I’m discovering some of the basic functions in Windows 7 that I had thought we had lost forever. I’m constantly failing to lock my computer now. Years and years of Ctrl+Alt+K the Ctrl+K suddenly results in…nothing at all. If you hit your old combo and skip off, you’re liable to return to a nastygram from IS or a mass of responses to “your” money giveaway or your declaration of your love for Hello Kitty. I thought you had to remember to click the “Lock This Computer” command, but no…it’s one stop shopping now: Windows key +L does it in one stroke!
Use the Windows key +L to lock your computer
And the desktop! Where the heck did the desktop shortcut go?? For months now, I’ve been minimizing every window (and sometimes it’s 40 of them) to see the desktop. Well, reading the directions sometimes helps. It’s here, one click on that little blue rectangle at the end of your tray:
Blue Rectangle is the Desktop Shortcut Key
UPDATE: Per helpful comment from Charles (below): you can also reveal the desktop by using the Windows key +D. Thanks, Charles!
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Cool! Seems sensible, but I didn’t know that. Thanks for sharing.
Another way to view the desktop is Windows key +D