Useless bits of help? :D
 

Well, I learned recently:
F5 is refresh.. its right in the menu, but never noticed it
I also use:
ctrl-enter on internet explorer to automatically enter the "http://www.****.com" when i go to sites...

:D
Well, most of you prolly know this, and I wanted to see if there's others i can pick up on..

add more little shortcuts in windows for n00bs like me :D

'windows'-D - show desktop (handy for guys like me who have way too many windows open)

If you ctrl+f5, it gives you a hard refresh.

Also, alt+f4 closes a window/program.

alt+tab switches between currently running programs.

ctrl+shift+esc is like ctrl+alt+del, but it skips the first window and takes you straight to the running processes. Useful when the machine is so hosed that it takes forever to get through the ctrl+alt+del window.

windows key + L = lock your desktop.

alt + D to highlight your address bar.

windows key + f = opens Windows Search.

windows key + m = minimize.

That's all I can think of off the top of my head atm. :)

Here's a nifty site that tells you all of the ALT key combinations:


http://www.spies.com/~cary/altkeys.html

one i recently was told about and now use often is SHIFT-TAB; tabs backwards.

PRTSCR takes a screenshot of the whole desktop, while ALT-PRTSCR only takes a shot of the current window.

WIN-E open explorer.

do you, by any chance know where the screen is saved to?

To your clipboard, so you can CTRL + V (paste) it anywhere you like. If you want to save it just use your default bitmap editor or Paint.

I'm actually surprised that no one has mentioned the CTRL combos.
CTRL + C - Copy
CTRL + V - Paste
CTRL + Z - Undo

And most progs also have:
CTRL + S - Save OR
CTRL + O - write Output

Or maybe everbody already knows...

WIN + L will quickly lock the pc on NT style windows distros


(edit: woops - didn't notice that that was already mentioned
stupid me!)

If you haven't got yourself a windows keyboard yet, I find the ctrl+esc very useful - it brings up the start menu.

A further thought: alt+space bar is the same as clicking in the top LEFT corner - it brings up the menu with options to minimise, maximise, restore etc. I find alt+space followed by n (miNimise) or x (maXimise) a very quick ay to change applications, or to get that browser off screen... ;)

if you want to really be quick, here's a program giving you system wide mouse-gestures:

http://www.tcbmi.com/strokeit/

using KDE in linux, I know that ctrl+alt+esc brings up xkill :-D

In KDE or Gnome in Linux (not sure about other window managers), ALT+F2 brings up a quick command dialog :) Really useful for going directly to webpages too without opening a browser first :D

Here is a pretty hefty list of keyboard shortcuts that may come in handy if interested:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=126449

My favorites in IE are alt <- and alt ->, which are "back" and "foreward", respectively.

resizing text fast


CTRL + scroll mousewheel up and down to resize text.