ALT+E - Edit Menu
ALT+ENTER - Display the properties of the selected object
ALT+ENTER - View the properties for the selected item
ALT+ESC - Cycle through items in the order they were opened
ALT+F - File Menu
ALT+F4 - Close the active item/Quit the active program/Bring up power/sleep dialog box
ALT+SPACEBAR - Display the System menu for the active window
ALT+SPACEBAR - Open the shortcut menu for the active window
ALT+TAB - Switch between the open items
ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name - Display the corresponding menu
ALT+V - View Menu

BACKSPACE - View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer
CTRL while dragging an item - Copy the selected item
CTRL+A - Select all
CTRL+C - Copy
CTRL+DOWN ARROW - Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph
CTRL+ESC - Display the Start menu
CTRL+F - Find text
CTRL+F4 - Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously
CTRL+H - Find and replace text
CTRL+LEFT ARROW - Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word
CTRL+P - Print
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW - Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item - Create a shortcut to the selected item
CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys - Highlight a block of text
CTRL+SHIFT+ESC - Open Task Manager
CTRL+UP ARROW - Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph
CTRL+V - Paste
CTRL+X - Cut
CTRL+Y - Redo undone
CTRL+Z - Undo
DELETE - Delete

ESC - Cancel the current task
F10 key - Activate the menu bar in the active program
F2 key - Rename the selected item
F3 key - Search for a file or a folder
F4 key - Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer
F5 key - Update the active window
F6 key - Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop

LEFT ARROW - Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu
order that they had been opened
RIGHT ARROW - Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu
SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive - Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing
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+ALT - Toggle among installed keyboard languages
SHIFT+DELETE - Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin
SHIFT+END - Highlights from current position to end of line
SHIFT+F10 - Display the shortcut menu for the selected item
SHIFT+HOME - Highlights from current position to beginning of line
Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu - Perform the corresponding command

ALT+Underlined letter - Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option
Arrow keys - Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons
BACKSPACE - Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box
Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK - Switch the MouseKeys either on or off
Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN - Switch High Contrast either on or off
NUM LOCK for five seconds - Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off
Right SHIFT for eight seconds - Switch FilterKeys either on or off
SHIFT five times - Switch the StickyKeys either on or off
Windows Logo +U - Open Utility Manager

Windows Explorer keyboard shortcuts
END - Display the bottom of the active window
HOME - Display the top of the active window
NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (*) - Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder
NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+) - Display the contents of the selected folder
NUM LOCK+Minus sign (-) - Collapse the selected folder
LEFT ARROW - Collapse the current selection if it is expanded, or select the parent folder
RIGHT ARROW - Display the current selection if it is collapsed, or select the first subfolder

Shortcut keys for Character Map
After you double-click a character on the grid of characters, you can move through the grid by using the keyboard shortcuts
CTRL+END - Move to the last character
CTRL+HOME - Move to the first character
DOWN ARROW - Move down one row
END - Move to the end of the line
HOME - Move to the beginning of the line
LEFT ARROW - Move to the left or to the end of the previous line
PAGE DOWN - Move down one screen at a time
PAGE UP - Move up one screen at a time
RIGHT ARROW - Move to the right or to the beginning of the next line
SPACEBAR - Switch between Enlarged and Normal mode when a character is selected
UP ARROW - Move up one row

Microsot Management Console (MMC) main window keyboard shortcuts
ALT+A - Display the Action menu
ALT+F - Display the File menu
ALT+F4 - Close the console
ALT+O - Display the Favorites menu
ALT+SPACEBAR - Display the MMC window menu
ALT+V - Display the View menu
CTRL+M - Add or remove a console item
CTRL+N - Open a new console
CTRL+O - Open a saved console
CTRL+S - Save the open console
CTRL+W - Open a new window
F5 key - Update the content of all console windows

MMC console window keyboard shortcuts
ALT+ENTER - Display the Properties dialog box, if any, for the selected item
ALT+Minus sign (-) - Display the window menu for the active console window
CTRL+F10 - Maximize the active console window
CTRL+F4 - Close the active console window. When a console has only one console window, this shortcut closes the console
CTRL+F5 - Restore the active console window
F1 key - Open the Help topic, if any, for the selected item
F2 key - Rename the selected item
F5 key - Update the content of all console windows
SHIFT+F10 - Display the Action shortcut menu for the selected item

Remote desktop connection navigation

ALT+DELETE - Display the Windows menu
ALT+HOME - Display the Start menu
ALT+INSERT - Cycle through the programs in most recently used order
ALT+PAGE DOWN - Switch between programs from right to left
ALT+PAGE UP - Switch between programs from left to right
CTRL+ALT+BREAK - Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen
CTRL+ALT+END - Open the Microsoft Windows NT Security dialog box
CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-) - Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.
CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+) - Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.

Microsoft Internet Explorer navigation
CTRL+B - Open the Organize Favorites dialog box
CTRL+CTRL+P - Open the Print dialog box
CTRL+E - Open the Search bar
CTRL+F - Start the Find utility
CTRL+H - Open the History bar
CTRL+I - Open the Favorites bar
CTRL+L - Open the Open dialog box
CTRL+N - Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address
CTRL+O - Open the Open dialog box, the same as CTRL+L
CTRL+R - Update the current Web page
CTRL+W - Close the current window

Some useful ALT codes
ALT+0145 - Open curly single quote
ALT+0146 - Close curly single quote
ALT+0147 - Open curly double quote
ALT+0148 - Close curly double quote
ALT+0151 - Long Dash/Hyphen
ALT+21 - Paragraph
ALT+33 - Exclamation mark
ALT+34 - Quotation mark
ALT+38 - Ampersand
ALT+39 - Apostrophe
ALT+40 - Open bracket
ALT+41 - Close bracket
ALT+42 - Asterisk
ALT+44 - Comma
ALT+45 - Dash/Hyphen
ALT+46 - Full Stop
ALT+47 - Slash
ALT+58 - Colon
ALT+59 - Semi-Colon
ALT+63 - Question mark
ALT+64 - @ sign
ALT+91 - Open square bracket
ALT+92 - Backslash
ALT+93 - Close square bracket
ALT+123 - Open curly bracket
ALT+125 - Close curly bracket
ALT+168 - Inverted question mark
ALT+173 - Inverted exclamation mark
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB - Move backward through the tabs
CTRL+TAB - Move forward through the tabs
ENTER - Perform the command for the active option or button
F1 key - Display Help
F4 key - Display the items in the active list
SHIFT+TAB - Move backward through the options
SPACEBAR - Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box
TAB - Move forward through the options

Windows logo key - Display/Hide the Start menu
CTRL+Windows logo key+F - Search for computers
Windows logo key+L - Lock the keyboard/computer
Windows logo key+BREAK - Display the System Properties dialog box
Windows logo key+D - Display the desktop
Windows logo key+E - Open My Computer
Windows logo key+F - Search for a file or a folder
Windows logo key+F1 - Display Windows Help
Windows logo key+M - Minimize all windows
Windows logo key+R - Open Run dialog box
Windows logo key+SHIFT+M - Restore minimized windows
Windows logo key+U - Open Utility Manager