There are a lot of new shortcuts to save you time in Windows 7. A few of our favorites are:

•  Win + Up – Maximize Current Window
•  Win + Down – Restore, or Minimize Current Window
•  Win + Left or Right – Snap active window to the left or right side of the screen
•  Win + Space – Aero Peek at the desktop
•  Win + SHIFT + Up – Stretch a window to the top/bottom of the screen
•  Win + Shift + Left or Right – Move a window to the left or right monitor (Multi-Monitor setups only)
•  “Shake” a window by its menu bar to hide all other open windows. Shake again to restore.
•  Win + Tab – Windows Flip3D (a very fancy alt-tab)

On the TASKBAR:

•  Drag a program shortcut to the taskbar – Pins the program
•  Win + T – SELECTS the taskbar, so you can NAVIGATE with the arrow keys
•  Shift + L-Click or Middle-Click on a pinned program – Launch a 2nd instance of the program
•  Ctrl + Shift + L-Click on a pinned program – Launch program with admin RIGHTS
•  Ctrl + L-Click on a pinned program, cycle through the active windows one by one (similar to alt-tab)

There are a lot of new shortcuts to save you time in Windows 7. A few of our favorites are:

On the taskbar: