Surprised by Windows

January 18th, 2008

Chris sent me a link to a site that defined more of these (he had shown me a couple) and I guess I never thought that windows would have this sort of user-friendliness by default. It’s a refreshing change from the way my work machine has been acting lately. The meat of the post from PaulTech Network:

Windows Logo (Display or hide the Start menu)

Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box)

Windows Logo+D (Display the desktop)

Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows)

Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore the minimized windows)

Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer)

Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or a folder)

CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for computers)

Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows Help)

Windows Logo+ L (Lock the keyboard)

Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box)

Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager)