Re: VS 2012

This key chain works too:
Win+D, Alt+F4

// Ryan

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:32 PM, Richard Howells <Richard-yP/[email protected]>wrote:

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> Shutdown is WAY easier than that.****
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> Mouse into the bottom RH corner.  This should bring up (I think it's
> called) the 'charms bar'.  Click on the Settings Charm (will I **ever**
> get used to that name?), now click on power, choose from Sleep, shutdown
> etc.****
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> Best wishes,****
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> Richard Howells****
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> richard-yP/[email protected]****
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> www.dynamisys.co.uk****
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> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Shawn A. Van Ness
> *Sent:* 26 September 2012 15:24
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> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [OT] VS 2012****
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> I'm late to this thread -- having just gotten around to installing Win8
> this past weekend.****
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>  ****
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> Most of the big changes to the shell happened after I left MS...  exactly
> 2 years ago this week.   (Either that, or they kept many of these changes a
> highly compartmentalized secret...  which, I'm sure they must have done, at
> some point.)****
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> I'm running dual 1600x1200 monitors in portrait-mode, and it seems to
> handle that fine.   I like the way they've equated the mouse-wheel with
> sideways-swiping, in the Metro UI.****
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> The mousing-into-the-corners thing is very weird (and somewhat unusable in
> a multi-mon arrangement).****
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> But [Win+C] to bring up the clock + search/share/device bar seems to solve
> that complaint, for the rhs corners.****
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> [Win+Tab] or [Alt+Tab] still work, for the lhs corners.****
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> Also, there's a crufty little [Win+X] popup menu, for quick access to some
> power-user items.   (Used to bring up Mobility Center, on laptops, so not
> sure what replaces that...)****
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> The most surprising thing to me is how difficult they've made it to shut
> down (or sleep/hibernate).   I can't even count the clicks, or maybe I just
> don't know the shortcut?   I find myself doing [Win+R] rundll32.exe
> powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Suspend.   (My pc doesn't have an easily
> accessible sleep button.)****
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> Scratch that -- the biggest surprise is that my CLR v2 and v3 apps don't
> run, out of the box.  Wtf.  :-(****
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> So, if Win7 SP2 comes out with the same updated driver coverage, device
> discovery, integrated virus scanning, etc, I will probably go back.****
>
> -S****
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