20 Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts You Must Know

Mouse (not the Mickey Mouse or the real mouse) is one great invention for PC/Mac, but will it still around when everything is touch screen? Anyway, some of the feature in Windows 7 can be access with a few key strokes compare to clicking with mouse (click and click and click and click and click and click!). Some the the keyboard shortcuts showed below already have exist on older Windows, but here you go, enjoy!



Windows Key + Tab = Aero [press Tab to cycle between Windows]
Windows Key + E = Windows Explorer is launched.
Windows Key + R = Run Command is launched.
Windows Key + F = Search (which is there in previous Windows versions too)
Windows Key + X = Mobility Center
Windows Key + L = Lock Computer (It is there from the earlier versions as well)
Windows Key + U = Ease of Access
Windows Key + P = Projector
Windows Key + T = Cycle Super Taskbar Items
Windows Key + S = OneNote Screen Clipping Tool [requires OneNote]
Windows Key + M = Minimize All Windows
Windows Key + D = Show/Hide Desktop
Windows Key + Up = Maximize Current Window
Windows Key + Down = Restore Down / Minimize Current Windows
Windows Key + Left = Tile Current Window to the Left
Windows Key + Right = Tile Current Windows to the Right [Continue pressing the Left and Right keys to rotate the window as well]
Windows Key + # = Quicklaunch
Windows Key + = = Magnifier

Go ahead, try them now, practice makes prefect, your friends will be amaze by you. :)


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source: http://tech.gaeatimes.com/index.php/archive/20-windows-7-shortcuts-you-must-know/

Make the keyboard easier to use in Windows 7

I have talked about how to disable auto-maximize snap feature in Windows 7 yesterday, today I am going to show you how to make the keyboard easier to use in Windows 7.

1. Go to “Control Panel - Ease of Access Center”.
2. Go to “Make the keyboard easier to use” and uncheck the item “Prevent windows from being automatically arranged when moved to the edge of the screen.”.
3. Click apply and try these keys to see how you can use keyboard shortcut to quickly maximize your windows. :)

Win+Down Win+Left Win+Right

Win+Up	Maximize
Restore/Minimize
Snap to left
Snap to right

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