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Windows + L – that’s my favourtite one. Made me stand up from my PC faster that anyone else at lunchtime
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Andreas
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I never knew about win + D for the desktop – how cool is that – I hate it when people delete the show desktop icon – now I don’t mind!
Incidentally – doesn’t pressing win + D again restore all minimised programs?
These shortcut keys are really cool – I didn’t know about most of these listed and they will really help me in my work.
The windows + pause is a great one
I can see the appeal of Alt-Esc but I usually have so many windows open that opening them sequentially is of no value to me. Still, always good to find new key strokes!
As for Windows, I think you hit the nail on the head – if you are happy, why switch? I’m in the same boat – XP2 working just fine, thank you. I’ve played with Ubuntu but I am satisfied for now to just use it in VMware player.
Knowing the tips of Microsoft Windows, really increase our productivity and gives us more time in other things. I think we can save lot of time in our other projects.
Thanks for sharing the taskbar shuffle! It’s annoying when the new window opens at the end when you need it next to another at the beginning. I am also used to drag and drop tabs in firefox so this is perfect for me to have
I’m going to come off sounding like a major fanboy, but whatever, here it goes:
I switched to OS X late last year and my productivity went up. The OS is just so smooth. It is an absolute dream for web developers, and I mean that for every aspect of the game — graphics, coding, writing, surfing, email etc.
I sold my last PC a few months ago, and now I rock out on two Macbook Pro’s. Part of the productivity increase is from a feature called ‘expose’ in OS X. Look it up in youtube to see how managing many windows at once is very easy.
the windows tips are very helpful and to answer your question they do work on XP
One great productivity improvements can be to just increase the RAM in the machine. When a machine is running a handful of programs or just has too little RAM, it can run quite slowly. Removing programs from Windows’ startup can help with the speed as well.
Thank you for the tips. Some times it you really need someone like you to teach all these tricks. Thanks.
Hey, these are some pretty helpful tips. I knew about alt+tab and alt+shift+tab as well as windows+L but I didn’t know about windows+pause. That is one I’ll be using a lot. One hotkey I use on my Apple all the time is Apple+m which minimizes the current window. I’d love to see that one on Windows. Another is Apple+shift+N which creates a new folder in the finder window on top. I hate having to right click and go to new and folder in Windows.
Thanks for the tips- my favorite is Win + D taking you straight to the desktop, this is great when you have loads of windows open and you need to get to the desktop quickly.
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The switch windows function in Windows Vista is awesome
These shortcut will save lots of time for people who use computers every day, making us all more efficient, so we should at the end of the month have a day or so spare for fun!
Just about the shifting to linux or mac thing. Though Linux might do well for some software or tech professionals, at the end of the day it is still a lot backing by standard from Windows. I have used Mac, and using Mac was really fun. However, I would still put XP SP2 as the winner.
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Thanks for you keyword shortcut list. My most favorite shortcut is Windows + R t open run command quickly.
I am so angry with windows right now and their OEM lic structure. I changed the motherboard on my PC and now my lic is dead. And they want to charge $59 for a service call to get the lic key. arrgh!!
Though Linux might do well for some software or tech professionals, at the end of the day it is still a lot backing by standard from Windows. I have used Mac, and using Mac was really fun.One great productivity improvements can be to just increase the RAM in the machine. When a machine is running a handful of programs or just has too little RAM, it can run quite slowly.
I am so happy to stumble on this page. This really are handy tips, as well as the links given – very helpful. =)
Thank you for the tips. Although looking small but makes life quite easy
i most like window + M to minimize all windows to see desktop.
Thanks i never heard of the taskbar reshuffle. I have to try this one it sounds interesting.
Consider downloading ‘Launchy’. It is easily accessible (ctrl+space) and let’s you launch any program from there!
Great article. I am a huge fan of keyboard shortcuts. I will watch other coworkers or friends who dont’ use them and they just seem so slow on the computer. With my job, I can get a lot more done using the basic shortcuts.
Launchy downloaded and its all working fine – thanks guys.
Keyboard shortcuts are usally somthing that drives me crazy in windows, when you need them most you have to look them up on the net. I wish they would become part of the qwerty keyboard setup..
I always wanted to know how to lock my keyboard, Windows + L – thanks a bunch.
Thank you
John Hulton
I like these Windows tips. But what I find is funny is the need to “defend” using Windows
. Your reasons for doing so make great sense. I use Windows too. But, it’s funny that when you “know tech”, you must defend your use of Windows 
Hi Bill, I can relate to what you are saying as I myself am using Windows XP for as long as I can remember. I tried switching to linux and even Apple’s OS but didn’t liked it the way I liked XP. I guess we’ve grown addicted to it and also the way we can customize and also the number of applications that are available in the market for XP is huge. Although I would recommend you to update your XP to service pack 3 as its much safer and less prone to crashes.