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* One of my favorite shortcuts on both Firefox and IE is "CTRL" ENTER. In the address bar type in google by itself and then hold "CTRL" and press Enter. It will automatically add the http://.com for you. Also instead of "CTRL" hold SHIFT and it adds .net for you.

Windows Key is your best friend

If you hold down the windows key there are many shortcuts that you might not know about.

Hold Windows and press...

* E - Will launch windows explorer.
* D - Will minimize windows open on your desktop and press it again to bring them all back up.
* Pause/Break - Will show the System View Screen.
* L - Will lock the computer.
* F - Search for Files/Folders.
* M - Minimizes all windows.
* Shift && M - Maximizes all windows.
* R - Run
* Tab - Select a task.
* U - Windows Utility Manager

More Shortcuts

Hold "CTRL" and press...

* C - Copies to Clipboard
* V - Pastes from Clipboard
* X - Cut Function
* P - Print
* Right Arrow - Skip through text a word at a time
* Left Arrow - Skips back through text a word at a time
* A - Select All
* F5 - A Hard Refresh
* F4 - Closes a Tab
* Tab - Cycle through Tabs
* Backspace - Delete the previous word in text editing
* Home - Jumps to the beginning of a line
* End - Jumps to the end of a line

* Scroll the Mouth Wheel - You will see the fonts grow and shrink right before your eyes. Works on all Firefox versions and Internet Explorer 7 and later.

Hold "CTRL" & SHIFT and press...

* Arrow Keys - Highlights text a word at a time
* Home - Highlights from the cursor to the top of the page
* End - Highlights from the cursor to the end of the page

Hold Alt and press...

* Print Screen - Copies a screen shot to the Clipboard
* F4 - Closes a Window
* Tab - Cycles through all windows

Make your own Shortcuts!

If you open up the Start Menu, and go to All Programs you will see a list of all your programs! Right click on the program you wish to make a shortcut for and click on Properties. Click on the Shortcut Tab. Press the keyboard key that you want to be associated with the program. Click OK. Now when ever you hold "CTRL" Alt and press the key you selected, the program will start.