Until the Windows OS was 16 bits, when you simultaneously launch multiple applications and multitasking, pressing "Ctrl + Alt + Del" at the same time a text-based screen is displayed and "Which system ...

If you're a Windows user you probably wondered why Microsoft and Bill Gates made some of the decisions they did with the operating system. One of the strange, and at times annoying, decisions that ...

Bill Gates revealed in a recent interview at Harvard University that requiring three keys—the ubiquitous CTRL-ALT-DEL combination—to log into Microsoft Windows ...

Windows users are probably all too familiar with the Ctrl-Alt-Del key sequence. Although it's commonly associated with closing unresponsive applications through the task manager – and, in fact, it was ...

Microsoft's hardware requirements for Windows 8 devices, including tablets and notebooks, have been detailed, including the rebirth of CTRL+ALT+DEL and how NFC touch-points should be highlighted.

This is an alarming result for Windows users of an age, as if the fire escape door is blocked inside a lab. I'm astonished this has happened after all these years. There was nothing wrong with my OS ...

The Ctrl-Alt-Del function on Windows PCs has always been a bit of an awkward two-handed operation. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said he wanted it to be simpler, but engineers balked at the idea.

I searched and found nothing. Also our AV protection is finding nothing. Manually looking for strange processes or injected DLLs also found nothing. But I think we got something. Three computers in ...

Originally designed to trigger a reboot of a PC, Ctrl+Alt+Del now allows users to log on to Windows and access the task manager. It is also known as a quick fix for the infamous "blue screen of death" ...