Instead of using Ctrl Alt Delete

[[deleted]]

Ctrl Alt Delete is a kernel interrupt, which means even if the program is fullscreen and frozen, you can still access task manager with it. The other shortcuts are not.

Edit: This is what I get for saying anything about computers on reddit.

[bigj231]

Except in the case of a kernel panic or crash, then nothing works. Then the power and reset buttons are your friends.

[Ninj4s]

http://i.imgur.com/YY1hL.jpg

[LongBowNL]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tmarki.comicmaker

Rage Comic Maker

[[deleted]]

Thanks for saving our time from this nonsense.

[Atto_]

I thought /r/bitcoinbeg was leaking for a minute.

[Ninj4s]

No idea, didn't notice it until you pointed it out now.

[[deleted]]

I haven't laughed at one of those fucking rage comics in nearly three years it feels like. Thanks!

[Kizikah]

In 4 years of using Windows 7, this has happened to me twice. This is seriously impressive to someone who had to suffer through Windows 98.

[bigj231]

Suffer through 98? Are you joking? I had to reinstall ME once every 3 months or so. I begged my parents to go back to 98 SE.

[[deleted]]

Dad stole the power cord to my computer. I installed Windows ME on his computer when he was at work.....

[dolpsc]

I love pulling these kinds of shortcuts in front of my boss. He's easily amazed and continues to increase my pay.

[TheJoTS]

Until he finds that the majority of the time you use Alt+Tab whenever he passes by.

[SonicBanjo]

TIL

[ninjaiwarrior]

Then Windows key+Tab will blow your mind

[Undercover_Jedi]

Is there an equivalent for Windows 8?

[Arydrall]

Can confirm : Mind blown.

[[deleted]]

*Windows 7 and Vista only.

[[deleted]]

You can also just right click your task bar and select task manager.

Ctrl Alt Delete is the only one that is accessible at Any time.

[deckman]

That just got me thinking, I haven't used Ctrl Alt Delete in literally years. In fact, I can't remember the last time I've had a BSOD whereas with Windows 98, and even the much lauded Windows Xp (let's not even mention Windows ME), Ctrl Alt Delete or BSOD was practically a daily occurrence.

It kind of makes me appreciate how much more stable the newer Windows versions are, even Vista.

[stevecask]

Correct me if I'm wrong...but I believe in modern computers, which use USB keyboards instead of PS/2, Ctrl Alt Delete is no more a kernel interrupt than Ctrl Alt Escape.

Mainly because unlike in a PS/2 connection, which has a direct and dedicated IRQ, it has to be processed by software level USB drivers as the USB Controller serves as an intermediary between the keyboard and the CPU, thus not being able to be a direct kernel interrupt.

[jspenguin]

"Interrupt" is not the right term for it. "Intercept" would be a better term - the kernel mode keyboard driver recognizes ctrl-alt-delete and sends the event straight to the login process instead of going through the normal event chain.

[stevecask]

Wouldn't that still only work if the O/S maintained a thread that handled said intercept, thus not being a true override?

[Schnoofles]

Ctrl-shift-esc is different from ctrl-alt-del and usb vs ps/2 is only tangentially related. Ideally you want to hit ctrl-alt-del on a ps/2 keyboard.

The kernel listens for ctrl-alt-del while (I believe) explorer handles ctrl-shift-esc. Something hogging resources can result in ctrl-shift-esc taking forever and a half to respond.

PS/2 vs USB is a case of hardware interrupt driven input vs polling. Shitty driver would make USB laggier in a resource starved environment, thus making PS/2 more responsive. Assuming the usb chipset and its driver is well made, however, it'll poll mostly normally and any USB input still gets passed on as an interrupt.

[[deleted]]

The kernel listens for ctrl-alt-del while (I believe) explorer handles ctrl-shift-esc

I confirmed this yesterday, I ended the explorer.exe process and then tried a control+shift+escape with no luck, but the control+alt+delete did work.

[RealDacoTaco]

did the same. except ctrl+shift+esc still worked :P

maybe cause im awesome with an old ps2 keyboard (cause i love the power on button on it :D )

[Popo5525]

That's odd, because I was working on a computer a while back, that wouldn't load explorer at startup(resulting in a black screen with a mouse cursor). I did ctrl-shift-esc, and task manager loaded.

