You may remember my random child-assisted discovery of the Windows Mobility Center in Vista the other day. The Windows Vista Team Blog has just posted a rather useful list of some of the more common keyboard shortcuts in Vista.

The shortcut I now need to learn is Windows key and X to show the Mobility Center.

If you are feeling particularly adventurous, it is possible to create your own shortcuts. Right-click on the Shortcut that you want to assign a key press to and select Properties. Click in the text box that says None with the label Shortcut Key and press the key you want assigned to that program. To avoid conflicting with program shortcuts the key both Ctrl and Alt must also be pressed as well as the letter.

Personally I find it just as easy to remember the program name to enter into the Run dialogue (Windows key and R). Each to their own...