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Boost Your Productivity With Our Top 20 Windows 11 Keyboard Shortcuts

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April 18, 2022

Boost Your Productivity With Our Top 20 Windows 11 Keyboard Shortcuts

Regardless of the choices of voice-to-text, touch displays, as well as various other techniques of computer input, we still largely engage with our computer systems with the key-board. It’s most likely secure to claim that a lot of PCMag viewers recognize with typical key-board faster ways, such as Ctrl-C to duplicate, Ctrl-V to paste, as well as Alt-Tab to change home windows. Yet Windows 11 deals a number of effective, lesser-known vital combinations, a lot of that make use the Windows trick. I make use of numerous of them numerous times a day.

With Windows, you likewise obtain special-function tricks that differ from key-board to key-board. Especially valuable are media tricks, such as quantity, play/pause, as well as mute. Those apart, allow’s check out our leading key-board faster ways in Windows 11.

Initially, we’ll diminish one of the most valuable faster ways that have actually made the jump from Windows 10 (numbers 1-13), and after that the brand new ones for Windows 11 (numbers 14–20). I’ve freely purchased them by just how usually I utilize them as well as just how valuable I consider them to be.

1. Windows Key-Shift-S: Take Screenshots

Pushing Windows Key-Shift-S opens up the Snipping Device display capture user interface. It takes a screenshot of a rectangular shape or freeform form you attract, a complete home window, or the whole display. A notice panel opens up providing to open up the screenshot in a modifying home window for editing and enhancing as well as sharing. This faster way isn’t the only method to take a screenshot in Windows 11, yet I utilize it at the very least 20 times a day.

Windows 11 Clipboard History

2. Windows Key-V: Paste Background

This vital combination raises among the most effective points to find to Windows in the last twenty years: Clipboard Background. The Clipboard Background allows you duplicate a number of points from one paper or website and after that paste them right into one more, without you needing to go to and fro for each and every product. It collaborates with both message as well as photos you’ve replicated to the clipboard. Keep in mind that for Windows 11, the panel that turns up is integrated with the following key-board faster way I’ll talk about.

Windows 11 emoji, symbol, special character panel

3. Windows Secret-. (duration): Unique Personalities

This faster way opens up a panel offering emoji, unique personalities, signs, as well as also GIFs to go into at the arrow. I usually utilize it to go into em dashboards as well as en dashboards. It’s likewise terrific for getting in accented personalities, Greek letters, as well as various other signs that aren’t on a typical United States key-board. A valuable attribute of this device is that it provides you fast accessibility to your most lately utilized signs.

Task View in Windows 11

4. Windows Key-Tab: Job Sight

Sure, you can still make use of plain-old Alt-Tab to change amongst running applications (holding back the Alt trick after the first press reveals all applications in the existing desktop computer). The Windows vital taste reveals the complete Job sight, suggesting you can see as well as change amongst all your numerous desktop computers as well as all the applications running in each of them. You can after that drag applications from one desktop computer to one more. I such as to have a job desktop computer as well as an individual one, so when an individual application, like WhatsApp slips right into my job desktop computer, Windows Secret–Tab allows me drag its ceramic tile onto the suitable desktop computer.

Voice typing in Windows 11

5. Windows Key-H: Voice Inputting

Pushing Windows Key-H opens up Voice Inputting; it conserves you from needing to kind with your fingers as well as rather allows you go into message with your voice. Voice Inputting functions any type of location where you’d usually kind. If you haven’t utilized speech acknowledgment in a while, you’re most likely to be surprised by just how excellent it’s ended up being. The faster way likewise operates in Windows 10, yet the user interface (revealed over) is currently easier. The method to bear in mind this faster way is the H means “listen to.” If you have an interest in speech-to-text, see our pointers on just how to make use of Voice Inputting in Windows.

6. Ctrl-Windows Key-Left/Right Arrowhead: Switch Over Desktop Computer

To rapidly return as well as forth in between online desktop computers in Windows 11, simply press Ctrl-Windows Key-Left/Right Arrowhead. On a desktop computer, I utilize this each day. On a laptop computer with a trackpad, swiping 4 fingers left or right does the very same point.

