Do you own a Windows Computer? If Yes, then this article is for you. Today in this article I’m going to show 10 Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows that you probably don’t know. A standard Microsoft Keyboard has 104 keys and there many combinations of different keys to help you control your computer without using mouse and to provide some direct shortcuts. If you can learn and master these keyboard shortcuts then you can navigate more quickly and smoothly in your computer.

So focus your eyes on the screen, place your hands on the keyboard and read the 10 Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows briefly explained with the pictures:

• Alt + Space:

This Keyboard Shortcut will open the Window System Menu, from where you can use options like Minimize, Maximize, Restore, Move, Size and Close. This shortcut is helpful to control Off-screen windows and to close windows which cannot be closed using “Alt + F4” shortcut.

• Win + Pause/Break:

This Keyboard Shortcut will open the System Properties of you Windows computer, from where you can see the computer name and other system information like Processor, RAM etc.

• Ctrl + Esc:

This Keyboard Shortcut is kind of useless as it opens the Start Menu. Actually this shortcut is not exactly useless because it can be used as a good alternative in case the Window Key is not working.

• Ctrl + Shift + Esc:

This Keyboard Shortcut is used to open the Task Manager. So it eliminates the need of using “Ctrl + Alt Delete” first to do so.

• Win + Home:

This Keyboard Shortcut will minimize all the other opened Windows except the current active window.

• Win + Up and Win + Down:

These Keyboard Shortcuts are alternative to the clicking on middle button (Maximize/Restore button) on the Window. “Win + Up” Keyboard Shortcut maximizes the current active window and “Win + Down” restores it.

• Win + B:

This Keyboard Shortcut selects the System Tray. Useful in case your mouse is not working.

• Win + T:

This Keyboard Shortcut will provide you a selection on the programs on the taskbar, just like placing the mouse pointer on the programs. By using this Keyboard Shortcut again and again you can cycle through all the programs on the taskbar. Then you can use “Space” or “Enter” to launch the program.

• Win + 1, Win + 2, . . . . etc.:

“Win + Any Number (1,2,3….etc.)”  is the Keyboard Shortcut which will allow you to launch the programs on the taskbar. If you press “Win + 1”, it will launch the first program on the taskbar and similarly you can launch other taskbar programs by using corresponding numbers.

• Win + Alt +1, Win + Alt + 2, . . . . etc.:

“Win + Alt + Any Number (1,2,3….etc.)” is the Keyboard Shortcut which will allow you to open the Jump List of the programs on the taskbar. If you press “Win + Alt + 1”, it will open the Jump List of first program on the taskbar and similarly you can open Jump List of other taskbar programs by using corresponding numbers.

So this was just “Part 1” were 10 Keyboard Shortcuts that you probably didn’t know before. Soon we’ll post the “Part 2” of this list. Mean while you can check out best ways to Free Hard Disk Space on Windows and Windows 8 Shortcut Keys. So stay tuned and tell us what you think about these Keyboard Shortcuts.