THUNDER HELP SYSTEM
THE WINDOWS KEY
WINDOWS KEY (second & sixth key) on a Standard Keyboard - Displays the Start Menu.
The position of this key may not be as described above on a Laptop Computer.
Holding the Windows key down and pressing another key will initiate quite a few actions.
Some of the more common are listed below.:-
- WINDOW KEY + D = Announces you are on the Desktop and the
icon that has the focus;
- WINDOW KEY + E = Opens My Computer and shows which devices are available;
- WINDOW KEY + F = Displays the Find dialogue box;
- WINDOW KEY + R = Run;
- WINDOW KEY + M = Minimizes all open windows;
- WINDOW KEY + Shift + M = Restores all previously open windows to how they were before you minimized them;
- WINDOW KEY + Pause/Break = Displays the Systems Properties dialog box.
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