Pause / Break
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I have this great key on on my keyboard. It sits way on the upper right. It says 'Pause/Break'. Does anybody know what its for?
Just push it and you can stop what you're doing and go to the bathroom. :-D
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you can use it in command line to pause the output... also, a Win+Pause opens the "System Properties" dialog.
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toxcct wrote:
Win+Pause opens the "System Properties" dialog
mmm... intuitive!
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I have this great key on on my keyboard. It sits way on the upper right. It says 'Pause/Break'. Does anybody know what its for?
I assume you can use it to pause any useless Windows system processes..? (winlogon.exe and explorer.exe to name a few). Regards, --Perspx
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I have this great key on on my keyboard. It sits way on the upper right. It says 'Pause/Break'. Does anybody know what its for?
It's used for Pause output. For example when your machine starts you can use to pause and read bios messages. Oh yeah and the bathroom thing too ;)
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I have this great key on on my keyboard. It sits way on the upper right. It says 'Pause/Break'. Does anybody know what its for?
You can only use that key when you're working in an office. When you're about to go on a break, you hit that key. When you come back, you hit it again. One of your corporate servers monitors these keystrokes and is used to verify your activity at work.
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I assume you can use it to pause any useless Windows system processes..? (winlogon.exe and explorer.exe to name a few). Regards, --Perspx
"The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
In my experience explorer.exe is quite capable of pausing itself without the need for any user intervention.
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I have this great key on on my keyboard. It sits way on the upper right. It says 'Pause/Break'. Does anybody know what its for?
As the others have said it's a holdover from the olden days. I remapped it to toggle number pad mode on my laptop-like keyboard because I've remapped the numlock key to be the Home key. Actually I've remapped pretty much all the control type keys in a very geeky manner based on analyzing which keys I use most and where they are on the keyboard. When someone else tries to use my keyboard they tend to give up in frustration pretty quickly.
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As the others have said it's a holdover from the olden days. I remapped it to toggle number pad mode on my laptop-like keyboard because I've remapped the numlock key to be the Home key. Actually I've remapped pretty much all the control type keys in a very geeky manner based on analyzing which keys I use most and where they are on the keyboard. When someone else tries to use my keyboard they tend to give up in frustration pretty quickly.
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson
You and dvorak would have made great friends. :)
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I have this great key on on my keyboard. It sits way on the upper right. It says 'Pause/Break'. Does anybody know what its for?
Tim Schwallie wrote:
Does anybody know what its for?
you press Pause if you want to close your eyes for a quick breather, of course it is probably linked to your boss so he can come in and yell at you for sleeping on the job.... You can press Break if you want a coffee or smoking break.... ironically it too is linked to your boss so that he can come in and yell at you for not working.... so.... not surprisingly, no one uses it anymore. of course, if you join a theatrical forum you can still offer someone good luck by telling them to [break] a leg. :)
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modified on Monday, August 18, 2008 12:04 PM
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You and dvorak would have made great friends. :)
Sadly I never learned the Dvorak layout and it hasn't really caught on leaving the improbable situation that many millions of people are typing on a layout designed *specifically* with the sole purpose of slowing down the typist. Hopefully the keyboard is destined for the dustbin of history sooner than later.
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson
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Tim Schwallie wrote:
Does anybody know what its for?
you press Pause if you want to close your eyes for a quick breather, of course it is probably linked to your boss so he can come in and yell at you for sleeping on the job.... You can press Break if you want a coffee or smoking break.... ironically it too is linked to your boss so that he can come in and yell at you for not working.... so.... not surprisingly, no one uses it anymore. of course, if you join a theatrical forum you can still offer someone good luck by telling them to [break] a leg. :)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
modified on Monday, August 18, 2008 12:04 PM
El Corazon wrote:
if you join a theatrical forum
I read that as Theoretical! :)
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I have this great key on on my keyboard. It sits way on the upper right. It says 'Pause/Break'. Does anybody know what its for?
Tim Schwallie wrote:
Does anybody know what its for?
Legacy from the days of DOS. Pause would pause the output to the console window (and still does) and Break would be like a Ctrl-C, which it still does in a console window. Marc
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El Corazon wrote:
if you join a theatrical forum
I read that as Theoretical! :)
------------------------------------ "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy" - Bob Monkhouse
Dalek Dave wrote:
Theoretical!
same key, different use.... [pause] for thought.... ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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You can only use that key when you're working in an office. When you're about to go on a break, you hit that key. When you come back, you hit it again. One of your corporate servers monitors these keystrokes and is used to verify your activity at work.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001That sounds like an antiquated system. Most companies these days use motion sensing webcams and Bobs.
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Tim Schwallie wrote:
Does anybody know what its for?
Legacy from the days of DOS. Pause would pause the output to the console window (and still does) and Break would be like a Ctrl-C, which it still does in a console window. Marc
I use control-break to break builds in Visual Studio. :)
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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I use control-break to break builds in Visual Studio. :)
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
I use control-break to break builds in Visual Studio.
Ah! I knew I used it for something! Me too. Marc
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Sadly I never learned the Dvorak layout and it hasn't really caught on leaving the improbable situation that many millions of people are typing on a layout designed *specifically* with the sole purpose of slowing down the typist. Hopefully the keyboard is destined for the dustbin of history sooner than later.
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson
I bought myself a DAS Keyboard. Its "innovative" character layout allows me to use qwerty or dvorak with equal ease. I occasionally have a go at learning dvorak in ktouch but i can't say i've got anywhere with it yet.
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I use control-break to break builds in Visual Studio. :)
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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I use control-break to break builds in Visual Studio. :)
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
Don't let this become too well known, but occasionally I use Ctrl-Break to break into a debug session of some access databases. Oddly, this is also a precursor to me banging my head against a wall. :)
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In my experience explorer.exe is quite capable of pausing itself without the need for any user intervention.
Fair point :laugh: Regards, --Perspx
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