From Desktop :

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 : Launches 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 + # (# is any number) : Quickly Launch a new instance of the application in the Nth slot on the taskbar. Example Win+1 launches first pinned app, Win+2 launches second, etc.

Windows Key + = : Launches the Magnifier

Windows Key + Plus : Zoom in

Windows Key + Minus : Zooms out

Windows Key + Space : Peek at the desktop

From Windows Explorer :

Alt + Up : Go up one level

Alt + Left/ Right : Back/ Forward

Alt + P : Show/hide Preview Pane

Taskbar Modifiers :

Shift + Click on icon : Open a new instance

Middle click on icon : Open a new instance

Ctrl + Shift + Click on icon : Open a new instance with Admin privileges

Shift + Right-click on icon : Show window menu (Restore / Minimize / Move / etc). Note: Normally you can just right-click on the window thumbnail to get this menu.

Shift + Right-click on grouped icon : Menu with Restore All / Minimize All / Close All, etc.

Ctrl + Click on grouped icon : Cycle between the windows (or tabs) in the group

STEP1:Open Run, Type:regedit

[Read more…]

Was trying to get the word count of an article I was editing in Notepad++ and thought that it might be somewhere in the status bar (as in Microsoft Word), but found only characters count and lines count available.
[Read more…]

Guess what, my password is in the list too, sort of :). Conclusion? Humans are lazy to remember passwords. Don’t make the same mistake and if your password is in the list, change it before someone go lucky and actually breaks your password by just, well, guessing and typing it in!

Although god mode is a term generally used to refer to cheats when used in games will allow the player to be invulnerable, Windows 7 god mode hack doesn’t actually mean that your windows 7 will live forever. It’s in fact a hack which allows you to pull all of your PC’s control panels into one standard class view folder.
[Read more…]