Tablets to have on-board CTRL+ALT+DEL button

stevesteve
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
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What does this say about Windows XP? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">

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  • Reply 1 of 8
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    [quote] Tablet PC also supports secure log on to a network using a single CTRL+ALT+DEL hardware button. <hr></blockquote>



    It's more about secure networking, but funny nonetheless.
  • Reply 2 of 8
    giaguaragiaguara Posts: 2,724member
    Yeah a single ctrl-alt-del button...

    that's sooooo windows...
  • Reply 3 of 8
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    no more need for <a href="http://pauillac.inria.fr/~xleroy/stuff/ctrl-alt-del.jpeg"; target="_blank">that</a>
  • Reply 4 of 8
    klinuxklinux Posts: 453member
    Yup, that is a tablet PC requirement so all tablet pC must have it. However, ctrl-alt-del now is used for a variety of things now - on default it brings up the task manager and from there you can run/browse a task, kill a task, see CPU performance, shutdown/standby/hibernate/reboot, switch user (one feature I love on XP but OS X does not have!) etc.



    So in effect, it's like several Mac .apps in one. Perhaps I have been using a PC too long but I am not sure I get the joke? I figure the joke is probably a reference to ctrl-alt-del in the pre w2k days?
  • Reply 5 of 8
    wmfwmf Posts: 1,164member
    If you have Windows configured securely, you have to press Ctrl-Alt-Del before you can type your password, to ensure that trojans don't steal it. This is actually a good feature for people who care about security.
  • Reply 6 of 8
    serranoserrano Posts: 1,806member
    [quote]Originally posted by klinux:

    <strong>Yup, that is a tablet PC requirement so all tablet pC must have it. However, ctrl-alt-del now is used for a variety of things now - on default it brings up the task manager and from there you can run/browse a task, kill a task, see CPU performance, shutdown/standby/hibernate/reboot, switch user (one feature I love on XP but OS X does not have!) etc.



    So in effect, it's like several Mac .apps in one. Perhaps I have been using a PC too long but I am not sure I get the joke? I figure the joke is probably a reference to ctrl-alt-del in the pre w2k days?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    You haven't been around that long. Ctrl-Alt-Del has done this since NT, not Win2k. Yeah, in OS X we call that the terminal, it's like a thousand apps in one.
  • Reply 7 of 8
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    Why couldn't activating the login box do the same thing? That is, when it goes active it sends a ctrl+alt+del for you?
  • Reply 8 of 8
    klinuxklinux Posts: 453member
    [quote]Originally posted by serrano:

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    You haven't been around that long. Ctrl-Alt-Del has done this since NT, not Win2k. Yeah, in OS X we call that the terminal, it's like a thousand apps in one.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Yes, Serrano, I forgot. I have used this since Windows NT 4 but that was back in 1999. However, some of the functions I mentioned e.g. hibernate, switch users etc. has only been available since w2k.



    However, comparison of Terminal is not exactly fair since most users do not touch terminal whereas every PC users know how to use ctrl-alt-delete!
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