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title: CTRL + ALT + DELETE, Was a Mistake Says Bill Gates — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/ctrl-alt-delete-was-a-mistake-says-bill-gates/
date: 2013-10-02
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# CTRL + ALT + DELETE, Was a Mistake Says Bill Gates

Gates answered the question that has baffled PC users since the early 1980s: Why the three-finger salute of Control-Alt-Delete to log into programs?