Why did logging into classic Windows computers notoriously require pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete?

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Software companies always force you to update your phone. What is the real reason they are so aggressive about this?

Desktop icons are visual shortcuts to hidden files

First commercial antivirus software was created in 1987 in response to a virus named Brain, which was actually written by two brothers in Pakistan just to track pirated copies of their medical software.

The Space Shuttle had less code than your microwave

Bob Thomas created the first computer virus in 1971, a purely experimental self-replicating program called Creeper that simply displayed the message 'I'm the creeper, catch me if…

Bill Gates fully intended to release his groundbreaking graphical operating system in 1983 under the painfully boring moniker of Interface Manager, convinced it accurately described the software's functionality.

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