Ctrl+Esc, U, Enter: Shutdown Windows (XP and earlier)

F3 key

(Search for a file or a folder)

Windows logo key+L

Lock the computer

Alt+F4 (Close the console)

Ctrl+F10 (Maximize the active console window)
Ctrl+F5 (Restore the active console window)
Windows logo key+D

Show the desktop

Home (Move to the beginning of the line)

End (Move to the end of the line)
Ctrl+Home (Move to the first character)
Ctrl+End (Move to the last character)
Right Arrow (Move to the right or to the beginning of the next line)
Left Arrow (Move to the left or to the end of the previous line)
Windows logo key+F

Search for a file or folder

Windows logo key+M

Minimize all windows
Windows logo key+BREAK
Display the System Properties dialog box
Windows logo key+D
Show the desktop
Windows logo key+M
Minimize all windows
Windows logo key+SHIFT+M
Restore minimized windows
Windows logo key+E
Open My Computer
Windows logo key+F
Search for a file or folder
CTRL+Windows logo key+F
Search for computers
Windows logo key+F1
Display Windows Help
Windows logo key+R
Open the Run dialog box
Windows logo key+U
Open Utility Manager
Application key Display the Shortcut menu for the selected item
-----------------------------------F2 key (Rename the selected item)
Shift with any arrow key (Select more than one item in a window or on the deskto
p, or select text in a document)
Ctrl+Right Arrow (Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word)
Ctrl+Left Arrow (Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word)
Ctrl+Down Arrow (Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph)
Ctrl+Up Arrow (Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph)
Ctrl+Shift with any arrow key (Highlight a block of text)