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Thanks Paul.  I actually didn't know about a few of these (the quick launch is particularly handy)!

The one I've found really hand is WinKey+S which launches the Windows Vista screen capture utility (a previous Paul tip)

"Minimize all windows

Shortcut: WinKey + M

This one is subtly different from "Show Desktop." With Show Desktop, the Sidebar is hidden as well, whereas WinKey + M minimizes all active windows ... but not the Sidebar."

Ok, so in earlier versions of Windows, the "Show Desktop" shortcut was just a command script.  So is there a way to script this so as to create a new "Show Desktop, but don't hide Sidebar" icon?

"The one I've found really hand is WinKey+S which launches the Windows Vista screen capture utility (a previous Paul tip)"

If you have OneNote installed, it takes over this shortcut.

The Quick Launch shortcut is really handy if you're using a tablet PC. You can now assign a program to a flick gesture. I have, for instance, assigned a stroke to the number one direction (clock face reference) to OneNote.

Bravo, sir.

You've shown us a list that most people knew about since this thing was in Beta.

Also, with the exception of WinKey + M and Flip 3D these have been around since the Windows 9.x days.

Who hoo! Who needs a mouse!

The annoying thing is there's no way to override these built in shortcuts if you want to use them for something else.

Good tips.  Just wish the shortcut for Quick Launch worked with the number pad keys too instead of just the numbers above.  Or maybe it is just my keyboard and an Id10t error.