Five Quick Tips We Use Every Day
Tips these days are called hacks… but we’re gonna stick with tips, thank you.
There are hundreds of thousands of Windows tips around, in fact, there are thousands on our InfoAve site. The only tips that matter are the ones you use.
Here are five Windows tips we use almost every day. These tips are easy and save time. And now, we’re going to share them with you.
1: Bring up the Lock Screen in Windows 10 or 11.
If you press the Windows Key + L, it will bring up the lock screen in Windows 10. If you use a password Windows Key + L will “lock” your Windows PC until you enter your password or PIN.
2: Make any word or phrase a hyperlink.
If you want to create a link out of a word or a phrase, like “Visit our InfoAve Website“, it’s super easy to do. Select the word or words you want to make into a hyperlink and press CTRL+K. A dialog will appear. In the dialog type or paste the URL (website address) and press Enter. If you did that correctly, the word or words you highlighted are now a clickable hyperlink. This works with most word processors and email programs. It also works in Gmail. Try it!
3: Open a new instance of a program with just the click of your mouse.
Did you know on most computer mice, you can click the scroll wheel? You can, and we call the “middle mouse button”. If you middle-click on the taskbar icon of an open program, it will open a new instance of that program. Try it. It works with Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Notepad, File Explorer, IrfanView and many other programs. It will work with any program that allows multiple instances to run.
4: Open Task Manager with a keyboard shortcut.
Just press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC and Task Manager will open.
5: Hide all open windows in a hurry.
If you want to clear all open windows from your screen quickly, press the Windows Key and the M key; to reopen them again, press Windows Key+SHIFT+ M.