Personally I use Win+L when leavng my computer at work.
Win+P for changing monitors.

Win+1-9 to open applications on taskbar.
Alt+tab or Win+tab for changing app

I find the CTRL + SHIFT + ESC a bit uncomfortable to use, so I prefer CTRL + ALT + DEL.

I use that instead of Ctrl+Alt+Delet, since it doesn't require wasting time to click on the task manager, and I can do it with just my left hand. I use the three finger Volcan mind meld technique to make it less awkward.

+1

I learned a great one a while back. If you hit Win+Ctrl+Shift+B, it'll do a small "reboot" of your graphics card. Does WONDERS if you're getting a black screen in a game but can hear music and such. (I get it A LOT when I boot up ESO)

I don't think I've had such issue with games or I didn't notice it, but that's a really good thing to remember to do.

(Also, thanks for the Always On Top trick. I remember having it enabled a while back but I went to check and turns out it was disabled. Those couple of games that kept freezing and the task manager refusing to come out of hiding makes a lot more sense now)

True, I've had this issue so many times to the point that I had to use CTRL + ALT + DEL and then Choose Sign Out. That will also terminate the frozen program, but you may close other apps in the process. Good thing is that it will take less time to do it than a restart.

Ohhhh, this is such a good one! Thanks!!

You don't deserve to be one, because you're sharing wisdom here. It doesn't matter when you learn new things. We all learn something new every day!

if you want an application with a much wider range of snapping / video clipping tools which also can simultaneously upload them to basically any file sharing site you setup using any hotkey you want on your keyboard, check out sharex, it's FOSS

This recently learned this where my partner gave me this look "You don't know about this?!". And it's really useful~

I like this one.Thanks ! 👌

I always just press the "print" key and then control + v that image into paint to safe screenshots haha
No idea when or why I even picked that up as a screenshot method but it works.

Definitely a useful tip. I was really unsure if I want a dual-screen or an Ultrawide screen. I bought the ultrawide screen, but would like to have another monitor so I can multitask even better.

I know how frustrating this is until you realize there's a way around it.

I somewhat recently found out about the alt+enter shortcut. It's SO helpful of a game or program gets stuck in windowed mode or doesn't have a proper fullscreen option.

I use WIN + R all the time for that command, but forgot about CTRL+W. I don't think I knew about that one.

Same, what I used to do was to Log Out to terminate the program, but that would turn off sometimes other programs.

When mouse not work i like use this:
Shift+NumLock for active cursor
5 For simulate click
0/Ins Drag left click hold click simulation
/ for activate left mouse click simulation;
Asterisk activate for middle mouse click simulation;
Minus "-" for right mouse click simulation
1, 2, 3,4,6,7, 8 ,9 used for move cursor

Didn't manage to get this to work, but this is such a useful tip!

-in old windows10 (with 11 not work) i like to do right click in tast bar and add main "PC Resource" to it,
this allow me to surf the folders path of all hardisk without need open windows

Do you have Windows 11 already? How is it? Do you like it?

-Epic games launcher,if you own multiple accounts different games but you lazy make login all them,after install them just start the gams from the .exe in game folder and game start also if account logged is wrong

Useful tip right there. This reminds me of GOG Galaxy. Get all your games together in one place.

Since I discovered it I swear I always use it. It's my favourite thing because I can finally express my emotions like on text.

Always install Directx 9c (Full package: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=8109)
Install GFW Live (For Windows 10: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=201134)
Install Legacy nVIDIA PhysX-9.13 (https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/physx/physx-9-13-0604-legacy-driver/)

Can you tell me what's the use for these programs? I have DirectX 11 or 12. I can't remember now. 🤷🏻‍♂️

If playing fighting games on a keyboard, get a PS/2 keyboard. It supports full button presses and registers everything. None of that false mechanical keyboard anti-ghosting marketing crap. I and my brother would play street fighter zero on the same keyboard against Bison and all keys would register. Can barely play by myself on a so called 'mechanical gaming anti-ghosting keyboard'

Very interesting. I don't play enough. I used the Keypads on the left for the 2nd player and arrows to move.