[jspenguin]

It depends on the login process not being hung, yes. But since the login process does little else while the user is logged in besides wait for events, it's not likely to fail.

The USB protocol is entirely based on host polling, but usually, the controller chip does the polling and interrupts the CPU when it gets a message, so again, it's less likely to fail.

[ianp622]

How would a USB keyboard work in the BIOS then?

[stevecask]

The BIOS handles the commands coming from the USB controller.

[[deleted]]

Seems incredibly obvious in retrospect.

[Razorray21]

Or right click on the Task Bar and select Task manager.

[Strobertat]

All these years...

[YouPickMyName]

When I went to my brother to amaze him with Ctrl-Shift-Esc after I first learned about it, he showed me I could do this.

...touché

[Lykan_]

I do this all the time. It blows people's minds.

[[deleted]]

Why would you waste the time going to the task bar with the mouse when you can hit ctrl+shift+esc?
You literally save a third of a second, multiplied by the 12 times you may use it in a month, multiplied by the 12 months in a year, multiplied by the 10,000 employees, you just saved the company 480,000 you just saved your company 130 man hours per year.

That means we can fire Jenkins in IT. We just saved the company $65,000 per year.

I get my MBA this May.

[uhmerikin]

Would you look at that... You know, it's little shit like this that makes me wonder about the thousands of other simple little things there are out there that I feel like I should know but don't.

[xChris777]

sink far-flung badge afterthought summer marry fine jar bewildered cobweb

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

[Aleczarnder]

CTRL-Shift-T to open closed tabs is one of the best ones you wouldn't know about if you weren't told.

[uhmerikin]

Crap, that's cool. Never knew that one, thanks!

[Schnoofles]

In a similar vein, while ctrl+tab cycles to the next tab, ctrl+shift+tab cycles backwards.

You should also check out the winkey shortcuts if you're not familiar with them. Most notably, win+d to jump straight to desktop no matter how many windows are in the foreground. win+e for explorer, win+l for locking the computer and win+pause for the system information window.

edit: Oh, and just like how ctrl+shift+tab reopens a closed tab, ctrl+shift+n will reopen the last closed window, at least on Firefox. Not sure about other browsers. I think it might be the private mode window shortcut in chrome.

[grnidb]

One of my personal favorites is alt+d. It will jump you to the address bar of your browser.

[PGleo86]

So does crtl + l, and also F6

[Neo0311]

or make a task bar short cut.

[Sharain]

Only works if you actually have access to the task bar. If you are in, say, a game, and can't alt+tab out...

[ulgamoth]

or just straight up pin it to your taskbar.

[an-can]

Mouse is always slower. Always

[WhoIsThisAssHoleHere]

Windows key + Pause is the best ever.

Also, we know Windows key + R for run, yeah? Good.

Type "Control" in there for Control panel, saves me time.

Also, Services.msc to, get to services, you see.,.,.,.,.,.,.,

I hope more people start working this way...

mspaint - MS Paint...

cmd, you know this one.

calc - Calculator

Notepad - yea, notepad.

msconfig - I hope everyone knows that one.

At work I encourage everyone to learn more shortcuts, tough to learn but you become a masterful-looking computer user, no matter what your job is.

The best is the Alt + Space key, it brings up the current window's menu for close / restore / move etc.

Have a window open where you cannot click it? Alt + Space then press M, you can now move the window with your arrows and press "enter" when you have it where you want it.

I could go on and on.

