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A Super key, located between the Control key and the Alt key, on an ISO style PC keyboard. Super key ( ) is an alternative name for what is commonly labelled as the Windows key [1] or Command key [2] on modern keyboards, typically bound and handled as such by Linux and BSD operating systems and software today.
Screenshot of the Syskey utility on the Windows 8.1 operating system requesting the user to enter a password.. The SAM Lock Tool, better known as Syskey (the name of its executable file), is a discontinued component of Windows NT that encrypts the Security Account Manager (SAM) database using a 128-bit RC4 encryption key.
Historically, the addition of two Windows keys and a menu key marked the change from the 101/102-key to 104/105-key layout for PC keyboards. [2] Compared to the former layout, a Windows key was placed between the left Ctrl and the left Alt and another Windows key and the menu key were placed between the right Alt (or AltGr) and the right Ctrl key.
The Microsoft Sound, as well as Windows 2000's startup and shutdown sounds under the names Windows Logon Sound and Windows Logoff Sound respectively were removed in favor of the new startup and shutdown sounds introduced with Windows XP. It is no longer possible to save or delete schemes under the Appearance tab of Display Properties.
Timeline showing releases of Windows for personal computers and servers. Microsoft Windows is a computer operating system developed by Microsoft.It was first launched in 1985 as a graphical operating system built on MS-DOS.
A combination of Alt+F4 in Microsoft Windows will trigger the shortcut for closing the active window; in this instance, Alt is the modifier key. In contrast, pressing just ⇧ Shift or Alt will probably do nothing unless assigned a specific function in a particular program (for example, activating input aids or the toolbar of the active window ...
Service packs are usually numbered, and thus shortly referred to as SP1, SP2, SP3 etc. [1] They may also bring, besides bug fixes, [2] entirely new features, as is the case of SP2 of Windows XP (e.g. Windows Security Center), or SP3 and SP4 of the heavily database dependent Trainz 2009: World Builder Edition. [3]
With the software installed, pressing the Windows key brings up an updated graphical task manager; which includes an application swapper, buttons to arrange your windows, and a customizable quick launch menu. The presentation also mentions how the Windows key will do more "in the future," likely referring to Windows 95's Start menu.