because they needed a key-combo that couldn't be trapped by a (trojan) program to bring up a fake login prompt for capturing passwords.Comment
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Did RTFA - if you have max 3 logons then one key press activates and a return counts as a login.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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That was indeed a mistake. One of the many.
A total utter disaster was to let Ballmer run the company!Comment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostThat was indeed a mistake. One of the many.
A total utter disaster was to let Ballmer run the company!Comment
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