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Handy Window XP Keyboard Shortcuts
By John F | August 15, 2008
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Windows has a plethora [I always wanted to use that word in a blog post!] of keyboard shortcuts. Most people are aware of CTRL+ALT+DELETE or CTRL+SHIFT-ESC and the old favourite CTRL+V.
There are many more keyboard shortcuts that can make your computer experience so much more enjoyable/quicker. I rarely use any keyboard shortcuts apart from the ones above. As I was messing about with the Windows key and some other buttons the other day some useful results appeared.
So below are some handy keyboard shortcuts that I found useful to me, and hopefully will be useful to you too.
- SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)
- CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)
- CTRL+A (Select all)
- SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)
- SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing)
- Windows Logo (Display or hide the Start menu)
- 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)
- Windows Logo+L (Lock the keyboard)
- Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box)
For a full list of windows keyboard shortcuts, click here.
Topics: Other Computer Usefulness |