A crash in Windows causes the computer to lock up and the screen turns entirely blue.This is termed as the blue screen of death(BSoD).The blue screen is displayed by Microsoft’s Windows operating system when it cannot(or is in danger of being unable to) recover from a system error.
There are many useful keyboard shortcuts in windows XP and Vista.
Copy– CTRL+C
Cut– CTRL+X
Paste– CTRL+V
Undo– CTRL+Z
Delete– DELETE
Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin– SHIFT+DELETE
Copy the selected item– CTRL while dragging an item
Create a shortcut to the selected item– CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item
Rename the selected item– F2 key
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word– CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word– CTRL+LEFT ARROW
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph– CTRL+DOWN ARROW
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph– CTRL+UP ARROW
Highlight a block of text– CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys
Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document– SHIFT with any of the arrow keys
Select all– CTRL+A
Search for a file or a folder– F3 key
View the properties for the selected item– ALT+ENTER
Close the active item, or quit the active program– ALT+F4
Display the properties of the selected object– ALT+ENTER
Open the shortcut menu for the active window– ALT+SPACEBAR
Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously– CTRL+F4
Switch between the open items– ALT+TAB
Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened– ALT+ESC
Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop– F6 key
Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer– F4 key
Display the shortcut menu for the selected item– SHIFT+F10
Display the System menu for the active window– ALT+SPACEBAR
Display the Start menu– CTRL+ESC
Display the corresponding menu– ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name
Activate the menu bar in the active program– F10 key
Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu– RIGHT ARROW
Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu– LEFT ARROW
Update the active window– F5 key
View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer– BACKSPACE
Cancel the current task– ESC
Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing– SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive
