How To...:

Useful Tips, Tricks & Shortcuts:

First we will start off with some short-cuts:

Windows keyboard Short-Cuts:

WIN-KEY + R: Opens the Run command window
WIN-KEY + E: Opens Windows Explorer
WIN-KEY + F: Opens the Windows Search window
WIN-KEY + L: Locks Windows and brings up the Logon Screen
WIN-KEY + +/=: Opens the Windows Magnifier
WIN-KEY + RIGHT Arrow: Fills right half of screen with open app
WIN-KEY + LEFT Arrow: Fills left half of screen with open app
WIN-KEY + HOME: Minimizes all open apps except active app
WIN-KEY + SPACE: Makes all open apps transparent (as long as you hold down the WIN-KEY)
CTRL + A: Selects ALL
CTRL + C: Copy
CTRL + V: Paste
CTRL + Z: Undo
CTRL + B: Bold
CTRL + U: Underline
CTRL + I: Italic
CTRL + SHIFT + Click: While launching an application from the Taskbar or start menu will open with full administrative rights
ALT + F4: Close current active window
ALT + P: Inside the Windows Explorer activates an additional file preview pane

Protect Yourself:

Useful tips on how to protect your computer, your finances and yourself :

Ten tips to improve your wireless network :

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/setup/wirelesstips.aspx

Protect & purge your personal files:

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/organization/personalfiles.aspx

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Boost your online safety:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/resources/mcsi.aspx

Text message phishing scams:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/securitytipstalk/archive/2011/10/18/beware-of-text-message-phishing-scams.aspx

Windows Extras:

Some More Useful Tips:

More Themes:

Find extra background image files and themes: Open your Windows Explorer, type the following in the address bar at the top C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT or you can just highlight and copy and paste. You should see several folders of different countries images (ie. MCT-GB is Great Britain)

Improved Calculator:

The calculator has been put on steroids. Open the calculator (Click the Start button, type calc, press the ENTER key) Click view on the calculator and play with the different options. Don't forget to look at the Worksheets at the bottom. There you can calculate Mortgages, Vehicle Lease, & Fuel Economy... Very nice!