The connection between an apple and CTRL+ALT+DEL
On one morning I entered the office, passed through the kitchen and picked up an apple on the way to my desk. I hit the ‘ON’ switch and the computer started loading. Another bite from the apple and BANG! I had to hold CTRL+ALT+DEL to login…
This key combination was invented by Mel Hallerman and implemented by David Bradley, a designer of the original IBM PC. Bradley originally used CTRL+ALT+ESC to trigger a soft reboot and later changed it to CTRL+ALT+DEL. This key combination is impossible to press with one hand which brings me back to my apple…
From an accessibility point of view, login can be a nightmare for some users and also for all people who eat an apple first thing in the morning… Apple’s operation system uses weird keys combination like this to ‘kill’ running applications (Option-Command-Escape) and to eject media (command-control-eject).
The good news is that you can get rid of CTRL+ALT+DEL if you want:
* Open Control Panel and then select ‘User Accounts’.
* Select the Advanced tab.
* Uncheck the ‘Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Del checkbox under Secure Logon’.
Or you can also set up the sticky keys option from the accessibility menu:
* From the control panel open ‘Accessibly’ and select the Keyboard tab.
* Check ‘Use Sticky keys’.
* Select the General Tab.
* Check ‘Apply all settings to logon desktop’.
