What Does the Pause/Break Key Do?

[@dash0173]

That windows key + break to bring up your system info is by far the most helpful thing in this video

[@BDBD16]

Beat me to it! didn't even watch the video and wanted to post this.

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

Pausing games is also interessant

[@BigZ69]

Literally the second I saw that I went comment searching for this

[@polski_dezerter]

yes I finaly don't have to rightclick the my computer icon to get there now it's judt a simple shortcut

[@Bebble]

adza botchway I have a pause key, but not a break key

[@tohlmann1969]

skip directly to the tunnelbear ad ---> 03:09

[@bradirv]

Thank you

[@Echocookie8948]

"And speaking of explosions" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@favna]

John doesn't even know any fun unbearable bear puns

[@Joe-gv1dr]

Speaking of literally anything...

[@Exonick_]

Thanks!

[@SirBilliam96]

I really want to know what the origin of the function keys are and why there are 12 of them.

[@DerSolinski]

dude there are 24 of them, but not on the keyboards anymore...

[@Gameactive]

I came to the assumption that they’re just generic macro keys for software to use. The only global function I’ve used any of them for would be force-stopping foreground tasks with Alt + F4.

[@TechReflex]

Hi, the standard keyboard layout has 12 Function keys, and that is why you'll find 12 Function keys on most keyboards. Hope this has been helpful.

[@epiphenomenon]

Congratulations, TechReflex, you've managed to phrase absolutely nothing as if you're saying something useful.

[@SirBilliam96]

TechReflex apparently you don't understand what the word "origin" means, smartass

[@Ben-jz3mt]

Hmm, Linus looks different today

[@ulogy]

Ben 1014 Filming in Halifax, so he became more Eastern-looking.

[@TomGreen99]

He's not wearing socks & sandals.

[@suicideassassin6963]

What are you talking about he always looks like that wtf

[@btje1999]

Asian Linus

[@nxtg7713]

Ben 1014 lmao

[@gmansmiley2984]

Does it pause viruses?

[@markusTegelane]

G man Smiley sorry, it doesn't

[@wayge]

even better, it breaks them

[@niebuhr6197]

G man Smiley I have never considered it. Please go ahead and donwload a virus and then you tell us.

[@lodbldbol]

I shall make a virus that implements a play/pause function activated by the pause|break key.

[@DeepThinker193]

yes, yes it does

[@cridenh2owo257]

It will either pause any video you have playing on screen, or break your computer, 50/50 chance. If you have no video playing, then it will 100% break the computer

[@ContinualImprovement]

So does this mean I *shouldn’t* delete system32?

[@JuTakii]

Continual Improvement Nah you probably should

[@FizzleFX]

I once did accidentally guess what... pc didnt start

[@bradirv]

It'll make your computer faster

[@kekag]

No, but I heard downloading more RAM can really boost performance

[@daniel.lgoncalves]

་ hello thiojoe

[@chikkachu2208]

Obviously, that key is dedicated for pause in Age of Empires II.

[@Sunset13118]

Michael Compton so?

[@user-oi9to7ux7k]

Absolutely right. It's the only way you can beat the computer on the hardest levels when a dozen or more enemy units are moving against you at the same time.

[@Furgelnod]

The pause/break key has some quirks which should've been included in the video, holding it down produces a single keystroke without any repetition. Usually keys held down send a down repeatedly then up once you release the key. Pause/break on the other hand sends a single down then immediately up and nothing when its released, which makes it less than useful in a variety of circumstances.

[@not_proton]

Instructions unclear: Pressed break, and now I'm broke

[@haseenabadshah5381]

69 likes lmao

[@YoManKenji]

Did it do something to ur computer?

[@RascalCase]

Just when you said “pause” my KZbin froze and I was like what

[@03Shinigami]

who tried pressing Pause while watching this just to see if the video will pause?

[@Rekiotsu]

lol, totally did...

[@gabrielsandstedt]

it's on SPACE :)

[@TalesOfWar]

K works too anywhere on the page without the video itself being active.

[@Towelie1994]

In Soviet Russia. Viruses gets Windows.

[@markofcomms]

in soviet russia bad memes use you

[@singhdeep744]

In Soviet Russia, pause button breaks you

[@LloydLynx]

In the rest of the world, Windows is a virus.

[@SillyFoxJade]

that means the same thing! (and yes i get the joke, dont r/whoosh me)

[@hkoizumi3134]

I did Windows+Pause at work PC. I found out it has 16GB of RAM in a 32bit Win7 OS.......

