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At least the windows 2000 pro and xp machines I used back in the day presented a dialog with both "lock computer", "open task manager", "switch user" or "log ou
by RF_Savage 3y ago
At least the windows 2000 pro and xp machines I used back in the day presented a dialog with both "lock computer", "open task manager", "switch user" or "log out".
- p_l 3y agoIt was a setting that could be changed, I think XP is the one that introduced the option to start task manager - because that matches the behaviour of windows 9x line that they were targeting for replacement. Windows 9x would open a primitive task manager on Ctrl+Alt+Del
- seabass-labrax 3y agoThat's really interesting. I wonder if the setting was automatically set to 'open Task Manager' when there was only one, unsecured user (and therefore nothing to lock or sign out of). I don't remember changing it, but this was of course well over a decade ago now.
- p_l 3y agoI think XP defaulted to task manager, but I can't be sure, I don't have anything on hand to check. GPO could set different conditions, including replacing fast user switching (the "new" login screen in XP) with Win2k style including enforcing use of System Attention Key (Ctrl-Alt-Delete on PC) to login.