Productive Keystrokes in Microsoft Windows 7

Microsoft Windows 7 has introduced many useful but not so well-known features. One of my favorites is they added more actions to the Windows Key. Just with a few combinations with the Windows Key, you can make your computing more productive.

Here is a few I found. If you find more, feel free to write me a comment and I will add it to the list.

Desired Action	Shortcut Keys
Lock your computer	Windows Key + L
Maximize window.	Windows Key + Up Arrow
Resize window to occupy the left side of the screen.	Windows Key + Left Arrow
Resize window to occupy the right side of the screen.	Windows Key + Right Arrow
Minimize the window.	Windows Key + Down Arrow
Take a quick look at the desktop.	Windows Key + Spacebar
Minimize/Restore all windows.	Windows Key + D
Minimize/Restore all windows but the active window.	Windows Key + Home
Start or switch to a pinned program in taskbar.	Windows Key + number
Start new instance of a pinned program in taskbar.	Windows Key + Shift + number
Switch to the last active window of the pinned program in taskbar.	Windows Key + Ctrl + number
Open the Jump List for the pinned program.	Windows Key + Alt + number