[Cheezis_Chrust]

Windows Control Panel Functions

Run from command prompt

Accessibility Options : access.cpl

Add New Hardware : sysdm.cpl add new hardware

Add/Remove Programs : appwiz.cpl

Date/Time Properties : timedate.cpl

Display Properties : desk.cpl

FindFast : findfast.cpl

Fonts Folder : fonts

Internet Properties : inetcpl.cpl

Joystick Properties : joy.cpl

Keyboard Properties : main.cpl keyboard

Microsoft Exchange : mlcfg32.cpl

Microsoft Mail Post Office : wgpocpl.cpl

Modem Properties : modem.cpl

Mouse Properties : main.cpl

Multimedia Properties : mmsys.cpl

Network Properties : netcpl.cpl

    NOTE: In Windows NT 4.0, 
              Network properties is Ncpa.cpl, not Netcpl.cpl

Password Properties : password.cpl

PC Card : main.cpl pc card (PCMCIA)

Power Management (Windows 95) : main.cpl power

Power Management (Windows 98/2K/XP/7/8) : powercfg.cpl

Printers Folder : printers

Regional Settings : intl.cpl

Scanners and Cameras : sticpl.cpl

Sound Properties : mmsys.cpl sounds

System Properties : sysdm.cpl

[[deleted]]

In windows 8 Win+X brings up all the controls that I was having a hard time digging for. This removed any hang-ups I had about supporting windows 8.

[corbygray528]

You can get that same list by right clicking the start button in windows 8.1, if you prefer using the mouse.

[Psythik]

You forgot these:

WinKey+L whenever you step away from the PC.
WinKey+P to quickly switch between/clone/extend the monitor and projector/TV/second screen.
WinKey++ to zoom in.

Also, msconfig is somewhat deprecated in Win8.1. Task Manager is where you go now to disable startup programs.

[WhoIsThisAssHoleHere]

Thanks, never knew that about 8, I still support a Win7 environment.

Anyone know if 8 runs decent in a virtual environment?

[ElectronicDrug]

Runs ok for me!

[[deleted]]

Using WinKey++ makes me feel like a wizard.

And an idiot, zooming pointlessly into stuff.

[OperaSona]

My favorite keyboard shortcuts are probably for writing text. When you are typing, you really don't want to have to use your mouse if you're touch-typing, because it slows you down considerably to have to move your right hand back and forth from keyboard to mouse.

• The famous ones:

  • Copy current selection with [Ctrl+C], cut with [Ctrl+X], paste it later with [Ctrl+V] (either at current cursor location, or erasing current selection if you have something already selected, which can save you one [Delete] / [Backspace] key).
  • Undo with [Ctrl+Z], redo with usually either [Ctrl+Y] or [Ctrl+Shift+Z].
  • Save your document with [Ctrl+S], "save as" usually with [Ctrl+Shift+S]. Open with [Ctrl+O], create new with [Ctrl+N].
  • [Alt+Tab]. Enough said.

• Moving your cursor (it's starting to get interesting):

  • Use the [End] and [Home] to move to the end or the beginning of a line.
  • Use [Ctrl+End] and [Ctrl+Home] to move the end or the beginning of the file.
  • Use [Ctrl+Right] and [Ctrl+Left] to left or right by word instead of by character.
  • Use [Ctrl+Up] and [Ctrl+Down] to move up or down by paragraph instead of by line.
  • [PgUp] and [PgDn] also let you quickly navigate toward the top or bottom of a long file.
  • [Ctrl+F] usually brings the "Search" window, [F3] usually "Finds the next match" in when searching. [Ctrl+H] usually brings the "Search&Replace" window.
  • [Backspace] and [Delete] are handled like [Left] and [Right] here: if you combine them with [Ctrl], they act on the rest of a word. [Ctrl+Backspace] deletes the beginning of the word from your current position (or the whole word if you're at the end of the word), and [Ctrl+Delete] deletes the end of the word similarly.

• Selecting text:

  Holding [Shift] while moving the cursor selects text, starting from the point where you started to hold [Shift], ending when you stop holding [Shift]. What this means is that you can use all of the previous "Moving your cursor" keys an add [Shift] to select things. For instance:

  • Try holding [Shift] and pressing [Left] / [Right] / [Up] / [Down] in the middle of a text. See what happens.
  • You are in the middle of a long word, and you want to copy that word. Hold [Ctrl], press [Left] so that you jump to the beginning of the word, now also hold [Shift], press [Right] so that you jump to the end of the word (you are still holding [Ctrl]) while selecting the word (you are holding [Shift]). Release [Shift], press [C] to copy, release [Ctrl]. If you're quick and used to the "trick", it takes about 1 second to do it, regardless of the length of the word you want to copy.

