Shortcut tip: Ctrl + shift + Esc and Ctrl + alt + end

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I recently learnt a new shortcut to get to the task manager: Ctrl + shift + Esc. It's especially useful on Vista and Windows Server 2008. On these OSs, ctrl+alt+del maps to another screen where you can select the task manager. One screen lesser to get to the task manager is totally awesome!

Also, my colleague loved another shortcut key combination (ctrl + alt + end) that I have been using for a while. Ctrl + alt + end shows the task manager on the remote machine when using Remote Desktop.

I'm just putting it out there - in case, someone will find this useful!

(I have to admit that I was inspired to blog about this by Sara Ford's amazing VS tip of the day series (she's at #193 right now) . She'd recently shared her blogging experiences with some of us and how people love shortcuts!)