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I thought I knew all the Windows shortcut keys already. But today, I was typing Ctrl-L in Firefox on my WinXP Pro computer to get to the Location bar, and accidentally hit Windows-L. Bang, computer is password-locked. No delay. I even tried it when the computer was under a stress load and running slow, and it was still instantaneous.

So, you pr0n-hounds at work, here's another way to hide what you are doing!

Bah ha ha.

Great tip, but try doing that on a 300MHz ppro machine, with an 8meg video board and a page full of 1024x768 images.

No insta-anything, I'll tell you that much.

It really stinks when you try to minimize the page, and your other open apps are still displaying whatever-you-happened-to-be-viewing. ;)

Nice tip though.

Yup, that's the logoff shortcut. Another shortcut key combo: Windows + D brings you back to the desktop by minimizing all windows.

windows key + m --- does the same thing, minimizes all windows
windows key + e --- opens windows explorer
windows key + r --- opens the 'run' command
windows key + f --- opens search

Score...

I see not using a keyboard with a Windows key isn't all its cracked up to be. But hey, atleast it shows of the good joyful days when Microsoft didn't exsist as a global power.

Here's a list of Windows keyboard shortcuts.

Yeah, hit the Windows+L key as your boss walks in and wonders why your computer is locked and you aren't doing any work.

The information in this article applies to:

* Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
* Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
* Microsoft Windows 98
* Microsoft Windows 95



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wow thanks for the tips guys. Those are pretty nice. I'll try to remember these for later usage.

Yes, but most (if not all) of the shortcuts also work in XP.