7. Windows Key-D: Program the Desktop Computer

Windows Key-D reveals the bare desktop computer. It’s useful when your display is jumbled with a huge selection of application home windows, as well as you wish to begin with a fresh scheme. You can likewise activate desktop computer peek, which allows you relocate the arrow to the bottom-right edge of the display to obtain the very same outcome.

Task Manager in Windows 11

8. Ctrl-Shift-Esc: Job Supervisor

This key-board faster way, which has actually been around given that the very early days of Windows, opens up the Job Supervisor. It comes in handy when your computer appears slow, as well as you wish to discover which application is gobbling up the CPU cycles or memory. When you require to eliminate an unmanageable application or procedure, Job Supervisor is your good friend.

Game bar in Windows 11

9. Windows Key-G: Video Game Bar

To see the Xbox Video game Bar, make use of the key-board faster way Windows Key-G. It uses a number of controls as well as display screens for points like efficiency, audio setups, good friend task, as well as display recording. It can be valuable also for nongamers like your own really. For extra on video gaming in the brand-new OS, reviewed Jordan Minor’s item, With Windows 11, Microsoft Makes Every Computer an Xbox.

10. Windows Key-L: Lock Display

Pushing Windows Key-L just secures the computer to the lock display. It’s useful for a service or public setting where you don’t wish to leave your computer system open for any individual to see or make use of yet you don’t wish to close it down totally.

11. Windows Key-I: Setups

Windows Key-I opens up the Windows Setups application. The Windows 11 user interface makes accessibility to this rather much less noticeable than Windows 10 did, so making use of the key-board faster way can relieve that. You can remember it as the I standing for details.

I need to admit that I don’t utilize this darn-useful key-board faster way a lot, yet I intend on altering that. Nevertheless, pushing one trick is as straightforward as it obtains, as well as just how usually do I open up the Begin food selection? (Usually.) Its close family member is Windows Key-S (or Windows Key-Q), which opens up the Look panel where you can look your computer along with the internet.

13. Windows Key-E: Submit Traveler

Windows Key-E opens up the Data Traveler as well as is one more vital command that I intend to make use of regularly given that I require to open up that energy sometimes daily.

Widgets panel in Windows 11

A brand-new key-board faster way for Windows 11, Windows Key-W opens up the Widgets panel. After it opens you can make use of Tab to relocate from area to area as well as the Arrowhead tricks to relocate from one product to one more within an area. The picked product has a synopsis around it, as seen in the Weather condition widget over.

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Quick Settings panel in Windows 11

15. Windows Key-A: Quick Setup

This faster way opens up the brand-new Quick Setups panel (which changes some features of Windows 10’s Activity Facility, therefore the A). As soon as the panel’s open, you can toggle Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Aircraft setting, Battery Saver, Emphasis Help, as well as Ease of access attributes. You can likewise change the display illumination as well as audio speaker quantity with sliders. The choices are adjustable if you click the pencil symbol, as well as the equipment symbol takes you fully Windows 11 Setups application.

Notification panel in Windows 11

16. Windows Key-N: Notices

An equivalent to the previous faster way, Windows Key-N opens up the Alert panel, which utilized to be in the Activity Facility in Windows 10. As you may presume, you see any type of notices that have actually gotten here in addition to your schedule under. Unfortunately, the schedule has actually shed a great deal of performance in the step from Windows 10 to Windows 11; you can no more see or include occasions on your timetable.

17. Windows Key-Z: Break Layouts

This combination opens up the Break Layouts attribute. It’s equivalent to floating the computer mouse arrow over a home window’s optimize switch, yet it’s in fact quicker.

18. Windows Key-Alt-Up Arrowhead: Resize to Fifty Percent Display

This vital mix resizes the existing application to precisely the leading fifty percent of the display. Likewise, you can make use of Windows Key-Alt-Down Arrowhead, Windows Key-Alt-Left Arrowhead, as well as Windows Key-Alt-Right Arrowhead to fill up precisely half the display with the application in those instructions.

Cast media from Windows 11

Windows Key-K allows you actors (kast?) your display to a cordless display screen. You can likewise include a switch to the Quick Setups panel, yet this faster way conserves you the difficulty.

