You need to update your instructions. Windows, U, Enter puts the machine into Standby mode. Windows, U, U turns the sucker off. That should hold them at bay for a few more years!
Depends. In Win 2000, Windows - U - Enter chooses whichever was chosen last time. Not as useful.
Might actually be the same in XP, since I do Standby most often. I confess, I don’t have the patience to test it by going through a series of Turn-offs, Restarts, etc. Shoot me! 
Windows - U U always works in XP. The problem in 2000 is that the option is a drop-down menu, with the last-used option selected by default. (Windows - U - U does nothing in 2000.)
Of course, I’m eyeing a Logitech, blue tooth, laser mouse, all cordless.
However, paying €200 for mouse and keyboard is insane. I’ll wait for the price to come down.
I’ve been cordless for a couple of years now. There’s no turning back.
All it does for me is bring up Windows Utility — something about Magnifier, Reader, and some other accessibility tool. We’ve got XP Pro.
Windows - let go - U - let go - U
But you’re right, Windows+U gives the Utility Manager :smack:
Otey dotey. I’ll try it. If no response within five minutes, it worked. 
Unless you have other things already using bluetooth, there’s no point in spending that much for that. I’m using the Logitech Cordless MX Duo. Except for the stupid F-Lock shit and the fact that the base station is rather large (to recharge the batteries), I’m happy with it. Though I never use any of the extra buttons on the keyboard.
I know, and I don’t.
But the number pad is separate, the keyboard is very slim and the keys themselves are just… perfect, I guess.
BTW, my current Logitech keyboard has the INS key tucked away safely among the PrtScr and Pause keys. And I like the windows key.
Windows keyboards suck. End of story.
Aren’t you glad I cleared this up for you?
There’s a very simple way to turn off an XP computer. Press the soft power button on the front of the case. It sends a signal to the CPU to start the normal shutdown procedure, then power off. If you have a hard switch on the back, don’t use that unless your computer has crashed so badly the soft button doesn’t respond.
Anyone who likes the Windows key is clearly not a gamer. Since games are the only reasonable applications to run on a computer, I must question these people’s sanity.
I use a drawing tablet and pen. It comes with a mouse that works on top of the tablet. No batteries required, but a really good tablet can be many hundreds of dollars. And some software (games, usually) cannot work with a tablet, which kind of sucks, but is understandable.
I got a free Logitech MX1000 and tried it out. The batteries last a lot longer (probably 3-4 weeks) than the MX700. I don’t personally like that series of mice, because they’re too big for my hands, but my husband loves them, especially with the Ratpadz GS mousepad.
I’ve been using WindowsKey+E for years, but never knew that the Windows Key alone could open the Start menu! :smack:
I also didn’t know about WindowsKey+D, which will come in very handy because I deleted the desktop icon from my quick launch toolbar and have rued the day ever since. Thanks, GorillaMan!
I don’t get no love. 
Sorry, Tabby_Cat: when I read “win + D/M for minimising all windows” in your post, it somehow looked much more complicated, and like something different, than win+D (and I didn’t know what win+D did until I tried it). Just the way I read it, I guess.
It’s frustrating when people do to me what I just did to you, so, sorry again. And: Love! Love!
Is there a way to access a list of these commands? Or one available on the web? I’m a little leary of learning them by the ‘push the button and watch your hard disk reformat’ method. :eek:
Just for the record, with most keyboards you can remove the Windows key to avoid hitting it by accident, and still press it intentionally by reaching down inside there.
And for the poster who wanted to know why keyboard shortcuts are useful, you must not do much writing. Every time I take my hands off the keyboard and grab the mouse, it slows me down. Menus are for people learning how to use a program, or people who don’t use it very often. Once you get to really know the keyboard shortcuts in a program, you can work far faster.
Pussy! 
Just kidding (sort of). Here’s at least a partial list, along with some other tips, from big bad Microsoft itself.