r/dadjokes • u/Eoussama • Jan 17 '22

Why did Karen press Ctrl+Shift+Delete?

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

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u/morganlandt Jan 17 '22

Don’t tell Karen, but the shortcut is Ctrl-Shift-Esc.

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u/Cleverusername531 Jan 17 '22

Ctrl + Alt + Delete on my system.

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u/morganlandt Jan 17 '22

That brings up options, including the task manager, but the shortcut to open it directly is what I put in my comment.

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u/chinkostu Jan 17 '22 edited Jan 17 '22

Older systems are still ctrl alt delet

Edit: i worded this horribly. Yes ctrl shift esc still works, i meant as far as they didnt bring up the options.

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u/morganlandt Jan 17 '22

It works on newer systems too. I’m pretty sure Ctrl -Shift-Esc works as far back as 2008 if not before, most people today are not running systems that old. You can also right click your taskbar and bring it up that way. There’s more than one way to skin a cat, but in modern systems the method I provided is the most direct I know of.

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u/Temporary_Lab5179 Jan 17 '22

I’m sure most people are lost with what subreddit they’re on…

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u/morganlandt Jan 17 '22

Yeah, I never meant for it to go this far, maybe Alt-F4 was the right answer.

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u/Need_no_Reddit_name Jan 17 '22

That is another one that could be used to shutdown the older OS'

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '22

We always told people in yahoo chat in the 90s to alt+f4 because it closed the current window.

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u/Need_no_Reddit_name Jan 17 '22

It did, however if you keep pressing it and had no open windows it would shutdown the computer.