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my computer will not turn off when I press (ctrl+

alt+delete)

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*!Mary-Chan!* offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 38 #
Denver, CO, US | 2 months, 1 week ago (2 minutes after post)

umm Your computer shouldn’t turn off when you press ctrl + alt + delete

It should bring up a box saying to end tasks.

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The Clue offline Verified User (2 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 12 #
Minot, ND, US | 2 months, 1 week ago (11 minutes after post)

Good one Mary that is the million dollar answer. LOL :-)

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*!Mary-Chan!* offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 38 #
Denver, CO, US | 2 months, 1 week ago (13 minutes after post)

Well, i mean, how many computers do you know that turn off when you press ctrl+alt+delete?

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The Clue offline Verified User (2 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 12 #
Minot, ND, US | 2 months, 1 week ago (18 minutes after post)

LOL none that I know of. I suppose I could program one to do that but it would suck when a program needs to be shut down and you forget and your pc restarts every time. :-)

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*!Mary-Chan!* offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 38 #
Denver, CO, US | 2 months, 1 week ago (22 minutes after post)

lol

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Tvøroyri, 00, FO | 2 months, 1 week ago (1 hour, 15 minutes after post)

Actually, when you press ctrl+alt+del in Linux, it brings up the shutdown menu.

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