Subj : MS 2021 wrap up with 64 patches
To : Sean Dennis
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Mar 09 2022 08:16 am
Hello Sean!
** On Tuesday 08.03.22 - 21:07, you wrote to me:
SD> You know that Control-Alt-Delete was never meant to be part of the
SD> original IBM PC? It "escaped" the lab.
I don't recall the "escape" story. But, interesting.
SD> I read an article interviewing the engineer that developed that at IBM.
SD> He said that it was deliberately awkward so it couldn't be performed
SD> accidentally.
Ctl-Alt-Del doesn't seem awkward to me. For the most part it's
a two-hander, but achieved rather comfortably.
What *is* awkward is the way for changing a simple default
operation on a car radio: press and hold power button, turn
ignition on, tap volume up twice, turn ignition off and on
twice, press volume down three times.
SD> I'd use VeraCrypt and do the whole hard drive if you go encryption. My
SD> opinion, of course, but in my IT career, I found that to be a good
SD> solution (there's a Linux filesystem that can do that also).
The Thinkpad T60 has HDD password feature, and a fingerprint
scanner. I've been afraid to even try those incase the
internal systems would fail.