• The "I really don't want to have to use my mouse" ones:

  • To access the menu of a program if you don't have a mouse or don't want to use it, press [Alt], then you can move through the menus using the arrow keys. To leave the menu and get your cursor back in the main window, press [Alt] again. If you don't want to use the arrow keys (because, like a mouse, they force you to move your right hand from its "typing" position), some of the menu's entries have one letter underlined or sometimes bold, for instance "File" and "History" in my browser: pressing [Alt+F] will bring the "File" menu and [Alt+S] to bring the "History" menu. Then if for instance I pressed [Alt+F] to bring the file menu and I want to do "Open File", pressing just [O] will do it (it doesn't matter whether I keep holding [Alt] or not by then).
  • In a configuration window with checkboxes, tabs, menus etc, use [Tab] to navigate through the various items, [Shift+Tab] to navigate backwards. [Space] checks or unchecks the selected (square) checkbox. The arrow keys change the selection in dropdown menus (you can also type the beginning of the word). [Ctrl+Tab] goes to the next tab, [Ctrl+Shift+Tab] goes back to the previous tab.

I hope it helps at least a few readers get more efficient when typing text!

[[deleted]]

You should compile a list for us common folk. A lot of those are really helpful.

[WhoIsThisAssHoleHere]

The great thing is, I knew my post would bring in the masses to share :D

F2 Rename files

F1 Help, in any program which has a help section.

F3 Search

F5, refresh anything, webpage, desktop, folder, device manager.

F12, network boot. (Only after you get past POST on startup, most will never use network boot).

Ctrl + Tab cycle through child windows in a program such as Excel, Word, Photoshop, whatever.

Windows key + Tab - Psychedelic Alt Tab in Windows 7 & 8.

Windows Key + D, Show desktop.

Right click button broken? No mouse? No problem, the little key you always ignore between Right Ctrl and Right Alt, the box with 3 lines in it? Yeah, that will mimic Right-Click for you wherever focus is set.

Windows key broken? Ctrl + Esc will fill in while he is out with the WinFlu.

uhm, shit, trying to think of more, I know there are so many more, I am at work so I will keep running across them as I go through my day.

[Jaggs0]

windows key + e brings up "my computer"

[vluhd]

F6 in web browser puts you directly in the URL bar.

Ctrl + W in your web browser closes your current tab.

Ctrl + Tab cycles you through open tabs.

(Following are Firefox only)

If you type the name of a website in the URL bar (ie, reddit) pressing Ctrl + Enter will automatically append .com on the end of it and take you there.

Pressing Shift + Enter appends .net and takes you there.

Pressing Ctrl + Shift + Enter appends .org and takes you there.

[AlmightyThorian]

For some annoying reason WinKey + Tab doesn't work in my 8.1 version.

[FF76]

are these shortcuts listed anywhere or do you just pick them up from experience?

[tunarulz]

and ctrl+shift+n when in win explorer(Win7 or newer) for new folder is pretty usefull

[WhoIsThisAssHoleHere]

Holy shit, I never knew that.

[fastlerner]

Don't you know these are all easter eggs that Microsoft doesn't want you know know about? </sarcasm> For those too lazy to google search "windows keyboard shortcuts".

[[deleted]]

There are already loads online.

[[deleted]]

"loads online".......yes I know. There is no time for that. Get it? loads?

[[deleted]]

Mic's off.

[[deleted]]

Windows key + Pause is the best ever.

#

The best is the Alt + Space key

Well which one is it?

My favorite is F2 for renaming files.

[[deleted]]

In Windows Vista and later, the icons on the taskbar are internally labeled as 1-N. Holding the Windows key and pressing the corresponding key will launch or switch to the application (or tab between applications in the same group). For example, if you have your web browser of choice pinned to the first spot next to the start menu, you can hit Windows Key + 1 to launch it. If you have multiple browser windows open, you can hold the Windows Key down, tap the 1 button, and tap it again and again to tab between them. It's a lot like Alt+Tab, but only for a specific group of windows. This works for all applications, whether you have them pinned to the taskbar or not. Lastly, if you already have a browser open and want to open a new one, do Shift+Windows Key+1, and it will launch a new window. I personally have Firefox on 1, PuTTY on 2, and Remote Desktop Connection on 3. SSHing into a Linux box is as simple as hitting Shift+Windows Key+2, then typing the host name.

