You have to use the following short cut keys to appreciate the usefulness. You can manipulate your current Window with following key storks without touching your mouse.
Win+Left Arrow and Win+Right Arrow is dock left or right
Win+Up Arrow and Win+Down Arrow maximizes and restores / minimizes;
Win+Shift+Up Arrow and Win+Shift+Down Arrow maximizes and restores the vertical size
Win+Home to minimize all the in-active background windows (except the one you are working on)
Win+1, Win+2, etc., to open the corresponding program in your task bar (running programs)
Win+Space – Aero Peek
Now if you have multiple monitors, try this:
Win+Shift+Left Arrow and Win+Shift+RightArrow to move windows from one monitor to another – keeping them in the same relative location to the monitor’s top-left origin
Being in Silicon Valley for years, I became a IT Infrastructure Geek by experience and surrounded by other Geeks everywhere. I try to help others by the solutions I found on odd occasions.
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