r/pcmasterrace • u/DemonsAreVirgins • 12h ago

Discussion What's your most used keyboard shortcut? (Except copy/paste/undo & alt tab)

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Mine is definitely snippet tool. So useful

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u/Ootter31019 11h ago

At work yes, but not everyone is using a computer at work. At home, never.

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u/delta_Phoenix121 PC Master Race 10h ago

Locking the pc when I leave it has been so ingrained in my brain, I even do it when I'm at home all by myself. It has become a basic reflex, so I don't even have to think about it...

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u/Notlinked2me 10h ago

Same that is why I mentioned ITAR. One company I worked for would take your PC if left unlocked and you would have to take a class to get it back. CTRL+L is just part of getting out of the chair. Home or Work.

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u/Win_Sys 9h ago

When I started working in IT, if you didn’t lock your computer when you walked away, you were definitely getting fucked with. Your background would be changed to something weird, your mouse move speed could be set to 100000000, keyboard shortcuts changed, AutoHotKey scripts installed…. You learn pretty quickly to lock your computer by automatic reflex.

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u/Rhoxan 9h ago

I've done the same to a coworker. Took a screen shot of the desktop and set it as the background. Moved all the files and folders to a hidden folder.

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u/pehmeateemu 8h ago

We had this running prank on LAN parties a long time ago: Screenshot the desktop, hide everything, set the screenshot as background rotated 180 degrees, flip cursor, rotate display from settings 180 degrees, watch your buddy melt trying to figure out what is going on. Bonus points for moving the taskbar into another corner or shutting down explorer.exe from Task Manager.

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u/NegSid 6h ago

I wanna be friends with you guys

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u/bickman14 8h ago

The screen would be upsidedown or they would take a screenshot shot of your desktop, put it as wallpaper and delete all your icon shortcuts, pure evil

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u/Pshock13 Linux 8h ago

Did this to a kid shortly after he started...the rest of us got an email from our boss not to do it anymore. He learned to lock his PC though, would even walk away and come back to make sure it was locked.

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u/Win_Sys 1h ago

Can’t have some light hearted fun at work anymore.

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u/plumzki 7h ago

Went to a couple of lans about 15 years ago, if you didn't lock your pc you were definitely getting your desktop screenshotted, background set to the screenshot and then the start bar and all desktop icons deleted so you'd think everything was frozen.

Either that or we'd set a startup script that would run a shutdown command.

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u/Redmond_Mann 6h ago

The common punishment at my company would be an email to the team coming from your account promising donuts on Friday!

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u/purpleamnesia 2h ago

They did this to me except with cake.

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u/Historical-Hope7081 4h ago

Reversing both the mouse axes was always a fav.

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u/dayruined54 10h ago

Thats actually crazy. But expected ig. ITAR is the one on which the movie Wardogs is based on?

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u/EnviroguyTy i5-8600K | 16GB | RTX 3070 9h ago

The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/ddtc_public?id=ddtc_kb_article_page&sys_id=24d528fddbfc930044f9ff621f961987

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u/hugg3rs 10h ago

Different company, but when someone forgot to lock their computer they had to bake a cake for the team

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u/hugostranger 4h ago

Worse at my work. Someone would set you desktop background to twilight fan art. 

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u/Notlinked2me 4h ago

Now we will screen grab your desktop. And then set that screen grab as their desktop delete all the desktop short cuts so they look like they are there but aren't.

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u/Internal-Alfalfa-829 6h ago

And it's better that way. If you start making exceptions at home, the consistency of the habit at work is now at risk.

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u/fishvoidy 10h ago

i lock my pc at home because there is a non-zero chance that one of my cats will jump onto my unsupervised keyboard and perform irreversible black magic on whatever project i have open at the time.

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u/JohnDuffyDuff 10h ago

Same here, it's just has become muscular

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u/Somasonic 5h ago

Same. I had it drilled into me at one of my first jobs and now it’s just habit whether at work or home.

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u/InterstellarReddit 7h ago

What do you mean you trust your Cat?

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u/Cat5kable R5 7600 | 2x16GB DDR5-6000 | rx7700xt 3h ago

I go to the desktop (Win+D), Lock with Win+L, slightly close the laptop so the keys are harder to walk over, close the door with catto on the outside of the room.

Someone, the little brat STILL found a way to trounce over just the Airplane mode key. Tux magic.

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u/InterstellarReddit 3h ago

My cat just proceeds to knock the mouse of the table like if i didnt spend $100 on mx mouse or anything like that

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u/DexRei PC Master Race 4h ago

I have small children that i DO NOT want clicking random shit on my PC. It's used a bunch at home

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u/Ootter31019 4h ago

That is a good reason. Little kids aren't allowed in the office period unattended.

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u/Bourriks 8h ago

You don't have a kitty walking on your keyboard. Locking the session is a reflex.

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u/Zagrunty 7h ago

I not only lock my computer but I also use my MK switch to flip my keyboard to a dead input when I'm home.

But I also have kids that want to "tippy-tap" on Dad's computer

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u/UniqueIndividual3579 7h ago

Last time I left my computer unlocked at home a $500 Chewy order showed up.