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    1月13日

    Windows 7 – Keyboard Shortcuts for the desktop

    So after much experimenting and also talking to co-workers… I have gotten a nice little list of some of the more useful desktop keyboard shortcuts for Windows 7. I will post the list here just in case you might find it helpful. If you have found or know of other useful keyboard shortcuts in Windows 7 please feel free to let me know and I will add them. These ones mainly deal with manipulating windows on the desktop in Windows 7:

    Keyboard Shortcut Description
    Window Key + Right Arrow Dock window to the right hand side of the screen and maximize vertically. Basically maximize a window so it takes up the right hand side of the screen.

    Once window is docked to the right, hitting this combo again(in a multiple monitor setup) will move it to the next monitor to the right(if there is one to the right).

    If Window is docked to the left side of the screen this shortcut will un-dock it and put it back to the original position.

    *You can get the same effect by clicking the top title area of a window and dragging it to the right hand edge of your screen.*
    Window Key + Left Arrow Same as above (Window + Right Arrow) but will dock to the left hand side of the screen or move the window to the next monitor to the left if one exists in a multiple monitor setup.

    *You can get the same effect by clicking the top title area of a window and dragging it to the left hand edge of your screen.*
    Window Key + Up Arrow Will Maximize the currently selected Window(Full Screen).

    *You can get the same effect by clicking the top title area of a window and dragging it to the top(upper) edge of your screen or by double clicking the top title area of a non-maximized window.*
    Window Key + Down Arrow Will restore a maximized window back to it’s default size.

    Will minimize a window that is not maximize.

    To minimize a maximized (Full Screen) window, simply hit this shortcut twice.

    *You can get the same effect by double clicking the top title area of a maximized window.*
    Window Key + Shift + Up Arrow On a non-maximized window will do a vertical maximize. Basically this will stretch the bottom and top of the window to hit the bottom and top of the screen while not changing the width of the window.

    *This same effect can be done with the mouse by putting the mouse cursor on the top edge of a window so that the resize arrows appear, and then double clicking.*
    Window Key + E While not a new shortcut, I mention it here as the functionality has changed a bit. In the current build of Win 7 Beta, this opens a window to the Libraries (Music, Videos, Documents, Pictures…) instead of going straight to the default My Computer window that Vista and XP used.

    That is about all I can remember off the top of my head, if I think of or find any more I will update this post, also if you have found any new ones, please let me know via comments, and I will add them to this list as well. I will also do another post this week, that covers some of the changes to the way other bits within Windows 7 desktop function. Hopefully this is helpful for you.

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    1月10日

    Windows 7 – Shall we play a game…

    So I figured I would start out slow, I have to remember the hardware on this machine is not the latest and greatest so I figured I would start with something that I am sure this hardware can handle, Dungeon Siege II should be a good first test.

    I never did get to far into this game originally since at the time I was on a team where my job was mostly travel and I just didn’t have time to sink into an RPG. Though I still don’t have a lot of free time, I figure that this is as good a time as any to start.

    The install is running now so once it is up and I have some time put in, I will have more info. I have also installed the entire Windows Live Suite of Software on this machine and it seems to be playing well with Windows 7. Messenger, Live Writer, they all work very well and I have seen no issues yet. More later…

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    1月9日

    Windows 7 – The fun starts…

    So I am writing this from one of my old laptops that I haven’t used in a couple of years. With the release of Windows 7 Beta, I felt it was time to start seeing how it would work by first testing it on an older laptop. I figure I will start using this laptop as a test bed for Windows 7 and see if I can use it for my daily tasks like I do my Vista machines. Now this machine is a bit out of date compared to most of my machines, it is running a pentium 4, 1.25GB of Ram and a Mobility Radeon 9700 graphics card. While the machine is no slouch, it is definitely a pre-Vista machine. Fujitsu does not even make vista drivers for most of the components so I am already surprised that I was able to get Windows 7 up and running. With a bit of sweat and magic, I was able to get some drivers loaded for the video card even, so I have the nice new Glass UI in full effect… I have to say that so far I am impressed. This thing almost seems faster than my gaming machine which is a desktop running a AMD 64 x2 4800+ dual core processor, 4GB or DDR and a Geforce 8800GTX. Though I am not currently running anything super resource intensive right now, I am still very impressed with how snappy it is.

    Any way, work in the morning so I had better get some sleep.

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