Productivity Cheat Sheet 1: Win XP

There's a lot to computing life in the big, bad mousy world of Windows XP than we care to deploy. The mouse may be very nifty tool, but the keyboard is still the speed king when it comes to shortcuts.

So here's an all-velocity-no-mouse-drag cheat sheet of fundamental keyboard commands that breathe speed and sprightliness into you click-chick Windows routines.

F1: Launches Help and Support Center
F2: Renames selected item
F3: Opens File Search
F4: Displays Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer
F5: Refreshes active window
F6: Cycles through screen elements in a window or on the desktop
F10: Activates menu bar in active program
Windows key + D: Shows Desktop / Restores all windows
Windows key + E: Opens Windows Explorer
Windows key + F: Opens File Search
Windows key + R: Displays Run dialog box
Windows key + L: Locks workstation
Windows key + U: Opens Utility Manager
Windows key + Break: Opens System Properties dialog box
Windows key + Tab: Moves through taskbar buttons
Ctrl + Drag: Copies selected item/s
Ctrl + Shift + Drag: Creates shortcut to selected item
Ctrl + Tab: Moves forwards through tabs
Ctrl + Shift + Tab: Move backwards through tabs.
Alt + Enter: Views properties of selected item
Alt + F4: Closes the active item, or quits active program
Alt + Tab: Switches between open items
Alt + Spacebar: Displays System menu for active window
Alt + Esc: Cycles through items in the order they were opened
Shift + Delete: Deletes selected item permanently without placing item in Recycle Bin
Right Shift for 8 seconds: Switches FilterKeys on/off
Left Alt + Left Shift + Print Screen: Switches high contrast on/off
Left Alt +Left Shift + NumLock: Switches MouseKeys on/off
Shift - 5 times: Switches StickyKeys on/off
NumLock for 5 seconds: Switches ToggleKeys on/off
Backspace: Views folder one level up in My Computer/Windows Explorer
Insert CD + Shift: Prevents CD from playing automatically