Know yourself and take time to develop you own keyboard / mouse config that is comfortable for you. Trust me, WASD is overrated.

When I was a kid, I used to use the Arrows to move about and that was feeling good for me as I've been playing NFS or fighting games. I got used to WASD so now going to something else may be weird for me, but it's a great tip!

Regarding tip #6 - Its not that a PS/2 keyboard supports more button presses than a USB one, it entirely depends on the matrix layout and or whether or not the keyboards supports full NKRO (N-Key RollOver). Most keyboards say they support (up to) 6 key anti-ghosting functionality, which nearly always means that there are many key combinations which cannot be pressed together.

There are some keyboards that claim to have full NKRO, but which have only have 26-50 key partial implementations which can be problematic at times too. When i was looking for keyboards a few years ago it was nearly impossible to find a keyboard that supports full NKRO for under $70-110. Some keyboards which support full NKRO do have a requirement that they're connected in PS/2 mode instead of USB mode. (And some of those keyboards will not work in your computer's Bios before starting your operating system without switching modes.)

Don't remember having issues with it. Windows Defender is not a bad antivirus. It's free and it does an okay job to keep you protected if you don't go on sketchy websites.

Speaking of that, get WOT for your browsers. It's a tool that scans and puts a circle over your pages when you search in google. It helped me not go on sketchy websites soooooo many times!

That's awesome! Very useful tip!

For clarity.
https://stackhowto.com/how-to-open-emoji-keyboard-on-windows-10/

Thank you!!

Hahahaha 🤣 I would never buy one for gaming really. I don't even have an iPhone.

Happy cake day !

Setting the game to run on the nVidia card, not the integrated (intel in my case) graphics chip,

Wait, how do you do this? I am pretty sure it does it automatically, but do share. I might be doing some dumb stuff I never knew. 😅

setting the power plan to maximum performance for demanding games

That's a useful tip. I just turned that on now. I didn't pay much attention to it. Thanks!

setting the nvidia profile preference for a struggling game to "prefer maximum performance"

Useful stuff right there!

"Porefer maximum performance" doesn't do what some people seem to think.. The name is a bit misleading, and it has no performance benefit on demanding games (in some cases it even gives worse performance due to increased heat).

This mode should only be used for certain old games. This setting forces the GPU to run at max clocks instead of downclocking itself when GPU usage is low. By forcing max clocks it may fix performance issues when there's some abrupt high demanding scene and the GPU doesn't increase the clocks fast enough.

But having the GPU clock forced to max means higher heat. That leads to lower boost clocks, and why in some cases performance may be worse.

Never set "prefer maximum performance" globally, that completely disables idle/desktop/2D clocks.

Some recent drivers have been a bit buggy with the normal setting (not sure if it's been fixed already, I have this option set to "adaptive" instead, using nvidia profile inspector), for example in Battlefield 1, where the clocks wouldn't boost properly leading to bad performance.

Oh, that's good, so then you don't need OBS or other programs I see. Good stuff!

This is something I wish I'd remember more often, because it happened to me and I basically go back in History to click it again. Thanks!

Without a doubt, but I never had to do it out of frustration.

Is anything stopping you from sharing tips from any other OS? Or what exactly was the point of this jab?

I've considered it and I think you're right, maybe it's better to be specific.

The WIN+V is really useful and I use it sometimes a lot to write thanks on giveaways if I want to make things easier for me.

Oh yeah, I actually forgot about that command.

Task manager always on top. Huh, such an easy option, that I would have never found. Thank you!

You're welcome dude! I didn't know about it either, I always ran into problems with games freezing just to have to restart or Log off.

I want to add, if you click on the right bottom corner of your desktop, right on the taskbar you can minimize all your windows at once, so you can got straight to your desktop, without any obstructions, and clicking on it again, make them reappear again (if you haven't openend any windows in the meantime).

I use this all the time. Super good feature!

I keep forgetting how useful this is.

That's useful if you have two tabs I guess or?

You can do the same with mouse gestures as well.

I think that feature goes out the record, but may become a feature in the future. I like the screens that allow you to touch the screen and interact with it.

Mouse Gesture Tutorial

i can't find this app\addon can u give me link pls?