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Shift + F10
right-clicks.
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Win + L (XP Only):
Locks keyboard. Similar to Lock Workstation.
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Win + F or F3: Open
Find dialog. (All Files) F3 may not work in some applications which
use F3 for their own find dialogs.
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Win + Control + F:
Open Find dialog. (Computers)
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Win + U: Open
Utility Manager.
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Win + F1: Open
Windows help.
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Win + Pause: Open
System Properties dialog.
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Win + Tab: Cycle
through taskbar buttons. Enter clicks, AppsKey or Shift + F10
right-clicks.
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Win + Shift + Tab:
Cycle through taskbar buttons in reverse.
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Alt + Tab: Display
Cool Switch. More commonly known as the AltTab dialog.
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Alt + Shift + Tab:
Display Cool Switch; go in reverse.
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Alt + Escape: Send
active window to the bottom of the z-order.
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Alt + Shift +
Escape: Activate the window at the bottom of the z-order.
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Alt + F4: Close
active window; or, if all windows are closed, open shutdown dialog.
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Shift while a CD is
loading: Bypass AutoPlay.
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Shift while login:
Bypass startup folder. Only those applications will be ignored which
are in the startup folder, not those started from the registry
(Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\)
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Ctrl + Alt + Delete
or Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDel (Both NumLock states): Invoke the Task
Manager or NT Security dialog.
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Ctrl + Shift +
Escape (2000/XP ) or (Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDot) : Invoke the task
manager. On earlier OSes, acts like Ctrl + Escape.
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Print screen: Copy
screenshot of current screen to clipboard.
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Alt + Print screen:
Copy screenshot of current active window to clipboard.
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Ctrl + Alt + Down
Arrow: Invert screen. Untested on OS's other than XP.
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Ctrl + Alt + Up
Arrow: Undo inversion.
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Win + B : Move focus
to systray icons.
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