Windows 10 comes with live tiles in the start menu. If you’re used to windows 7, or prefer a simpler start menu, you can turn these off easily. Just right click on each tile and click “Turn live tile off”, or “Unpin from Start”. You can then resize the start menu once you have removed enough of them.
To access the Task Manager (where hanging programs can be terminated) directly, use CTRL-SHIFT-ESC. This can be crucial when the computer is struggling to even bring up the ALT-CTRL-DEL menu through which Task Manager is normally accessed.
Holding the SHIFT key while right-clicking brings up the advanced menu, with options such as “Run as User” (a specific user, as opposed to “Run as Administrator”) and “Open command menu here”.
If you have a piece of software you frequently use, but don’t want to take your hands off the keyboard and search for it with the mouse, you can assign a custom shortcut key combination to launch it. Just open the properties of the program, and pick a combination. For example; CTRL + ALT + W could launch Word.
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