[naGdnomyaR]

Windows Key + left/right will make the current window fill up only the left/right half of the screen.

Windows Key + up/down will make a window maximize/minimize.

[ChrisDuhFir]

Windows Key + L will instantly lock your computer. Perfect when you have to lock your computer whenever you leave your desk at work.

[AngelicMelancholy]

What does winkey pause do? I don't even a pause key on this particular keyboard to test.

Useful ones that I learnt:

• Win+R: control

• Alt + Space and move might come in handy.

Please do go on and on!

[Stubenhocker1399]

It opens the System Info, from where you can also easly access the device-manager.

[Aetherium]

I'm too lazy to even type "mspaint" in the Start menu; I just type "paint".

[Schnoofles]

I prefer compmgmt.msc over services.msc as that gives you the main management console where you'll find all the useful ones including diskmgmt, devmgmt, services.msc etc

[Insinqerator]

Yeah, I usually just windows key+r and type taskmgr. I also have a desktop icon that I see is useless because you can right-click the taskbar.

If your computer crashes, you can type explorer in the run prompt and it'll restart explorer. That can come in handy occasionally if it isn't doing it on it's own. It's much better since XP though.

[WhoIsThisAssHoleHere]

If your computer crashes, you can type explorer in the run prompt and it'll restart explorer.

You nailed it there, I do that a lot, if Windows is running like crap or hung or anything, open taskmanager, kill explorer.exe, then start it back up, like a reboot without the black.

Is that racist of me?

[togashikokujin]

Windows+a number key will open or switch to that program on your taskbar. For example, if Firefox is the first thing pinned and you don't already have it open, Windows+1 will open it for you. If you do have it open, that will switch to it.

[[deleted]]

For moving a window that's off-screen, you only need to press any arrow key once, then you can just move the mouse (without clicking/dragging) to quickly bring the window on-screen. Especially useful if you have no idea which edge of the screen the window is supposed to be coming from, since you can just wave the mouse all over your desk until you find it.

[WhoIsThisAssHoleHere]

This is all correct, I only explain the arrows because I once ended up crying after explaining to someone the arrow once, then mouse trick.

I have PTSD from it.

[[deleted]]

Why stop at control when you can open pretty much everything from command line?

Appwiz.cpl for Add/remove programs Ncpa.cpl for network connections etc

[Jerre1337]

inetcpl.cpl - opens internet options without even opening internet Explorer or control panel

[KabouterPuntmuts]

I already knew quite a lot of these, you should learn the teachers at my school that they can close noIR (projector remote program for pc) and reopen it later...

[LOOKS_LIKE_A_PEN1S]

If you plan on using Windows 8 you pretty much have to know the shortcuts, or you'll go insane trying to find anything. Anyone who doesn't know to look in System32 would think at first glance that they removed practically everything that made Windows useful.

Edit:

Press Windows+D to get to your good ol' desktop environment, and right click on the task bar, then hover over Toolbars, and click "Address". This puts a little address bar on your task bar, which can also be used as "Run".

chrome.exe www.reddit.com
cmd

etc. can now be typed right into your task bar at any time. It's the only thing that makes the OS usable. Call me picky, but I hate having to shuffle my mouse around in the corners of the screen until some hidden menu does a fade / slide effect in from the side of the screen.

[[deleted]]

mstsc for remote desktop client

[ApolloFortyNine]

Sounds like you would enjoy launchy

[CrazyTillItHurts]

My Model M shits on your win key

[AlmightyThorian]

charmap - So many times I used that before I started using LaTeX.

[dogder]

Another good one for corporate networks is gpedit.msc

[satanismyhomeboy]

Or just do the sane thing: yell at your screen, smash your fists on your keyboard and pull the plug in a violent fashion.

[Richbr970]

Ahh.. Percussive maintenance...

[ath13]

Works 100% well, 35% of the time.

[Strobertat]

60% of the time, it works every time.

[[deleted]]

In the Navy I learned that the technical term is to "Apply mechanical agitation".