[@ice3218]

H Koizumi what a waste

[@bfxgaming9165]

Lmao

[@sorabtv1853]

Hahaha

[@emre.keser03]

H Koizumi Get the 16 gb out and use it lel

[@fadjan9998]

H Koizumi wait what?

[@TeunSegers]

It's useful as a developer to stop the compiler and go back to editing code. This goes for multiple applications that have long(-ish) running processes. Doesn't have to be on the command prompt. To me this is the main use case, they didn't properly cover it (it kind of falls in the realm of the command line process interruptions, but you're not using the command prompt...).

[@ravewulf]

No mention of using Pause/Break for debugging software in IDEs?

[@eyyo3571]

ravewulf wait, what? please explain.

[@eideticex]

Shazib Roy In the debuggers you find in IDEs (and external debuggers) the Pause/Break key will trigger a breakpoint wherever you are within execution. In modern IDEs this should trigger your debugging view however you have it set up as if you ran the program to a manually inserted break point. There are also key combinations surrounding it, which for the most part do the same thing as the key combinations most Visual Studio users are familiar with (Step Into, Step Over, etc).

[@GrothBrooks]

Great to see more people on these videos is always great. Nothing against Linus (He's great too), but it's weird that he is the host for nearly every video when the company has so many people.

[@Kaelygon]

I find Ctrl+C much more convenience.

[@TobyCowles]

Justcampus I use that in bash all the time but does that work in MS stuff as well

[@ZalVIIzero]

Justcampus What does it do? Sorry, too lazy to search it up.

[@tai-bere3500]

Copies to the clipboard...

[@muskit_]

On GUIs, copies (Ctrl-V pastes). When pressed in cmd or bash/Terminal, most programs will stop running (like [x] on top of a window).

[@DMack6464]

*Toby Cowles* ctrl+c doesn't work in legacy cmd, but may work in Win10 cmd. 01101001 01101110 01100010 00110100 00100000 00100010 01100101 01110111 00100000 01100110 01110101 01110010 01110010 01111001 00100010 00100000 01111000 01100100

[@lionelouellette9100]

These are some of my favorite types of Techquickie videos. Thanks guys.

[@axelolord]

Multiple apps still use the break key for different functions obviously. One of the more common ones in office use is for excel macros. A break key will stop any ongoing vba code in its tracks - very useful for stopping loops and identifying them since it will automatically show the spot it was at in the code processing at the time. (as a sidenote if you're on a laptop and don't have a break key to do that - double tapping the esc key in Excel will have the same function)

[@marius8032]

Instructions are not clear (the system32 file was replaced by a picture with a d***)

[@TwilightWolf032]

I fail to see the problem.

[@KraggHC]

A picture WITH a d***, or a picture OF a d***? Two very, VERY different things :D

[@wtsuser]

system32 is a folder

[@fusseldieb]

+Smartwatch Hax You must be fun at parties...

[@wtsuser]

Fusseldieb du auch

[@lekashameti6865]

The usual format of journalism. History comes first and the essence, requiring roughly only 1/10th of the time to explain, comes at the end. Stuff very appropriate for retirement age , to sit down and read.

[@MudkipOnYT]

2:35 Windows 10 Pro on... AN INTEL ATOM N550?! AT 1.5GHz?! AND ONE GIG OF RAM?! My god...

[@VDani16]

What a waste of Windows license xd.

[@Enavoid]

@@VDani16 Imagine licensing windows lmao

[@electricimpulsetoprogramming]

@@Enavoid lol

[@Gabifuertes]

32 bit OS on amd64 processor

[@macieksoft]

In my Epson HX-20 i have separate keys for PAUSE and BREAK. PAUSE is mainly used to stop listing of program and BREAK is used to terminate the program at any time. When you press BREAK you get information on which line the program execution stopped.

[@TorutheRedFox]

the pause key isn't standard in games because not all keyboards have it

[@pigenator5814]

LBPPlayer7 But people can rebind it if they don’t have it. SC2 has it.

[@Warrax22]

It might not be standard but it still in a lot of games, specially single player games

[@crystalsoulslayer]

Every time I've ever seen the Pause/Break key, it's always been way the hell over to the right, far away from WASD. I suspect left-handed people would get more use out of it, though.

[@DumbSloth87]

Most left-handed people use the mouse on the right hand. I'm left handed and I can't even imagine gaming with my right hand on WASD.

