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0 pointsseabass-labrax2y ago0 comments

Windows XP was part of the NT line, but still had the Ctrl+Alt+Del combination for 'open Task Manager'. I think it took until Windows Vista for the 'lock screen' to be introduced, but I don't have a copy around to check.

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RF_Savage2y ago· 2 in thread

At least the windows 2000 pro and xp machines I used back in the day presented a dialog with both "lock computer", "open task manager", "switch user" or "log out".

p_l2y ago

It was a setting that could be changed, I think XP is the one that introduced the option to start task manager - because that matches the behaviour of windows 9x line that they were targeting for replacement.

Windows 9x would open a primitive task manager on Ctrl+Alt+Del

seabass-labraxOP2y ago

That's really interesting. I wonder if the setting was automatically set to 'open Task Manager' when there was only one, unsecured user (and therefore nothing to lock or sign out of). I don't remember changing it, but this was of course well over a decade ago now.

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