Comments on: The most useful keyboard shortcuts you probably don't know about

You'll get your work done faster by keeping your hands on the keyboard and off the mouse. Here are my favorite keystroke time-savers.

[gesslar]

Two that I use ALL the time are:

WIN+R bring up the run dialog box
WIN+F bring up the search dialog box

[jeremie.lariviere]

For getting to the Quick Launch without Win+D (in XP Pro anyway):
(releasing each before hitting the next)
Win, Alt, Tab will take you into the 1st Toolbar.
Tab will take you to each other toolbar added; quicklaunch, program, desktop, etc.
For me, in XP Pro, Win B does work to go to the notifications area

[doreilly]

Thanks very much for pointing out these great shortcuts. I don't know why Win-B didn't work on my XP Pro machine. Maybe it has something to do with the Desktop toolbar. I'll look into this and see if I can figure out why it isn't working for me.

[aranyx]

Two other really useful shortcuts are:
Win+Break = Bring up system properties
Ctrl+Shift+Esc = Bring up device manager

[OStrolphant]

windows+B works in XP
You just have to press enter to expand the whole icon line then scroll using the D pad to the icon you want then press space bar to open it. It does not appear to highlight the current icon you are on though so you have to count your strokes. It will however highlight the 'expand' button.

also Windows+M minimizes all your windows, it behaves differently from Windows+D which displays the desktop. Win+M will leave widgets and the like up, but actually minimize everything, where as Win+D will just show the desktop, everything remains in its current state (be it maximized or whatever) it is just not shown.