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 ...

Bill Gates regrets it, Windows users generally hate it, and its become computing shorthand for hitting reset on a bad idea, but Ctrl+Alt+Del wasn't always a bad idea. The much-maligned key combo came ...

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 ...

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" ...