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Can someone get a screenshot of the Windows Security Dialog, the Windows Logon Screen requiring Ctrl+Alt+Del or some other screenshot representing one aspect or another of Ctrl+Alt+Del for Windows XP? Since this is the current operating system used by most windows users, I think it would be appropriate to have a screenshot of what people use it for. I would take the shot, but I can't get one just using the print screen key, and I don't have screenshot software. Or would it be acceptable to upload one that I found on the [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnbda/html/mcsad07.gif Microsoft Website]? I think this would be more appropriate than the photo of a protester with a Ctrl+Alt+Del sign. --[[User:Tech Nerd|Tech Nerd]] 01:56, 7 November 2006 (UTC
== Invention of Ctrl-Alt-Del ==
I edited the Ctrl-Alt-Del page to clarify who invented it.
My name is Mel Hallerman. I was the Chief Programmer of the IBM PC project and I came up with the Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence. Dave Bradley, the Chief Engineer, is the one who implemented it in the ROM BIOS. If anyone wants to see it, I can upload the page from my IBM Engineering Notebook that shows my invention, dated and witnessed.
I spoke to Dave about this and he agreed. His discussion of how he "invented" it is merely poetic license, since he *did* put the code into the ROM Bios.
While I think that this key sequence is no big deal, I'd like to have credit where credit is due in my old age<g>.
[[User:Melhallerman|Melhallerman]] 15:12, 20 December 2006 (UTC)MelHallerman
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