Shortcut to search for computers in Windows XP

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You may already know that you can open Search in Windows XP by holding down the Windows key and pressing "F" (assuming you have a Windows key).

But did you also know there's a Windows key shortcut for searching out computers on your network? Press Ctrl-[Windows key]-F to jump directly to the search-for-computers window.

This was first published in November 2005

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