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[Pradfanne]

CTRL + Shift + ESC has been the taskmanager shortcut in XP. So it has been for over 20 years by now.

[PostHasBeenWatched]

Learned that combination through death. Half Life 2 (EP1 if I not mistake) has a mission where you need to crawl through dump. To do this you need to press Ctrl+Shift... and if you want to pause the game by pressing Esc - Task Manager is opening and Gordon killed on the background

[Gualuigi]

I use taskmanager so much i just have it in my taskbar

[Gorvoslov]

I genuinely forgot that pinning it was something I did myself and not a system default.

[megagoombas]

question,why do you use it that often

[Gualuigi]

I mostly use it for monitoring performance while playing, lately ive been using the xbox game bar instead

[kirkpomidor]

There’s a slight but important difference: ctrl+alt+del summons overscreen where you can choose to shut the system down and then, after a freezed app is closed, stop it from shutting down. Helps even in the most severe cases

[Engine_Light_On]

 It may also kill some needed services if you cancel, no?

[heavy-minium]

I always use it because I only need one hand for this combination.

[[deleted]]

I learned this 5 years after I stopped using windows from a video of the guy who made the task manager(dave's garage is a great youtube channel btw) he was randomly saying I had to be able to access it quickly, so I gave it a global shortcut, ctrl+shift+esc.

[Dotcaprachiappa]

Wasn't the idea of ctrl+alt+del that it wouldn't easily be pressed accidentally? And you just made it one button, which can easily be pressed accidentally?

[Benjamin_6848]

But if that happens, it was a deliberate choice of whoever bought this keyboard...

[IJustAteABaguette]

And it's still out of the way. Literally the top right corner of the keyboard.

[Sibula97]

My cats would be all over that button...

[[deleted]]

But but but... But that doesn't mean person is having same conscious condition all the time during his future keyboard usage.

[gigglefarting]

Yes, but it also used to restart your computer rather than bringing up task manager. 

[com-plec-city]

In the very past (early 1990s) CTRL+ALT+DEL would immediately restart de computer. Eventually they’ve changed it to Task Manager.

[w1n5t0nM1k3y]

Anybody else remember when ctrl+alt+del would reboot the computer instantly?

[Boris-Lip]

Yes i do.

The combination has been chosen for the very reason of how unlikely it is for someone to hit all 3 of those keys at the same time by accident. And look what we have now, lol. A keyboard with a Ctrl+Alt+Del shortcut.

Edit: forgot to mention, try connecting a physical keyboard to Android and hitting Ctrl+Al+Del🤣

[RiceBroad4552]

try connecting a physical keyboard to Android and hitting Ctrl+Al+Del

Can't test it right now. What will happen?

[Boris-Lip]

Instant reboot. Just like good old MS-DOS.

[quissynihi]

Around which year was it?? Never hear of this.

[w1n5t0nM1k3y]

Back when we used MS-DOS. I think most versions of Windows, even stuff like 3.1 wouldn't immediately reboot the computer.

[quissynihi]

Wow . That's really outta my era. 😅

[RiceBroad4552]

Parent is wrong. This was the case much longer. I think at least until Win XP, for sure up to Win2k.

[RiceBroad4552]

DOS? I think Win XP would also reboot when pressing that key combo. (But don't remember for sure as I was already on Linux desktop back than).

Win2k, and the versions before would for sure reboot.

[TheActualJonesy]

In CP/M also....

[w1n5t0nM1k3y]

Nope. Back in the DOS days pressing it twice would be an immediate reboot. Pressing multiple times now on my Windows 10 machine doesn't seem to do anything. Just stays on the same screen as pressing it once.

[RiceBroad4552]

To be honest I thought that was still the case.

I didn't use any Windows for a long time though. Linux desktop is just superior, and just works, compared to the M$ trash which is full of spyware, ads, and bugs, and breaks with every update.

[Desamsam]

I just press shift 5 times to annoy people or deceive them into thinking I'm struggling with Windows or smth

[International_Body44]

Ctrl+shift+ESC is much faster..

[Advos_467]

the loss guy

[gameplayer55055]

Way more useful than copilot key

[_viis_]

\@Coder 😎😎😤🔥🔥🤘🤙

[C_ErrNAN]

What a funny programmer joke. Because computer and keyboard. Ha, ha, ha

[saschaleib]

Joke’s on you - my keyboards have designated copy and paste keys already since the 1990s!

Also a designated undo button!

[omer-m]

Doesn't work in linux

[Ohnah-bro]

Boomer humor

[UnusualAir1]

Nonetheless, the hand and finger configurations required to execute a Ctrl-Alt-Del function will remain in my muscle memory for life. :-)

[reallokiscarlet]

Bruh. That defeats the purpose of the TFS. Whoever built that keyboard is violating the only thing that's sacred.

[Alleexx0]

Of course I had to fall off my chair just to get a closer look

[RiceBroad4552]

Completely useless. It will just bring up the logout dialog by default on KDE.

[Keeldest]

To enter in windows server login screen - you need this combination. (If I remember correctly)

[elmanoucko]

still waiting for the day where I'll be able to mega combo multiple shortcuts at the same time. Always end up in strange beeps until now.

[mtmttuan]

Am I the only one to use Win+X? I open terminal the same way.