Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts

Below are the Windows key shortcuts for Windows 7.

Windows Key:   Opens and closes the start menu (use this for instant search)

Windows Key + Ctrl + Tab:   Aero Flip 3D

Windows Key + Down Arrow:   Minimises or restores the active window

Windows Key + Up Arrow:   Maximises the active window

Windows Key + Left Arrow:   Snaps the window to the left side of the screen

Windows Key + Right Arrow:   Snaps the window to the right side of the screen

Windows Key + Home:   Minimises all windows except the active one

Windows Key + (-/+):   Zooms out and in using magnifier

Windows Key + Spacebar:   Activates Aero Peek at the desktop

Windows Key + D:   Show the desktop

Windows Key + E:   Opens computer

Windows Key + F:   Opens a search window

Windows Key + G:   Brings gadgets to the top

Windows Key + L:   Locks the computer

Windows Key + M:   Minimises all open windows

Windows Key + Shift + M:   Restores all open windows

Windows Key + P:   Opens presentation settings. Great for laptops. Setup outputting to a projector or external monitor

Windows Key + R:   Opens the Run Dialogue box.

Windows Key + T:   Scrolls through the items on your taskbar

Windows Key + U:   Opens Ease of Access Center

Windows Key + X:   Opens Windows Mobility Center (Only works on laptops/Netbooks)

Moving Firefox from XP to Vista/Win7

To migrate your firefox settings from XP to Windows Vista or Windows 7 you will need to copy the below folder with firefox closed.

“c:\Documents and Settings\ProfileName\Application Data\Mozilla” to “C:\Users\ProfileName\AppData\Roaming”

Delete Network Printers using VBScript

The script below will delete all network printers  from the user profile but will not remove any of the local printers. This is quite useful if you have roaming profiles and want to remove mapped printers before running computer/OU specific scripts to map other printers.

You will need to copy the below into a notepad document and save with a .vbs extension.

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‘– Removes all network printers but not any local printers–

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strComputer = “.”
Set objWMIService = GetObject(“winmgmts:\\” & strComputer & “\root\cimv2″)

Set colInstalledPrinters =  objWMIService.ExecQuery _
(“Select * from Win32_Printer Where Network = TRUE”)

For Each objPrinter in colInstalledPrinters
objPrinter.Delete_
Next

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I have tested this under Windows XP and Windows 7 and appears to work properly. I don’t have any more Vista machines but it should work fine on that also.