20. Windows Key-C: Conversation in Groups

C is for conversation—this brand-new key-board faster way for Windows 11 opens up the individual variation of Microsoft Teams conversation. Not also a great deal of Windows followers utilize this individual variation, so best of luck with it, Microsoft. One considerable plus on its side, however, is its capacity to allow you message conversation with SMS to phone individuals, without any unique account configuration called for.

A Lot More Ways to Increase Your Windows 11 Efficiency

PCMag has a plethora of pointers as well as techniques to aid you in addition to Microsoft’s brand-new os. Begin with our Ideal Windows 11 Tips summary that covers every little thing from the beginning food selection to running Android applications, after that look into Every little thing You Required to Find Out About Windows 11. For the complete upgraded checklist of all protection, head to our Windows 11 index web page.

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OceanGate’s ill-fated Titan sub relied on a hand-typed Excel spreadsheet

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September 20, 2024

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OceanGate’s ill-fated Titan sub relied on a hand-typed Excel spreadsheet

A former OceanGate contractor, Antonella Wilby, testified before a U.S. Coast Guard panel on Friday that the company’s Titan submarine, which imploded last year during a dive to the Titanic’s wreckage, relied on an incredibly convoluted navigation system.

As Wilby described it during the US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation hearing, the Titan’s GPS-like ultra-short baseline (USBL) acoustic positioning system generated data on a sub’s velocity, depth, and position using sound pings.

That information is typically automatically loaded into mapping software to keep track of a sub’s position. But Wilby said that for the Titan, the coordinate data was transcribed into a notebook by hand and then entered into Excel before loading the spreadsheet into mapping software to track the sub’s position on a hand-drawn map of the wreckage.

The OceanGate team tried to perform these updates at least every five minutes, but it was a slow, manual process done while communicating with the gamepad-controlled sub via short text messages. When Wilby recommended the company use standard software to process ping data and plot the sub’s telemetry automatically, the response was that the company wanted to develop an in-house system, but didn’t have enough time.

Wilby was later taken off the team and flew home after telling supervisors, “This is an idiotic way to do navigation.” She also testified that after Dive 80 in 2022, a loud bang / explosion was heard during the Titan’s ascent and that it was loud enough to be heard from the surface.

This mirrors testimony given yesterday by OceanGate’s former scientific director, Steven Ross. Like Wilby, he said that the sound was attributed to a shifting of the pressure hull in its plastic cradle, although Wilby testified that there were only “a few microns” of damage.

According to Ross, six days before the Titan submarine imploded, the sub’s pilot and the company’s co-founder, Stockton Rush, crashed the vessel into a launch mechanism bulkhead while the vessel was attempting to resurface from Dive 87. The incident was caused by a malfunction with a ballast tank, which inverted the submarine, causing other passengers to “tumble about,” according to the Associated Press. No one was injured during the incident, but Ross said he did not know if an inspection of the sub was carried out afterward.

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The $40K scam that almost got me + 3 more spreading now

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September 20, 2024

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The K scam that almost got me + 3 more spreading now

Eight billion. That’s how many spam emails go out in the U.S. every single day. Komando staff (me included!) have received some real winners recently.

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Here’s a look at actual spam emails circulating right now.

$40,000 fake invoice scam

Paul emailed me about a $39,500 invoice, demanding I pay up ASAP. The problem? I didn’t owe him a cent. The subject was ‘Fwd: Past due Inv 324476’ and what followed was an email chain between me (using my private company email address) and someone named “Paul Delcroix.”

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According to his email, we were overdue for paying his invoice, and he wanted that money now. It really looked like “Paul” and I were doing business together. In one email, I told him we needed to have a follow-up call. In another, I asked “Paul” to email our finance director, Amber, because she’d send over the money.

“Paul” created the entire thread and used that to trick Amber into thinking I’d already approved the invoice. This scammer knew a lot about us, like my personal email address, Amber’s role at the company and Amber’s email address. They even knew our company’s industry; “Paul” was attempting to charge us for using his “Ethics in Broadcasting” legal materials and representatives.

Don’t fall for it. Amber forwarded me the email. It set off alarm bells for her because when we’re planning to spend a lot of money, she’s almost always part of that conversation. If she’s not, I inform her later, since she’s the one who pays the bills day to day.

