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Is there a deterministic way to reboot Windows 10/11 from the login screen (if you can't see the screen)
I have a machine that sometimes boots up without activating the discrete Nvida GPU.
Thus I have a machine that's booted, running, at the login screen, but sending video to the wrong place. A reboot ...
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The mysterious Win+End shortcut - is it some undocumented black magic?
I am using Windows 10 and Win+End toggles gray screen.
I think if you also use Windows 10, you can
reproduce that.
However, when I look it up in the Internet, I fail to
find any documents about that. ...
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How do I quickly position two windows side by side in Windows Tablet mode with a keyboard shortcut instead of moving the window to the side?
When in Tablet mode:
I cannot just press the shortcut as in How do I quickly position two windows side by side? to split the screen into two windows:
Win + arrow
and then choose the other window ...
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How to make `Alt + Shift + 0` work (to change the input language) on Windows 10?
I assigned Alt+Shift+0 to en-US but nothing happened when I pressed. And this shortcut just disappeared randomly after reboot.
Alt+Shift+9 and Alt+Shift+8 assigned for zh-CN and Japanese are both ...
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shortcut to change main display while in extended mode
I'm using a tablet as my second/extended monitor, I want to find a way to map a single hot key combination to one of my buttons, so whenever I toggle it, it changes my main display to the other ...
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How to turn laptop display ON and OFF with a certain key?
I am looking for a way to turn on and off my laptop screen easily (without it going to sleep or hibernate mode). I have various automation scripts running in the background (which include mouse ...
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Some keyboard keys do not work correctly (Alt, ctrl, alt, was jammed)
I have a problem: my keyboard at a certain point starts to change the layout, for example:
ESC -> win and SHIFT together
SHIFT -> alt + tab, if i press it twice, it changes the language.
The ...
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Dead ctrl keys - how to identify processes absorbing keystrokes
I am having an odd problem with my ctrl keys. I find that my control keys (both at once) will stop working globally for a period of time (or a number of keystrokes?), and then sometimes it will be off ...
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How to edit/create settings/shortcut/macro for enabling reversed text input direction in Windows 10?
I want to create a hotkey for the ability to insert a character without advancing the caret, i.e. write backwards.
Every search I tried on Google related to this functionality is of how to disable it, ...
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Windows start menu's autocomplete keystrokes?
From the Windows 10 desktop, without mousing, I can launch the default app for e.g. c:\fooooo\barrrr.jpg by typing
<windows logo>c:\fo
<tab>
shift+<tab>
\bar
<tab>
shift+<...
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windows key needs to be pressed several times before reacting
Seems like something have broken in Windows and it happens on both my home PC with Windows 10 and my work laptop with Windows 11! If I press win key to bring up start menu and type something I almost ...
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Play sound when pressing keyboard shortcut in Windows 10
I want to play a sound (from a sound file I have) when I press a shortcut in Windows 10. Is that possible ? Maybe using some third party software ?
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Ctrl+Shift works only on opposing sides on external keyboard
I have an external keyboard (Logitech K120, Windows Layout) connected to my notebook, running Windows 10, and since today I am facing problems when using shortcuts that involve Ctrl+Shift.
One ...
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Alt+Shift change of language lag since Windows 10
This has been a longstanding problem ever since Windows 10 for me. There is a noticeable delay between pressing the key combination and the actual change of language. I often press the keys, start ...
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Windows: Launch menu entry/option of an app via a keyboard shortcut
Here is the properties info/data (via Winlister) of an app's (here, Network Time) Properties window/pop-up (here, launched via right click menu/option, see screenshot).
What info of The Properties ...
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