There are a lot of new shortcuts to save you time in Windows 7. A few of our favorites are:

► Win + Up – Maximize Current Window

► Win + Down – Restore, or Minimize Current Window

► Win + Left or Right – Snap active window to the left or right side of the screen

► Win + Space – Aero Peek at the desktop

► Win + Shift + Up – Stretch a window to the top/bottom of the screen

► Win + Shift + Left or Right – Move a window to the left or right monitor (Multi-Monitor setups only)

► “Shake” a window by its menu bar to hide all other open windows. Shake again to restore.

► Win + Tab – Windows Flip3D (a very fancy alt-tab)

On the taskbar:

► Drag a program shortcut to the taskbar – Pins the program

► Win + T – Selects the taskbar, so you can navigate with the arrow keys

► Shift + L-Click or Middle-Click on a pinned program – Launch a 2nd instance of the program

► Ctrl + Shift + L-Click on a pinned program – Launch program with admin rights

► Ctrl + L-Click on a pinned program, cycle through the active windows one by one (similar to alt-tab)