Learn Your Windows XP Keyboard Shortcuts - By: Susan10

In today’s high speed and fast paced IT environment, it is very important to be able to work quickly, and efficiently. To do this, you should learn how to use your keyboard and mouse simultaneously in your Windows XP so that you can do many tasks. This article will not only help you to build up speed but will also help you to work with both hands.
At first, take a good look at your keyboard and be familiar with its layout. If you are a laptop user then you will have the same keys on your systems, but in different places. So it may take a few seconds to familiarize yourself with the key placements before you begin with the exercise. But if you have something similar, then you will be fine. You can follow these 4 tips for this:
Quickly Accessing the Start Menu
If you are just sick and tired of using your mouse to click on the infamous button to display your Windows XP Start Menu, then you just simply need to hit the ‘Windows’ Key on your keyboard. The Windows key once pressed will launch the start menu when you release the key, the menu will appear. But if you have a very old keyboard then you may not have the Windows Key on it. Thus in that case you can use Ctrl + Esc.
Quickly get into your System Properties
There will be times when you will need to access the System Properties for your computer. When you need to get to the properties, you have to go through a pretty long exercise. There are couple of ways to get to the properties, but most commonly used is to right click the mouse over the ‘My Computer’ icon on your desktop and then select properties from the drop down menu. You can use Windows key + pause or break key as a keyboard shortcut.
Quickly Lock your System
There are times when you quickly step away from your system but you don’t feel safe to leave it accessible to others in the office or in home. You need to know how quickly you can lock your PC and secure it from immediate access. The quickest way to do this is to use the Ctrl + Alt + Del key sequence which will select an option to ‘Lock Workstation’. But by using Windows key + L on your keyboard, will lock your system immediately. You will get information about it on Internet also.
Quickly Search for Anything

If you want to find files, you will want to use the Search feature that is built into your Windows XP. Now the Windows Key + F will raise the search function and within a few seconds, you will see your Search Result’s dialog box. Use this feature to find items on your system or on remote systems. You can also use this feature to find other computers on your network if you add the ctrl key in the keystroke sequence. You can even use the original keyboard shortcut and then select Computers or people as you need.
You can get the basics of working with the keyboard to increase your speed and efficiency when working with Windows XP. For moiré detail you can search about it on Internet.
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