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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows 3.x/9x/ME => Topic started by: sawbonesadams on September 04, 2011, 04:18:23 PM

Title: Is it possible to crash system from keyboard onlY?
Post by: sawbonesadams on September 04, 2011, 04:18:23 PM

A kid was randomly striking keys on my keyboard pretending he was typing. Everything crashed. Any ideas on what to do. Windows XP.
Thanks
Derrick

Title: Re: Is it possible to crash system from keyboard onlY?
Post by: Computer_Commando on September 04, 2011, 04:32:27 PM

Notice the Pause/Break button on the keyboard?  That will halt the CPU.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break_key

Title: Re: Is it possible to crash system from keyboard onlY?
Post by: BC_Programmer on September 04, 2011, 08:54:03 PM

Quote from: Computer_Commando on September 04, 2011, 04:32:27 PM

Notice the Pause/Break button on the keyboard?  That will halt the CPU.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break_key

Only in Pure DOS.

Title: Re: Is it possible to crash system from keyboard onlY?
Post by: Rob Pomeroy on September 06, 2011, 01:49:29 PM

When you say "everything crashed", what did you see?