[@crystalsoulslayer]

DumbSloth87, I've heard from quite a few left-handed people that they like rebinding their games to the arrow keys or numpad and using their mouse with their left hand. The Pause/Break key might be a convenient alternative to Escape for them.

[@PhirePhlame]

Fun fact: the PAUSE key actually pauses my American Megatrends UEFI boot. It doesn't display any messages, but it does pause until I press enter.

[@checks8461]

I like this guy. Make more videos with this guy please. Thank you very much!

[@tonyhong20]

checks Well he kinda already writes every episode of Techquickie

[@nitroisx21]

From an IT Admin thank you for windows + pause break little shit like this speeds up work flow tremendously sometimes.

[@7necromancer]

Alt vs Alt Gr next pls

[@aretard7995]

Alt Gr lets you use alternate characters such as |\}][{½$#£>< in 5th row of Turkish Q layout

[@lukasg4807]

I like this new linus, he only talks about tunnelbear at the end :)

[@Rugg-qk4pl]

Some games I play use the pause key (Starcraft and dota) so I’ve never questioned it

[@giridhargosakan]

You can hit ctrl+pause break to stop excel from recalculating formulas. Like when you remove filter, excel sometimes starts recalculating vlookup function. You can hit the vutton combo to stop it.

[@scott4shell]

Like this guy he has an strange accent in a good way

[@ghomerhust]

jon is a regular at LTT. he's in a lot of their episodes, such as scrapyard wars, and the moving vlogs

[@ZNotFound]

scott4shell He's the American on the LMG team. He kinda sounds like he's nose is clogged or something, but I'm used to his voice from other LMG videos.

[@genrepolice]

Zytran L I think he sounds Canadian

[@ZNotFound]

Mark van Engelen Well, I'm asian so what do I know about the accents in the Americas(The continents)

[@DaleErnieMichael]

It's like a mix between Canadian and Southern. Yeehaw, eh.

[@Compucore]

Also pause/break is used for when you have a kvm switch. It gives the attention to the switch to which computer you want to use with your keyboard, video and mouse. And depending on how many computers are hooked up to it as well.

[@IrishPhoenix]

I don't even have this key.

[@XzTS-Roostro]

Lemmie guess, MacBook? Apple's notebooks don't have it, but their full-size desktop keyboards do. Also, most notebook PCs have the key itself.

[@IrishPhoenix]

XzTS nope. HP.

[@swapnil199]

@@IrishPhoenix i have a HP latop with R Shift as Pause key

[@ajdzanovic]

neither do i, i don't even have a scroll key. lenovo ideapad s540

[@LexieAssassin]

I work for the local DMV office here and one of the programs we use is some sort of 1980's IBM database emulator... thing... and that key is used as the "reset" key.

[@rougepilot5513]

"for you folks at home"... 2020 in a nutshell

[@Baby.Yoda.knows.tech.]

I map this key as "Execute in terminal" in VS code.. Thanks Pause Break..you helped me.. 😆

[@Gabifuertes]

To make bash scripts or... Copying from readme files?

[@victortaveras454]

Top ten questions scientists still can't answer to this day

[@PracticalJoker19]

Been using the Pause/Break key to go to system properties for ages. Helps a lot especially on old and slow computers.

[@vaibhavsingh8122]

1 gig of ram with Intel atom and you are running windows 10 with that machine. @2:30

[@ExileCestus]

VMware?

[@kedarshinde4216]

All I know is is used to stop the server in Django

[@LoganDark4357]

Everything you said TunnelBear could do is done better by Private Internet Access at a much cheaper price.

[@jamesdagmond]

But that's not their sponsor. lol

[@tophatter-qy5rh]

It is now, Thanks John McAfee!

[@One-Cut]

I'll be using that "windows" + "pause" shortcut from now on. Thanks!

[@Z9R.]

This key should be used to pause video games instead of escape.

[@pointed.sphere]

Idk, I personally like to have a dedicated key to pause my games.

[@nKOBEb]

TQ is the perfect platform for Jon - he is bad at the standard LTT vids but this nerdy informant kind of environment is just great with him

[@TomGreen99]

Didn't Linus do this one last year?

[@SheridanWhiteside]

You can also use CTRL + break if you need to abort a macro running. Specially in Excel using the ‘SendKeys’ command in VBA makes the user have to wait until the macro is finished before using the computer. CTRL + Break stops the process.

[@TexasEngineer]

It is also an essential combination when programming in Visual Studio. Press Ctrl Break to stop a unstopable program. It is impossible to program without the break key.

