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
tabto select window
Win+Tab, open task viewCtrl+Win+<left/right arrow>, move between virtual desktopsWin+S, Windows search
Ctrl+Shift+v, paste as plain textWin+v, show clipboard historyCtrl+Shift+Esc, open Task ManagerWin+<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 screenWin + ~, open and close quake style terminal
Win + a, open the Windows notifications panelWin + ↓,Win + ↑, restore/minimize/maximize window
RDP Sessions
- To press
Ctrl+Alt+Delin 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
- PicPick, screenshot/screen capture tool.
- ScreenToGif, capture screencasts as animated Gifs