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A handy cheat sheet of all the Windows 7 keyboard combinations:

Windows Key + Tab = Aero Switch (keep holding Windows key and press Tab to cycle)
Windows Key + E = Windows Explorer
Windows Key + R = Run Command
Windows Key + F = Search
Windows Key + X = Mobility Center
Windows Key + L = Lock Computer
Windows Key + U = Ease of Access
Windows Key + P = Projector
Windows Key + T = Cycle Superbar Items
Windows Key + S = OneNote Screen Clipping Tool (requires OneNote)
Windows Key + M = Minimize All Windows
Windows Key + D = Show/Hide Desktop
Windows Key + Up = Maximize Current Window
Windows Key + Down = Restore Down / Minimize Current Windows
Windows Key + Left = Dock Current Window to the Left
Windows Key + Right = Dock Current Windows to the Right
Windows Key + = Magnifier
Windows Key + Shift + Right = Moves Current Window to the Monitor on the Right
Windows Key + Shift + Left = Moves Current Window to the Monitor on the Left
Windows Key + [1-9] = Launches the corresponding program in the superbar (going left to right)
Windows Key + Pause = Open System Info

Disable the search suggestions from appearing when you type something in the search box in Explorer in Windows 7 with tis registry tweak.

• Click Start
• Type regedit and hit Enter
• Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER->Software->Policies->Microsoft->Windows->Explorer
• Right click Explorer and select New -> DWORD Value
• Name it DisableSearchBoxSuggestions with a value of 1
• Close the Registry Editor

Your search history in Windows Explorer will no longer be saved or displayed.

As beautiful as Pidgin’s OSD notifications are, I find they become a nuisance after a short while. They don’t seem to go away when you mark yourself as busy or have another applications, such as a movie, running at full screen. On top of that I generally don’t chat with the majority of the contacts on my MSN list very often so I really don’t need to be notified every time they log in.

Strangely, the option to disable the OSD notifications isn’t in the preferences screen for Pidgin. I was a little stumped by this as I expected it to be there. So I did a bit of digging and discovered it was actually a plugin which is enabled by default. To disable it, simply follow these steps:

• Select Tools from the main menu
• Click Plugins
• Uncheck Libnotify Popups
• Click the Close button

Now you’ll no longer be nagged at every time one of your contacts logs into the network.