[@krambis7721]

WE NEED SCRAPYARD WARS 7

[@studiopapa5874]

We need dumbasses like you to stop talking about it.

[@vileshaffconker3914]

i used autohotkey to get rid of title bars, add maximize, minimize, and use always on top with keybored shortcuts, getting rid of title bars can be useful for games if your trying to go full screen, especially the game your playing doesen't wanna work with your current desktop res, just get the title bar out of the way and then maximize to scale to your res.

[@vileshaffconker3914]

this method is basicly emulating fullscreen

[@PeterPan-qn2hz]

C IS FOR ...?

[@linusmlgtips2123]

Peter Pan Churos

[@redeemedrevan1164]

Crap

[@_thekonrad]

Peter Pan cat

[@jef8278]

This is a mean now😂😂

[@bipbong2906]

Asap c0cky

[@elimalinsky7069]

Back in the old DOS era if you were to type dir, you would have all the contents of the folder scroll crazy fast, impossible for you to actually read what's there. That's where the pause key came in handy, but you had to be quick like a ninja and double tap the pause button insanely fast in order to methodically scroll through all the directory content. Or you could type dir/w, so that the contents would appear in columns, easing the process a bit.

[@anthony-ob6lw]

Linus please do a face reveal.

[@azur1998]

Suggestion for future video: the difference between active and passive USB extenders, the maximum lengths of each type (USB2 And USB3) and maybe ways to extend that even further

[@arshiakmi1370]

Jon does a faar better job than linus hosting tech quickie

[@bipbong2906]

Arshia Kmi Jon masterrace

[@ponysopher]

I hope this is sarcasm.

[@somepickles]

Well he writes all the episodes anyway

[@Korinoga]

Hey, I used the Pause/Break key for the router password reset before lol. Nice to see that its mentioned in the video.

[@tadi7847]

36% of the video is not the topic at hand... who is the smart guy who approved of this?

[@Psychodegu]

It was such a weak subject to have 2 adverts, and with it taking up more then a third of the video it is rather absurd.

[@Psychodegu]

Well if your giving out cheese, it would increase the value of having watched the video.

[@martin0499]

Linux's giant sponsorship money bag

[@capability-snob]

This is a really handy key that is unfortunately missing from some laptops. Windows uses the sequence Ctrl+Alt+Del to do what the break key was intended to do on modern machines: break to the powerbox or task manager with no possibility for user applications to detect it. On older machines, such as the Commodore 64, the break key (or run/stop) could interrupt the program and drop you back into BASIC. Unfortunately, it will be unlikely that future secure mult-user systems to restore the original meaning of a key that can't be relied upon to be present.

[@XxIReAcTIxX]

What a waste of cherry mx switch.

[@saintfrosty6165]

Well mx is a waste of plastic

[@tim3172]

CTRL+ALT+BREAK Can be used to break out of/leave full-screen mode in a Windows RDS/Remote Desktop without having to use the blue bar at the top.

[@isobelsheppard9435]

I get this and don't get it.

[@PJosh23]

I really enjoy these tech quickiess with Jon

[@anonymous_909]

Who dis?

[@milosm9280]

Idrees jon

[@Slepepe]

jon?

[@bipbong2906]

Idrees if u don’t know who dis is u a little bitch no shame tho

[@madnap7972]

this guy writes every tech quickie episode

[@Warrax22]

HI WELCOME TO THE CHANNEL AND TO LINUS IN GENERAL, THIS IS JON, THEIR LEGAL GUY, ALSO THE WRITER FOR TECH QUICKIES.

[@eyreland]

Even screen capture software does not use the Print Screen key, as infranview by default uses Control + F11 ...

[@arkidon8706]

Jon > Linus

[@RaoulsRandomVideos]

Wow me and a friend was just talking about this yesterday. All we managed to do was the command pause thing. It'd be awesome if pressing it again would resume the execution though

[@xXscreamingkoalaXx]

Good info, cringy video.

[@Sunset13118]

Matthew P. Cute profile photo could you link to get that photo?

[@ThePotato_]

deskbg.com/i/c/1280x1024/wpp/17/17424/cat-sunflower-headband-desktop-background.jpg

[@Sunset13118]

ThePotato thanks bro

[@rookiekuundere612]

I use pause all the time at work, because it’s the shortcut to our time card to sign in/out, as well as check when our next scheduled shift is

[@MadSupra354]

I'm gay.

