Keyboard Shortcuts (Win + Pause/Break)

There are several quick and easy ways to launch application and tools in Windows. To often a person can get overwhelmed by the the list of these quick and easy tricks.

In this posting I am going to share with you only one simple trick. It is the opening of a window that shows you your computers system information.

From time to time you will need to know what is inside your computer, like processor, RAM, and operating system. This is where you can go to get that information. In Windows Vista, System Information will score your computer as to its level of performance. The higher the number the better you computer can perform.

This keyboard shortcut works both in Windows XP and Vista. Widows XP gives you just system information. Where Windows Vista will give you the overall performance of your computer.

Hold down the Windows key. and then press the Pause/Break key.

If you are not familiar with these two keys the Windows key is in the same row as the space bar between the Crtl and Alt key. There are two sets of these three keys on each side of the space bar. The Pause/Break key is along the top row of a standard keyboard. It is usually three keys to the right of the row of F keys ending with F12.