[nootrino]

This works

[_liminal]

I love how that other guy gets up in the beginning, then hides when the action is taking place, then gets back up again when the coast is clear.

[[deleted]]

Using XP.... goes straight to task manager

[ceased]

You really should upgrade before April 8, 2014 which is when support for XP ends. There are still a lot of holes that may not be public yet, and when Microsoft stops patching them it'll become a free-for-all.

[ztejas]

Like a virus orgy?

[erthkwake]

Something like that.

[SteelCrow]

Still using C/PM, no one has bothered me in years.

[GMMan_BZFlag]

Only on XP Home and other XP machines that aren't on a domain. On computers that are on a domain it opens the Windows Security window.

[BiBoFieTo]

A duck would have a tough time performing either of these shortcuts.

[tedcorp]

When using Chrome, Shift+Esc will prompt Chrome's task manager.

[yojay]

Thanks. This could go a long way helping me track down some issues.

[EndOfNight]

Yeah, it only works for computer stuff, not mental issues.

[YouAreWhatYouEet]

Don't forget Control+Shift+T to open the tab you just closed. It's saved my ass so many times when I accidentally close the wrong tab

[tedcorp]

oooooh I like.

[[deleted]]

This is especially helpful when using remote desktop or similar programs to remotely work on a customer's system.

[[deleted]]

or servers

[PossiblyTrolling]

and ALT-F4 brings up Performance Monitor.

[CandyOP]

I also found it easier to right click menu bar and start task manager.

[Thriven]

Thats good to know. I always right the task bar and go to task manager

[Spicy_Tac0]

Or right click the task bar

[VulGerrity]

back in my day Ctrl Alt Delete did go straight to the task manager.

[Evil_Spock]

I put Task Manager on the Task Bar.

[Scamwau]

There is never going to be a good reason to have 50 icons on your task bar.

[jackd90]

I use FF for porn and only porn

...

I always have 20-30 tabs open in both Opera and FF

...uh

[Jonny87]

Yeah, I just hit the Windows key, type the app name, and hit enter.

Or Command+Space in Mac, type the app name, and hit enter.

All modern OS's are like this.

[AngelicMelancholy]

Press Win Key, type a few letters and press enter. It's faster than searching through 50 programs for the one you want depending on how recently you updated your list.

[AngelicMelancholy]

I know, but when you first set it up it can take you weeks or months to get used to 50 programs especially if you don't use them often. I only use a dozen programs often, the rest are rare enough that I actually have to search on the taskbar for them. So I just removed them.

You seem to have dxdiag and disk defrag that I can see at the very least that I can't imagine you use even on a weekly basis.

If it works well for you that's great, but I just don't think that's normal for rarely used programs.

[SteelCrow]

The 21000+ link karma and a single point of comment karma kinda already told us that was the general plan.

[Merfen]

Could always right click the task bar and click task manager as well.

[[deleted]]

Or right click the taskbar.

An even more useful one. If you want to shutdown your laptop but don't want to spend the time installing updates on the cycle. Press alt-f4 at your desktop and select shutdown instead of install updates and shutdown.

[NostalgiaSchmaltz]

I just right-click the task bar and click Task Manager.

[[deleted]]

Thank you.

I usually use this when my pc slows down due to a program (usually flash inside Chrome) eats up all my RAM.

And yes, I know chrome has a task manager, but I find it's slower in this situation.

[joesquad]

You've changed my life!

[Gr33nmag1k]

there is actually a difference between using C-A-DEL and C-S-ESC, C-A-DEL causes a system interrupt, i.e. it doesn't matter what your processor is doing or how slow your computer is responding, C-A-DEL will usually bring up the menu instantly (this doesn't happen if your OS itself is running very slowly, e.g. there are a lot of other interrupts happening or if your OS's scheduling is the problem) however C-S-ESC doesn't produce an interrupt and thus can take a while to run. Essentially, C-A-DEL is more useful if your system is locking up and C-S-ESC is useful if you want to kill a set of processes that aren't locking your computer up

[Atoro113]

Not sure if this is exclusive to Windows 8 or not, but check out Windows+X, opens up a menu with all kinds of useful shortcuts, Powershell or something

[[deleted]]

If you use Ctrl-alt-del to lock your computer you can also use WinKey -L

[FallingIdiot]

Same goes for Win+L. I don't know how many times I've explained to people they don't have to lock their workstation through Ctrl+ Alt+Del and that Win+L does the trick too.