Scammers aren’t above faking entire email conversations to get what they want out of you. (Photo by Peter Dazeley/Getty Images)

Related: A Chilean gang tried to break into my home.

Geeking out

Did someone call the Geek Squad? Content Queen Allie didn’t, but she keeps getting email receipts for subscriptions she never signed up for.

Why? They want your money. By sending a real-looking (but bogus) invoice, they want you to think you forgot to pay for something. Emails like this usually include a request for your credit card or bank information.

If you don’t fall for that trick, they often include a phone number for you to call to inquire about the invoice. When you call, crooks play customer service, try to make you pay over the phone or scam you some other way.

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Dirty money

Sextortion scams are getting kicked up a notch, and the Komando IT genius, John, is the latest target. John received a shady email with a PDF attached. It included his full name, work address, phone number and the signature “I ain’t playing games” threat.

The sender claims to have footage of John doing “embarrassing things” (aka surfing porn websites). They say in just a few clicks, they could send the footage to every one of John’s contacts.

And, just like we’ve reported, the scammer wrapped up things with a picture of John’s location — one of the entrances to our broadcast headquarters.

What’s the deal? These creeps want money, too — in this case, a $1,950 bitcoin deposit sent to an address they included. Their goal is to get you worked up and scared enough to pay. After all, who would want their grandma to see them doing something naughty?

A hacker is pictured. (iStock)

They don’t really have footage of you, and many other victims have reported getting this very same message. Don’t take the bait.

Related: Kitboga exposes a shocking new scam.

Direct your attention

I’ve gotten a few of these emails from Ian asking to switch his direct deposit information … except it wasn’t really Ian.

Double dipping: This crook wants money and business information. If I had fallen for this one, I might’ve handed a hacker company bank account numbers or other protected info.

The tipoff? Ian would absolutely go to the accounting team with a question like this, not me. And if I click where his name is listed as the sender, it reveals an email address that’s definitely not his.

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One simple rule of thumb

If you own a business, you’re going to be surprised to hear this: I approve every expense myself. Yes, I’m busy recording my national radio shows, writing my daily newsletter and running the business — but I’m the closest one to what we spend. I can spot these tricks a mile away.

The final approval doesn’t always have to come from the business owner, but I recommend you have multiple folks involved in payment processes. No bill should be paid without someone else confirming, “Yes, this is a service we pay for. This bill is real.”

A picture shows a person holding a Visa Premier credit card in front of a computer screen displaying an internet website which bears a warning message against fraud . (VALERY HACHE/AFP via Getty Images)

This is more important than ever in the age of deepfakes, when it’s easy for someone to pretend to be a contractor or an employee to take advantage of the person who signs off on payments.

Related: How to block political text messages

Go one step further

I recommend every company create a payment password, a safe word, a confirmation — call it what you want. Say our word is “tangerines.” The idea is that the person approving the payment and the coworker or company officer asking for the payment both must say this word.

In our engineering firm example, the deepfake worked flawlessly. The employee truly thought they were talking to the CFO. But what if he or she asked for the confirmation step and the guy stared at him blankly? It would’ve all fallen apart.

It’s a simple way to protect your business, your team and your money.

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A new PS5 update is here to address Final Fantasy XVI bugs

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September 20, 2024

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A new PS5 update is here to address Final Fantasy XVI bugs

On Friday morning, Sony released a system update for the PlayStation 5 that may help with graphical bugs and crashes reported by Final Fantasy XVI players after the last PS5 firmware update.

Sony says today’s update (version 24.06-10.01.00) simply improves “system software performance and stability” and doesn’t mention any specific fixes for the game. But a post shared on the official Final Fantasy XVI X account earlier today says it’s been released “in response to the crashes and graphical bugs” reported by players.

Following the PS5 update released September 12th (24.06-10.00.00), people playing Final Fantasy XVI and some other games, like Star Wars Outlaws, Death Stranding, and Elden Ring, reported stutters and other issues. In Final Fantasy, players reported game crashes while loading save files or fast-traveling. Others experienced severe graphical issues, including black squares that would end up covering large portions of the screen, making the game unplayable.

At the time, Square Enix said it was working with Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) to determine what was causing the bugs and encouraged players to wait for further updates.