Windows 10?

Yes.

I think I can see them in Task Manager listed as background processes.

It happens every once in a while that I mis-type, and I usually end up rebooting my PC to get back to normal. But I'm sure there's a better way. This time, I'll have lost quite a lot of work if I reboot.

I think you've got an add-on running to do that; I can't find anything about that key combo when I bingleduck.

Uh. Not that I know of.

Are you certain it's ALT SHIFT # and not WINKEY SHIFT #?

Yes, Win+Shift+# clones window number 3

Sorry; my bad. I don't mean "#" literally; I mean WINKEY SHIFT and any number. But the docs don't provide a consistent-with-your-description function for that, either.

@JeffZeitlin I know you mean a number. That's what I mean too.

Also, it appears to only happen for 2,3,4. I presume because there are 4 "virtual desktops" (except I don't actually have that), and I'm currently on number 1.

Actually, Win10 does have a virtual desktop system built in; I don't use it, and I can't find how the keyboard interacts with it.

The best I can find on the W10 VD is community.windows.com/en-us/stories/virtual-desktop-windows-10

@JeffZeitlin Yeah, I know. But this is crazy. I can repro it no problem. And my apps are surly still running.

Clearly, it isn't Windows' virtual desktops. Even if I create 5, Alt+Shift+5 doesn't do anything.

Yeah, and again, the available info isn't consistent with what you're describing.

The only think I can think of is a third-party VD manager, but you say not.

@JeffZeitlin That made me look through TaskManager's list of applications, and lo, I think I've found a 3rd part VD manager!

:)

Which one?

Dexpot. My problem was that I only have it running for something entirely unrelated, so I never thought of it as a VD manager.

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I'll have to check that out; first I'm hearing of it...

I only used to to pin windows on top.

I know I've seen other software for that...

Looks interesting, some nice features listed. But it's purely commercial, not worth it to me.

/me is a cheap-a$$

Because x86 needs to go die in a fire: cnet.com/news/…

All x86 hardware will be obsolete.

I've said this time and again: x86 is inherently inefficient. The x86-64 instruction set space is an absolute mess and a nightmare to comprehend. Parsing x86 code requires more silicon and more power than decoding Arm instructions. Semiconductor manufacturing improvements can only do so much. When we reach the end of Moore's Law, when every major manufacturer uses fundamentally the same process, nobody will want to use x86.

Well, i knew at some point that Apple would want to ditch intel CPU's for their own silicon

But I don't think the world is ready to move onto ARM

Windows for ARM is meh

@CaldeiraG Apple has experience in changing/moving architectures, and basically control/want to control their own stack

@JourneymanGeek they make the hardware, the OS, i would expect it be easy to switch architectures at any time

considering now macOS becomes closer to ipadOS (forgot its name :p)

it's a ecosystem you're paying for basically

yup

It's a clever trick

Can't have a antitrust suit, if it only runs on your hardware.

@CaldeiraG Yes, it's called iPadOS.

@bwDraco ah good :)

just not familiar with apple tech

@djsmiley2kStaysInside Oooh good point

Hackintoshes are about to get a bit more complicated

and probably even more offtopic on SU

they are pushing towards serviceless machines

the laptops will be totally sealed with no ports of any kind

it get inside you'll need a dremel

you spend £3k on a new one, when it breaks you'll have to bin it and buy another

@Burgi it sorts of happens now anyways

That rumor of a portless iPhone could very well be true

They don't care about your wired earphones, buy airpods instead

i can even envisage a nightmare world where they rent you the hardware

You want wireless fast charging? Buy our $60 fast wireless charger because the one in the box is 5w lol

OMG! CONSPIRACY THEORY!

@Burgi :/

@Burgi xD

apple invented corona virus so that people wouldn't go round to their friends house and while there borrow a charging cable

Lol :p

THATS WHY THERE WAS ALL THAT CRAP ABOUT 5G!!!!!!

I wanna see a MacBook that doesn't thermal throttle xD

W A K E U P S H E E P L E ! ! ! !

#AppleInventCorona