MS-DOS and Other Real Mode Systems
On a PC running DOS or a system that runs in real mode, this keystroke combination is recognized by the keyboard handling code in the BIOS unless the keyboard interrupt has been hooked by some other resident program. The BIOS reacts by invoking a soft (aka warm) reboot. Under Windows 3.0 and earlier (and Windows 3.1x running in Standard mode), Control-Alt-Delete reboots the computer as in MS-DOS.
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