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Ok so I'm going to list a few useful windows shortcuts and tricks that I have come across while using windows.


- Windows Key+D - will show desktop instantly
- Windows Key+L - will Lock your PC
- Windows Key+R - will bring up run
- Windows Key+U - for deaf people - Narrator, On screen keyboard etc.

- Ctrl+A - to select all text
- Ctrl+C - to copy the selected text
- Ctrl+V - to paste the text
- Ctrl+X - will cut the text
- Ctrl+P - for printing
- Ctrl+N - open a new window of the browser your in
- Ctrl+F - will bring up a little box at the bottom which will let you find any text you enter in the box on that website
- Ctrl+Alt+Delete - probably the most often used trick brings up task manager but on vista it brings up the option to change user, logout etc.
- Ctrl+Z - will undo your last action
- Ctrl+W - will close your current tab
- Ctrl+D - bookmark the page
- Ctrl+B - Bold}
- Ctrl+I - italic} All good when creating threads
- Ctrl+U -Underline}

- Alt+Tab - will allow you to choose one of the windows that you hav open
- Alt+F4 - to close a window

- F6 - automatically highlights the URL in the address bar
- F11 - will make your screen bigger, not a maximized window but Full Screen
- F5 - will refresh your current page

- Shift+Delete - will delete an item straight away without sending it to the recycle bin
- Shift+Left Arrow - Selects one character to the left of the cursor.
- Shift+Right Arrow - Selects one character to the right of the cursor.
- Shift+End - will take you to the bottom of the current page

- Home - start of line
- End - end of line


Other tips & tricks

Right mouse click key
I'm not sure what the button is called but it's the one to the right of the spacebar, just right of the windows key and left of the Ctrl key, it acts like right click on your mouse


Zoom in & out using your mouse
Press Ctrl on the keyboard while scrolling up or down using the scroller on the mouse to zoom in if you want to read smaller text or out if it's too big.


Automatic https:// & .com
When typing in a website for example 'nextgenupdate' into the URL you can press Ctrl+Enter which will automatically put https:// & .com around it which saves alot of time


Change the start menu programs
Right click on the toolbar and select properties > select the start menu tab> click the customize button.. here you can change your start menu programs (I only know that this works on Vista


Restart the computer without restarting[/B]
- start > shut down
- select shut down from the menu
- hold the shift key when pressing OK
- the operating system will restart WITHOUT restarting the computer.


One click shut-down[/B]
- right click your desktop and create new shortcut
- the wizard will appear and enter this in without the quotation marks "shutdown -r -t 01"
- click next button and rename the shortcut
- if you want to make it even faster, you can right-click the new shortcut you just made, go to properties, and type in X (or whatever letter) in the Shortcut Key box.


If you have any other tricks you would like to share leave a message Just to let you know i'm looking for quite simple and effective tricks.. not registry hacks etc[/I]

Also CTRL + ALT + Left or right, down or up. Flips screens(not sure for desktop PC's.)

EDIT: And pressing Tab can cycle through things on the internet. E.g Name boxs instead of having to click in the box.