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Does anyone actually use the windows key on their keyboard as intended by the OS?

As others have said, I use it mainly for the search function to start programs as well as many shortcuts. I've seen others mention screenshots and locking, but here are a few more:

  • Win+. - Opens the special symbols/emoji windows
  • Win+ left or right arrow - Snaps a window to the left or right half of the screen, respectively. Up arrow maximizes, down minimizes.
  • Win+r - Opens the run dialog
  • Win+v - Opens clipboard history (history is off by default, it will ask you to enable it the first time you use the shortcut)
  • Win+x - Opens the 'quick link' menu (Power Options, Event Viewer, System, Device Manager, Network Connections, Disk Management, Computer Management, and Command Prompts
  • As a bonus, my favorite windows shortcut is Ctrl+Win+Alt+Shift+L, which opens linkedin in in a new browser tab.

A full list can be found here: windows key shortcuts

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Are there any actual free programs that clean up all bloat ware on a new laptop? Without them putting hidden stuff in?

Honestly? Easiest method is to do a fresh install. I use Windows LTSC which essentially skips all the bloat and spyware in consumer versions of Windows.

If a fresh reinstall isn't viable, there's a collection of batch scripts someone built a while ago called Tron (it fights for the user!). It does a lot of diagnostics, repair, debloat, and optimization, but takes a long time to run.

https://github.com/bmrf/tron

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Moderation Policy Change - Respectful Dissent

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So then it's ok to make outright offensive claims like homosexuality is a mental illness or that we should go back to enslaving people of color, as long as I don't spam it in a community? It seems like you all didn't actually think through the consequences of your policy, because that's an absolutely unacceptable position to take on moderating bigotry.

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Ravioli rule

Ingredient rebel / construction purist could also be a public transit bus by the same logic as the coffin- The doors 'crimp' close by pressing the seals together