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I need a BREAK

I recently purchased a Dell Studio XPS 16 (or 1640) . My initial thought was that it resembled a MacBook Pro only in glossy black. A lovely back lit keyboard catches the eye and a noticeably clear, bright and wide HD screen embraces me as I use the laptop. Battery life is a bit a concern but at this spec and purpose will have to do.

In my work I need to connect to the work files via the Remote Desktop which is handled by the FirePass VPN gateway. One of the issues of this is that I like to have a full screen of the remote desktop and you enable it by Control + Alt + Break key combination. Well to my surprise there is no BREAK key on the Studio XPS 16.  I searched high and low. Checked the manual,web site and of course google but no real answer. So how do I do a Control + Alt + Break?

EDIT: Found the solution Fn+F12 will give you a break!



  1. August 13th, 2009 at 07:37 | #1

    Thanx much for this! I luv this machine, but missing a Break key would have bugged me.

  2. August 13th, 2009 at 12:30 | #2

    @Tim

    Hi Tim, I agree the XPS 16 is an awesome machine, battery life is a concern for me though, but currently I am in a situation in which I am doing a Control + Alt + Fn + F12 key combo. You’d think that by now there would be a shorter way of doing things.

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