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Tip: Like-magic Ctrl+z

I think most people should know ctrl+z..

The one I find a lot of people do not know about is ctrl+shift+esc This is SO much better then ctrl+alt+del. I work in a domain environment 90% of the time. I don't want to have to deal with one more step of clicking on task manager in the windows security dialog box just to get to the task manager. Also, in some remote administrative scenarios ctrl+alt+del just does not work... and if you ask someone to hit that while you are vnced into them... well, you get booted off.. and thats just no fun..

So in short... ctrl+z ctrl+shift+esc

This is helpful as you mentioned in remote sessions or if your just trying to kill an app fast.

Not sure what you meant by Ctrl-Alt-Del in VNC, since its a mouse command off of the menu to send Alt-Ctrl-Del to the client PC.

But if you are using Remote Desktop or your Term Serv'd in to a Server, Ctrl-Alt-End sends Ctrl-Alt-Del to the device your connected to.

I often use this when Word capitalizes the initial letter of a line (in a table for instance). You have to watch for when it happens, and do this right away.

I hadn't heard about Ctrl-Y for redo. Sometimes shift Ctrl-Z serves for that function, depending on the app.

suspend the job you might launched into the foreground. This is very helpful actually if you typed a command and were worried about the syntax and the command not running. You find the syntax is correct and you know the command will now run awhile. Cntrl z suspends the last command, 'bg' will now launch the job into the background. So you can either log off, or use the screen for other tasks..

By the way, one of my favorite windows key short cuts is. Windows & E. This will open windows explorer for you.

Dan

I was thrilled, years ago, when I first found Windows+E.

Here's a question for you guys -- my laptop doesn't have a Windows key. Is there another combination that does the same thing (open Explorer)?

Well, you should be able to make a shortcut on your desktop for explorer and then right click and go to properties (on the icon) and set a shortcut key.

Yes, that would work. Usually, I'm working in something when I want to launch Explorer, so having to switch to the Desktop isn't much different from clicking the Start menu I guess. Thanks for the idea.

I also like Windows & Pause, it opens System Properties.