Have you already upgraded to Windows 11?

Open pinned items from your Taskbar with keyboard shortcuts

If you've pinned programs to your Taskbar at the bottom of your screen to create a shortcut, you don't have to click the icons to open them.
Instead use the keyboard shortcut Windows Key + Number key, with the number key corresponding to the position of the pinned program on the taskbar. Fore example, Windows key + 2 will open the second pinned item on the Taskbar.

Take a screenshot on Windows 11

It's a basic one, but it's amazing how easy it is to forget how to take a screenshot on your laptop or desktop when you don't do it often.
To capture just one part of your screen, hit the Windows key + Shift + S to open a tool called Snip & Sketch, which allows you to click and drag to create a screenshot, which is saved to your clipboard.

Minimize every window except the active one

If your desktop screen has gotten too crowded with open windows, you can quickly minimize them all except the one you are currently working in. You'll need to turn this on in Windows 11 by heading to Settings, then System, then Multitasking and turning on Title bar window shake.

Open the 'secret' Start menu

You know that to get the Start menu, you hit the Windows icon in the bottom left hand corner of the screen or on your keyboard, but Windows 11 includes a lesser-known second Start menu. This menu makes accessing important features like the Command Prompt, the Control Panel and the Task Manager much easier.
You can access it two different ways, either by pressing the Windows key + X, or right click the Windows icon/Start button.