======Windows Desktop======

====== Core Productivity Keyboard Shortcuts ======

  * ''Alt+Tab'', Task Switcher, tap and release to alternate between current and last window. This usage pattern comes up a lot.
  * ''Ctrl+Alt+Tab'', open task switcher and leave it open
    * press spacebar or enter to toggle to previous window
    * press ''tab'' to select window
  * ''Win+Tab'', open task view
  * ''Ctrl+Win+<left/right arrow>'', move between virtual desktops
  * ''Win+S'', Windows search

  * ''Ctrl+Shift+v'', paste as plain text
  * ''Win+v'', show clipboard history
  * ''Ctrl+Shift+Esc'', open Task Manager
  * ''Win+<num>'', opens the app pinned to taskbar in position <num>

  * ''Ctrl+Win+Shift+b'', resets the video driver; it's good for clearing up stray video artifacts left on the screen
  * ''Win + ~'', open and close quake style terminal

  * ''Win + a'', open the Windows notifications panel
  * ''Win + ↓'', ''Win + ↑'', restore/minimize/maximize window

====== RDP Sessions ======
  * To press ''Ctrl+Alt+Del'' in the RDP session run on-screen keyboard (osk.exe) and hold Ctrl+Alt and click Delete
      * Alternatively, press  Shift 5 times and only enable sticky keys on the RDP session and press Ctrl, Alt and then Delete
  * ''Ctrl+Alt+Home'', escape out of RDP window back to client machine; it actually activates the connection bar, which has the effect of escaping the keyboard/mouse from the remote machine; this is handy to break out of the remote machine and do something like bring up task switcher on the local machine


======Graphic Tools======
  * [[http://ngwin.com/picpick|PicPick]], screenshot/screen capture tool.
  * [[https://screentogif.codeplex.com/|ScreenToGif]], capture screencasts as animated Gifs