With all the less pleasant verdicts about Vista, Windows 7 is perhaps PC users next best news.

Codenamed Blackcomb, this new Microsoft operating system is surely a successor over its predecessor Windows XP and definitely Vista. With Microsoft to end their support for Windows XP in 2014, we figured Windows 7 will be completely taking over things in the next year or so. If you are a Windows users its probably time for a change, or at least tryout this new operating system. Here are some shortcut keys to help improve your productivity and user experience with Windows 7.

General Windows 7 Shortcuts

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Shortcut Win + UP Arrow Win + Down Arrow Win + Left Arrow Win + Right Arrrow Win + [number] Win + Home Win + Space Win + Pause/Break Win + Tab Win + B Win + D Win + E Win + F Win + G Win + L Win + M Win + P Win + R Win + S Win + T Win + X Win + # Win + = Description Maximize the current window Restore down or minimize current windows Dock the current window to the left half of the screen Dock the current window to the right half of the screen Activate and run the program pinned on Windows 7 Taskbar, running program wont be affected Minimize all but the current window Makes all windows transparent so you can see through to the desktop Open System Properties Flip Aero 3D [press Tab to cycle between Windows] Move focus to notification tray (the right-most portion of the taskbar) Show/Hide desktop Windows Explorer is launched Search Bring all gadgets on top and foreground Lock Computer Minimize all windows Open the projection menu (generally used for laptops connected to projectors) Run Command is launched. OneNote Screen Clipping Tool Show preview thumbnail of running applications in Windows Taskbar one by one without mouse over Mobility Center Quicklaunch Magnifier

Shortcut Win + [+/-] Win + Shift + Up Arrow Win + Shift + Down Arrow Win + Shift + Left Arrow Win + Shift + Right Arrow Win + Shift + M Win + Shift + T Win + Ctrl + F Ctrl + Right Arrow Ctrl + Left Arrow Ctrl + Up Arrow Ctrl + Down Arrow Ctrl + Click

Description Enables the magnifier and zooms in/out Maximize vertical size Restore vertical size Jump to left monitor Jump to right monitor Undo all window minimization Cycles backwards Opens the Active Directory Find Computers dialog Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph A pinned taskbar icon to cycle through the programs open windows (e.g. IE) Persistent flip 3D

Ctrl + Win + Tab Ctrl + Shift with an Select a block of text arrow key Ctrl with any arrow key + Select multiple individual items in a window or on the desktop Spacebar Ctrl + Shift + Esc Open Task Manager directly Ctrl + Shift + N Create new folder