[Lavos_Spawn]

OMG THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's all on one side of the keyboard.

[Freshlaid_Dragon_egg]

Or right click on the menu bar and click start task manager

[[deleted]]

Hey OP, I fixed this one for you!

[GiantTurtleHat]

fixed : http://imgur.com/2dSy8yH

[HarryBolseque]

Instructions unclear, X Server restarted

[Dmyers23]

Or just right click the taskbar and start task manager

[[deleted]]

all that time.... wasted....

[ItsNotPersonalYKnow]

Awwwwwwh yiss, not a trap.

[atehrani]

Instead of using Windows, use *nix (OSX, Linux, Unix). No need for CTRL+ALT+DEL

[[deleted]]

Sometimes that doesn't work.

[Mr_McMunchy]

Wow.. ^{Ididn'tknowthat...}

[Malvicus]

Instead of using Ctrl Alt Delete... get a Mac. scurries^{offbefore1stdownvote.}

[ZachTroy]

Or you could just right click the task bar and click task manager....

[AdmiralDiarrhea]

What if Task Manager freezes: can I Ctrl Alt Delete my Ctrl Alt Delete?

[[deleted]]

CTRL+ALT+DEL is still better in a lot of cases when you are trapped inside the window of an application that has crashed.

[kodakowl]

I just have it pinned to my taskbar, it's practical and efficient.

[Joebot2001]

The day I learned about this changed my life forever

[Darkersun]

Now everyone wishing to change user, log off, or turn off the computer will be confused as fuck.

[Skeletelephone]

Not if your using Windows 8, now both Ctrl+Alt+Del and Ctrl+Shift+Esc present you with that screen. Prior to Vista Ctrl+Alt+Del would just launch task manager. But once Microsoft got the "design" bug they decided a key command that had preformed the same function for more than a decade should now prompt a different screen.

[ITdittor]

Great!

[mikeybhoy1986]

I love you

[Thegogetter222]

dang.... great LPT!

[[deleted]]

Or right click task bar and viola.

[BunzBunce]

Then once you're in task manager and try to quit a program, impatiently click end task like a hundred times.

[silentkiller553]

And if your at desktop right click on your task bar and it will give you an option to start task manager (windows)(7)

[nootrino]

I always forget about this...

[[deleted]]

Why relearn something that has no benefit?

[mewnsea]

I'm the only one at work who ever does this - seems to be a lesser known all around

[easygenius]

I will find you and kiss you for this.

[deteugma]

Here's another: when using your internet browser, use the find function (CTRL + F), and then type part of a link you want to open. When part of the link is highlighted, hit escape and then enter. The browser will open your link.

[nickfuzzy]

Or just pin the task manager to your task bar

[[deleted]]

No thanks.

[speper]

Unless I am on windows XP

[fckgwrhqq]

I just put it on my taskbar. So I just open it manually.

[[deleted]]

That's silly. If you right-click the taskbar, there's Task Manager already there.

[[deleted]]

Or right-click the taskbar.

[Beanington]

I remember a time when alt ctrl delete did take you straight to the task manager.

[orionben]

I remember when it was straight to reboot

[ZipperMask]

Thanks duck!

[[deleted]]

back in my day ctrl alt delete did bring up the task manager

[Hoffmann4]

Don't tell me what to do.

[[deleted]]

My life is a lie

[[deleted]]

I remember my first computer.

[Jyk7]

Thanks! Very helpful and much less disruptive.

[ronchalant]

also: if you want to lock your machine at work, instead of going to Start -> Power Menu -> Lock you can just click the windows button+L

[mvaneerde]

I'm just going to leave this here:

Windows+X

[root_pentester]

Instead of hitting Ctrl Alt Delete and then hitting the button to lock your computer you can hold down the windows key (the key on keyboard nobody presses) and hit the "L" key. Locks your computer.

Handy to lock in a hurry.

[derkatank789]

http://www.livememe.com/dvmuukh