windows key

Been waiting for this for a while now. Finally we can do a bit of customizing of the WinKey + X (so-called SuperUser Menu) by using this tool found here Link Removed It's not all that easy and requires just a brief trip to the command prompt window but an example of how you can use it is...

My 13 year-old has a fairly new laptop, (3 gigs ram, dual core) running Windows 7. I don't know if it's 32 or 64 bit. She is living with me after a divorce, so we both have little info. What happens is, it begins to boot into win7. After it reaches the animated Microsoft logo, it simply...

I have been playing with some of the apps, while they are still working, and noticed some things that may or may not been discussed. OK, you can open an app and it will go full screen. So it is obviously open. You can go to the desktop, or another app and the previous app will remain open...

Hey guys! As you see this is my first post. I want to make some "show desktop shortcut" on the taskbar, and when i click on it, it must to react same as when i press Win+M hotkey when i save this as show.scf it is react just like Win+D hotkey. But i want to create win+M hotkey's shortcut. if...

Hello everyone. Well, basically, I wanted to preserve all the features of my taskbar and just stop it from showing up when I hover the bottom of the screen with the mouse (activating it with the windows key instead), is that possible?

After using an extended desktop on a Lenovo notebook we hit WinKey P and clicked on Computer Only mode. The extended desktop went away.) Then when you go to type you get the various commands as if you were still holding down the Windows Key. An apparent work around is to press the Windows...

Yesterday my girlfriend asked me to look at her computer because her start button wasn't working and when I checked it, I confirmed this to be true. Neither the orb, nor the windows key activates the start menu. When I click it, the highlight flashes on it for a second but then nothing actually...

In this edition of the Windows Desktop Report, Greg Shultz tells you about his favorite Windows Key shortcuts and shows you how to make them habit forming. Link Removed

Whenever I start IE, FF or anything from my CD drive. I get a blank white screen. In order to get out of this. I hit the Windows key on the keyboard and then right click and select desktop. Is this normal or is something causing the problem. Windows 7 Home Premium 6.1.7600 Build 7600 64 bit

It wasnt used to be like this, and it only happened recently when I plugged in my ipod touch(which im sure isnt related at all). This would happen Link Removed due to 404 Error Dell dock would stop working (not responding), the bar down there cant be used at all. I can't right click on...

My computer is an Acer laptop and it came with windows 7 home prem. when I bought it in october 2009. I have recently been having troubles with it and decided to reformat it. I don't think my computer came with a reformating disk so I used someone else's disk, but the key code on the bottom of...

I recently did a clean install of my system. I had previously used the Family Pack key 3 times on 3 separate computers. I did the clean install on one of those three computers but now it won't recognize the key, even though it is legit. Is this a known issue? and is there a way to fix it?

I use Toshiba a200-1cr which came with vista but I made a clean windows 7 installation. It was very challenging to acquire the missing drivers but i managed it. the only problem is that winkey always pressed by the system therefore activating shortcuts so I have no way of using the...

This just started happening yesterday and quite honestly I'm at a loss as to why this is happening. I've scoured the net and this forum looking for a solution first but came up with nothing. To give you a better idea if I don't portray this clearly enough I've included screenshots. I'm not...

hello folks, since i started my pc this morning, my computer logs off everytime i press the left shift button. i have no idea where there's a setting for disabling the key or disabling the shortcut to log off. i cant really use my pc now so a quick response is very much appreciated :( -...

Just installed CSMenu 0.9 with Start Killer. I wanted to know if there is anyway to map the Windows Key on the keyboard (in between the Ctrl and Alt keys) to bring up the classic start menu (CSMenu) when the button is pressed?

My left Windows Key dont work anymore but i would like to use Flip3d. Is there a way to set Flip3d from Win-Tab to Alt-Tab? And set Alt-Tab to other Keycombination? I did a search here found a possible solution with Autohotkey Script Manager. Ive tried it but to be honest im too dumb for it. I...

Is there a way to make it so when I click on the Shutdown button I get the Dialog box like the old classic menu used to do? I have accidently hit that stupid shutdown button to many times (which is actually a lock button now instead of shutdown). I know alt+f4 will bring up the box, but I'm so...

Hey, very quick question: Say I've got 3 windows of notepad open, and they're 4th on my taskbar. I want to open the third notepad window quickly with just the keyboard. Holding windows key and pressing 4 expands the pile of notepad windows over the taskbar. I then feel I should be able to...

After I installed Windows 7, pressing the Windows Key + P gives me some kind of message box for linking to a projector. I don't use anything like that, but I DO use that key combo. I there a way to change the key assignments that are set at install? Regards, Chuck Billow