Windows key
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Sep 24, 2026
Hands-On Windows 208: PowerToys Gets Smarter
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8:54Paul ThurrottHOST
Um, you can see what the, um, uh, keyboard shortcut is.
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8:59Paul ThurrottHOST
So you activate it Windows key plus Alt plus U. Um, when you do it, what it does is it makes the mouse have kind of a little...
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9:07Paul ThurrottHOST
You can kind of see it.
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9:08Paul ThurrottHOST
So this is like if you're capturing the screen for some reason, maybe you're giving a presentation, you want them to be able to, uh, you know, highlight.
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9:18Paul ThurrottHOST
You can turn it on.
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9:19Paul ThurrottHOST
So I believe this...
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9:21Paul ThurrottHOST
Is this on? How do I find out? So Windows key plus Alt plus U.
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9:26Paul ThurrottHOST
And now I'm trying to see if I can, uh, make it through something.
Hands-On Windows 208: PowerToys Gets Smarter
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9:29Paul ThurrottHOST
Um, you can see what the, um, uh, keyboard shortcut is.
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9:34Paul ThurrottHOST
So you activate it Windows key plus Alt plus U. Um, when you do it, what it does is it makes the mouse have kind of a little...
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9:43Paul ThurrottHOST
You can kind of see it.
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9:43Paul ThurrottHOST
So this is like if you're capturing the screen for some reason, maybe you're giving a presentation, you want them to be able to, uh, you know, highlight, you want to be able to highlight the mouse and see it like a little more easily, you can turn it on.
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9:54Paul ThurrottHOST
So I believe this is on.
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9:57Paul ThurrottHOST
How do I find out? So Windows key plus Alt plus U.
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10:01Paul ThurrottHOST
And now I'm trying to see if I can, uh, make it through something.
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10:04Paul ThurrottHOST
Wonder...
HOW 208: PowerToys Gets Smarter - Discover What Every Windows 11 User Should Try
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8:54Paul ThurrottHOST
You can see what the... keyboard shortcut it.
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8:59Paul ThurrottHOST
So you activate it, Windows key plus alt plus U.
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9:03Paul ThurrottHOST
When you do it, what it does is it makes the mouse have kind of a little, you can kind of see it.
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9:08Paul ThurrottHOST
So this is like if you're capturing the screen for some reason, maybe you're giving a presentation, you want them to be able to you know, highlight, you want to be able to highlight the mouse and see it like a little more easily.
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9:18Paul ThurrottHOST
You can turn it on.
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9:19Paul ThurrottHOST
So I believe this is on.
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9:21Paul ThurrottHOST
How do I find out? So Windows key plus alt plus U.
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9:26Paul ThurrottHOST
And now I'm trying to see if I can make it do something.
WW 1002: Only B & D Matter - Big Reorganization & Job Cuts Within XBOX
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48:14Leo LaporteHOST
Ooh, I like that.
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48:14Paul ThurrottHOST
So instead of doing like Windows key or, um, Control-S- V, you do Windows key V, and then it saves that information.
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48:21Paul ThurrottHOST
There's this, all kinds of limitations to that, uh, thing.
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48:24Paul ThurrottHOST
Uh, you know, like if you have a, uh, a graphic, uh, that you're gonna put into the clipboard or a graphic or a file or whatever, it can only be a certain size.
27 MINS LATER
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75:25Paul ThurrottHOST
It keeps saying no, but it keeps saying yes.
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75:26Leo LaporteHOST
[laughs]
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75:27Paul ThurrottHOST
Um, it's, uh, you know, if you have a Copilot+ PC, you can hold down the Windows key and then click anywhere on the screen, and you get this thing where it'll tell you what that thing is, right?
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75:36Leo LaporteHOST
Oh, that's nice.
Windows Weekly 1002: Only B & D Matter
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48:10Paul ThurrottHOST
But then you can also enable a clipboard history feature.
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48:14Paul ThurrottHOST
So instead of doing Windows Key or Control V, you do Windows Key V.
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48:19Paul ThurrottHOST
And then it saves...
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48:21Paul ThurrottHOST
That information, there's all kinds of limitations to that thing.
27 MINS LATER
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75:24Paul ThurrottHOST
Yeah.
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75:25Leo LaporteHOST
I keep saying no, but I keep saying, yeah.
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75:27Paul ThurrottHOST
Um, it's, uh, you know, if you have a copilot plus PC, you can hold on the windows key and then click anywhere in the screen and you get this thing where it will tell you what that thing is.
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75:36Paul ThurrottHOST
Right.
🔴 Sep 22's Top Cyber News NOW! - Ep 1249
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54:55Sarah LaneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Sequoia researchers say a new malware as a service framework called Expacy copied code from rival service ER traffic and is already delivering malware through compromised WordPress sites.
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55:08Sarah LaneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
A fake Cloudflare check tells victims in 13 languages to press the Windows button plus R and paste a PowerShell command that was silently copied to the clipboard.
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55:19Sarah LaneSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Russian-speaking operator raised the price to $2,000 a month, and researchers had identified about 80 control panel hosts by late August.
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55:32Gerald AugerHOST
All right, so this is just some beef.
Ep. [324] | Replaced Part 2: Machine Learning
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27:43KaiHOST
You didn't reflect anything.
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27:44KaiHOST
No, I did, but the amount of times I accidentally hit the Windows key, because all good Windows are next to each other, and I would hit the Windows key, and then my start home would pop up, and my mouse would disconnect from my game, and then I had to panic click back into the game and be like, fuck.
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28:00JaredHOST
bro i had a hard time with these fights on controller you're playing like that i'm playing
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28:05KaiHOST
i'm playing on hard i've gotten
Episode 417: Control Resonant & SH Townfall On PC, Adjustable Stick Tension & More
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65:28Adam Patrick MurrayHOST
That's how I launch applications.
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65:30Adam Patrick MurrayHOST
And that was always the most annoying part was that I would hit the Windows key and start typing it out.
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65:35Adam Patrick MurrayHOST
And number one, there would be a lag of the start menu popping up.
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65:39Adam Patrick MurrayHOST
But then when I started to search photo for Photoshop, it was defaulting to give me Bing results.
Reporting as Eligible - Professionally Sleeping on Matt LaFleur’s Couch
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35:11Paul NoonanHOST
definitely has it pasted into a notepad file, and he just brings it out whenever he needs to.
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35:17MattHOST
So fun fact for anybody listening, if you press Windows key period, it will bring up a keyboard of emoji and weird characters.
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35:25MattHOST
Oh, I didn't know that.
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35:26MattHOST
Do it right now.
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35:27MattHOST
Do it right now.
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35:28MattHOST
Press Windows key period.
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35:30J.R. RadcliffeHOST
Do I have to push them at the same time?
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35:32MattHOST
Yeah, hold Windows key and then press period.
Reporting as Eligible - Professionally Sleeping on Matt LaFleur’s Couch
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33:33Paul NoonanHOST
He definitely has it pasted into a notepad file, and he just brings it out whenever he needs to.
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33:39MattHOST
So fun fact for anybody listening, if you press Windows key period, it will bring up a keyboard of emoji and weird characters.
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33:47MattHOST
Oh, I didn't know that.
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33:48MattHOST
Do it right now.
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33:49MattHOST
Do it right now.
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33:50MattHOST
Press Windows key period.
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33:52J.R. RadcliffeHOST
Do I have to push them at the same time?
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33:54MattHOST
Yeah, hold Windows key and then press period.
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