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A QWERTY keyboard layout with the position of Control, Alt and Delete keys highlighted. Control-Alt-Delete (often abbreviated to Ctrl+Alt+Del and sometimes called the "three-finger salute" or "Security Keys") [1] [2] is a computer keyboard command on IBM PC compatible computers, invoked by pressing the Delete key while holding the Control and Alt keys: Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
Ctrl+Alt+Print Screen: Save screenshot of window as file ⇧ Shift+⌘ Cmd+4 then Space then move mouse and click: Alt+Print Screen : Ctrl+Alt+Show Windows then move mouse and click Copy screenshot of window to clipboard Ctrl+⇧ Shift+⌘ Cmd+4 then Space then move mouse and click: Alt+Print Screen : Ctrl+Alt+Show Windows then move mouse and click
COMMAND. ACTION. Ctrl/⌘ + C. Select/highlight the text you want to copy, and then press this key combo. Ctrl/⌘ + F. Opens a search box to find a specific word, phrase, or figure on the page
In Windows XP only, there is a "Shut Down" menu that provides access to Standby, Hibernate, Turn off, Restart, Log Off, and Switch User. This is because, by default in Windows XP, pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete opens the Task Manager instead of opening a dialog that provides access to the Task Manager in addition to the options mentioned above.
Keyboard shortcuts make it easier and quicker to perform some simple tasks in your AOL Mail. Access all shortcuts by pressing shift+? on your keyboard.. All shortcuts are formatted for Windows computers, but most will work on a Mac by substituting Cmd for Ctrl or Option for Alt.
If you run it via the Start Menu ---> Run, there are no switches. If you right-click the Taskbar, then run Task Manager from there, the switch is /4. Pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc produces /2. Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del that shows a menu (Lock/Log off/Switch user/etc) and then choosing Task Manager from that menu, shows /3. Not sure if /1 is possible.
The Alt key is well known as part of the key combinations: Ctrl+Alt+Delete may restart the computer (its original function); in some operating systems it brings up a task manager - see Control-Alt-Delete. Alt+⌘ Cmd+Esc (often referred to as ⌘ Cmd+⌥ Opt+Esc.) brings up the Force Quit window in Apple's macOS, see Option key.
In Windows 8, the shutdown function was moved out of the Start screen, only to be brought back in Windows 8.1 Update (in April 2014) with a sufficiently high screen resolution. Computer power states can also be managed by pressing Alt+F4 while focused on desktop, or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del.