Ctrl+alt+delete in vista

[Maximilian]

As above, can somone explain that screen that comes up and why it never ever fails to appear? Whats different between that and the way XP tackled ctrl+alt+del?

Many of my friends still on XP somtimes need to restart with ctrl+alt+del or alt+f4 failing to work, but with vista ive never had to do that. Any crashed/frozen program can be closed.

Thats a major plus point and ive never seen it mentioned before.

 

[TheStu]

Its possible that they have set up the system in such a way that the process that controls Task manager cannot be frozen, or blocked or some such. I know that on OS X, I almost never get to a point where my system is completely locked up. Even if Safari locks, the rest of the system is fine. If finder (think explorer) locks, I can restart it without any problem.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Soviet
As above, can somone explain that screen that comes up and why it never ever fails to appear? Whats different between that and the way XP tackled ctrl+alt+del?

Many of my friends still on XP somtimes need to restart with ctrl+alt+del or alt+f4 failing to work, but with vista ive never had to do that. Any crashed/frozen program can be closed.

Thats a major plus point and ive never seen it mentioned before.

The mechanism is the same, the better utility your seeing comes from moving more things out of the kernel into user mode.

 

[zig3695]

Originally posted by: bsobel
The mechanism is the same, the better utility your seeing comes from moving more things out of the kernel into user mode.

yup.

and to the OP- glad to see SOMEBODY is starting to notice the real advantages to vista😉

 

[n7]

I usually only used CTRL + ALT + DEL for bringing up the task manager, so since that doesn't directly work in Vista, i use CTRL + SHIFT + ESC all the time now...

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

They made to CTRL-ALT-DEL more efficient because it's one of the top things you need to get to when the operating system/program fails 😛

 

[orion23]

Yeah I'm glad they made the TASK manager a PRIORITY.

And I only use CRTL + SHIFT + ESC now days!

 

[Nothinman]

I usually only used CTRL + ALT + DEL for bringing up the task manager, so since that doesn't directly work in Vista, i use CTRL + SHIFT + ESC all the time now...

The fact that Ctrl+Alt+Del brought up taskmgr in XP home (and maybe Pro when not on a domain I really can't remember) was retarded.

 

[masteraleph]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote> I usually only used CTRL + ALT + DEL for bringing up the task manager, so since that doesn't directly work in Vista, i use CTRL + SHIFT + ESC all the time now... </end quote></div>

The fact that Ctrl+Alt+Del brought up taskmgr in XP home (and maybe Pro when not on a domain I really can't remember) was retarded.

You can switch that in XP, actually, but it's like that by default. If you do switch it then the login screen switches to looking like you're logging into a domain, even if you're not. Come to think of it, I've only done the switch on XP Pro- never actually used XP Home.

 

[wiin]

Originally posted by: n7
I usually only used CTRL + ALT + DEL for bringing up the task manager, so since that doesn't directly work in Vista, i use CTRL + SHIFT + ESC all the time now...

And if you don't want to break your fingers doing that, right click an empty space on the task bar and select Task Manager

 

[Nothinman]

You can switch that in XP, actually, but it's like that by default. If you do switch it then the login screen switches to looking like you're logging into a domain, even if you're not.

The default is what I was complaining about since it's the important setting. The fact that it's adjustable is good for my machine (when I ran Windows) but not for other people's when I'm trying to help them.

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: wiin
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: n7
I usually only used CTRL + ALT + DEL for bringing up the task manager, so since that doesn't directly work in Vista, i use CTRL + SHIFT + ESC all the time now...</end quote></div>

And if you don't want to break your fingers doing that, right click an empty space on the task bar and select Task Manager

Eh, i find that just as easy ctrl atl del, though i've always used both hands (for both combinations), so that could be why.

 

[Shawn]

I always just use CTRL+SHIFT+ESC.