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Ctrl -Alt -Delete in RDC and VM

I'm always bringing up the Task Manager in my machine when I lock up a process on a Remote Desktop Connection(RDC) or Virtual Machine(VM).

Turns out all you have to do is right click on the Task Bar in the RDC or VM to bring up the Task Manager.

We'll file this in the "Who Knew?" section.

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Brent said…
And for a full CTRL-ALT-DEL use CTRL-ALT-END.
April 22, 2011 at 1:31 PM
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