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- From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
- Subject: Re: Hot-key to kill WPS?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.095609.21953@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
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- Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
- References: <BzI7rI.DpI@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 09:56:09 GMT
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- Paul Prescod (papresco@cantor.math.uwaterloo.ca) wrote:
-
- > As far as I am concerned, IBM really, really, wasted Ctrl-Alt-Del.
- > C-A-D is a hardware interrupt, so as long as the handler isn't
- > corrupted, it should ALWAYS get the system's attnetion. And I've never
- > had a case when I couldn't reboot with ctrl-alt-del. So why couldn't
- > the C-A-D handler bring up a menu: "Kill WPS, Start cmd.exe session,
- > attempt shutdown, Reboot."
-
- > For those that REALLY wanted to fast reboot, (though it's not a good
- > idea) they could hit ctrl-alt-del and del again. It's not like it's a
- > lot of extra hassle.
-
- I like DesqView's use of CAD which is to reboot (or reset) the VDM with the
- focus. I'd like it to be a part of that but: kill window, kill WPS, reboot,
- shutdown is a nice choice although the mroe code there is the more there is
- to be corrupted.
-
- BTW DesqView allows Alt-Shift-KeypadDelete (I think) to reboot the whole
- machine. And when using DV I never had a time when CAD would work but the
- other wouldn't.
-
- --
- Tom J Parry.
- Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
-