[@GrumpiestKitten]

same

[@evelynstafford9224]

same

[@jaidsalgado]

Same

[@bipbong2906]

Voltaic Fire He’s fuckin gay my dude

[@bryanjk]

actually... same

[@akoayisangogag]

It's interesting to note that Ctrl+Break is not mentioned. Some modern applications still use them to break an ongoing process. Most IBM applications such as IBM Notes still use this keystroke.

[@paulvorderegger1522]

It is actually mentioned. 1:37

[@akoayisangogag]

@@paulvorderegger1522 my bad

[@brucewillis461]

LAST!!!1111!!!!!11111111111111111!!!!!!

[@CatFace8885]

I just replied to your comment. HOW BOUT NOW??

[@letsgoiowa]

Can you do a video on some of the most useful hotkeys and shortcuts?

[@Mr.Erikstad]

Fuck, the jokes are bad! Love the informativity of all your videos but please stop the "jokes" and use of "humor"

[@tai-bere3500]

Yeah, I find it really brings the level of enjoyment I get outta this channel down so much...

[@LangleyNA]

I also do not tend to appreciate or enjoy humor when learning.

[@codzboy74]

Love this new style of techquickie

[@ruanduplessis6805]

So happy this guy is back

[@joshuan.]

Intro was A+, great job!

[@NaoPb]

You actually did make it kinda fun. Well done :) .

[@sodapone]

FN+Pause on my keyboard is a hotkey for sleep mode. There's even a crescent moon icon underneath the "Pause/Break" on it.

[@everythingexplained3226]

kek'd at intro, kek'd at graph, kek'd at arnie, u did good job in making video about obscure forgotten button be funny, you deserve raise

[@MidnightToker24]

I want to see a brand new movie with Swazye and Reeves surfing and robbing banks about the Pause Break.

[@ViceUnderdogZeke]

I remember alt tabbing on AOE 3 and when I returned the game was Paused and the only thing that fixed/unpaused it was Pause Break

[@Sikerth]

Disappointed that it's mentioned how only two modern applications use the key while in Access, you can use CTRL+Break to stop a query in progress or, in Excel, stop a 200,000 row x 200,000 row lookup (SUMIFS) formula from running after waiting 5 years for it to run on your outdated work laptop.

[@dylancrysler6990]

I love this guy hosting! he should do some things on linustechtips too!

[@Nobody-eg4bi]

No mention of using Pause/Break for IDEs like visual studio, debuggers, assemblers, jumping in instructions or codes, in DOS and MS-DOS OS, in UNIX OS, and even in cracking.

[@charlesworpek2653]

The opening was much more entertaining then usual

[@rolandtroger6014]

It's 2017 and command line is not old-school or obsolete! It's amazing! (at least when you're not on windows)

[@EconaelGaming]

The pause key is capable of pausing long running console programs (e.g. ffmpeg), which can then be resumed by pressing enter.

[@PureOwnag3]

Only used that key in a cmd window. And before win95 in dos or other program that did run on dos. Even crtl+pause break, wont close a cmd window, but can be used to terminate an running command, like ping or tracert.

[@timothygrimes5990]

1 use is if you are consoled into a router or switch.. And 1 need to interrupt the boot process to get the device into rommon mode..ctrl + c usally works but sometimes u need the break key.

[@thatCbean]

I love the german command prompt screenshot you used

[@EfrenMunoz313]

This was actually a really good video

[@bmpman]

I didn’t know about the windows key + pause break key. Probably gonna start using that.

[@9600bauds]

video hasn't even started and you're already telling me to subscribe

[@croock3]

yay Jon made another video! I love this guy

[@asterisk4424]

0:55 Yeah no I'ma need that spicy 1800s meme right now.

[@figurativefluff]

Huh, neat. That system properties shortcut is gonna come in handy.

[@OneMo1]

Win + Break Learned something new today!

[@farzeenferozeae9607]

I unknowingly did that in attempt to take screenshot, What does this do I'm scared

[@0ZeldaFreak]

The only key whats missing is the print key. Sure everyone knows what the Print key do but there is a second line with SysRq. On german keyboards there stand "S-Abf" and with this shortcut i had no clue. Its the same with the Scroll Lock key that is called "Rollen" in german (translated it means to roll).

[@TwainP]

I like how it shows Taran when talking about AHK because he loves AHK

[@matt_b...]

That's fine but I'm waiting for you guys to do a video on what these two keys do on my keyboard. One says "RESTORE" and its above the "RETURN" key while the other is a weird logo that looks like "C=" and it's on the lower left???