Vista Shorcut Keys

These are not all the shortcuts, Vista has tons of usefull shortcuts, under are the mostly used and liked by users, as follows:

[Win]+[Tab]
Flip 3D, new feature in Vista.

[Win]+[Space]
Shows the sidebar holding Gadgets.

[Ctrl]+[Win]+[Tab]
Flip 3D, but you do not need to hold the keys, just press the combination once and the 3D Flip will remain active, now you can use Up/Down arrow keys to navigate windows.

[Win]+[E]
This opens the file explorer, mostly opens the my computer where all drives are visible.

[Win]+[R]
This opens the traditional run command dialogue box.

[Win]+[T]
Tabs between running applications on the taskbar, also a small thumbnail of the application window is shown just above the focus.

[Win]+[G]
pushes focus to the the sidebar the focus and when you press this key combination again it tabs between the gadgets on the sidebar.

[Win]+[M]
This is also a traditional shortcut, this minimizes all windows and shows the desktop.

[Shift]+[Win]+[M]
Undoes the minimize windows

[Win]+[Number]
Press the Win key and then choose a number of the applications that are in the quick launch task bar. An example the third icon on the taskbar (starting from left) is IE so to run IE press Win-3 and it will launch IE.

[Win]+[U]
This will open Ease of Access Center, here all accessibility features are available.

[Win]+[F]
This opens the search window, here vista users can enjoy the fast searching feature.

[Win]+[L]
This is another traditional shortcut, it is used to lock you computer so no one else access it when you are away.

[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[Esc]
Press this combination to open task manager, here all running programs can be seen, performace of CPU and memory consumption can be checked.