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Bill Gates Admits Ctrl-Alt-Delete was Mistake--Blames on IBM
- wnevets 13y agoOut of all the things that one can claim is wrong with windows, ctrl+alt+delete to login isnt one I have a problem with.
- csense 13y agoIsn't the Ctrl-Alt-Delete to login supposed to be in order to prevent a malicious fullscreen app from faking the login screen and tricking the user into entering their login credentials? (Since Ctrl-Alt-Delete is a keystroke that is routed directly to an OS handler at a fairly low level, a mere application can't intercept it.) There's actually a sound reason, I can't really think of another way to prevent this attack vector.
- T-hawk 13y agoThe article says that. The need for a uninterceptable interrupt to reach the OS login screen is obvious. The mistake was making it a three-key chord rather than something simpler. Compare to the single home button on iOS devices, which also goes straight to the OS and can't be intercepted by user space programs.
- timsaunders 13y agoI pressed that too many times on my PC... Macbook, haven't had to do it once!