Microsoft explains how Shift + Restart once enabled a fast reboot in early Windows and why modern Windows no longer supports it.

The fix is for a bug that prevents some systems from shutting down, while another bug that prevents hibernation has no ...

Back in the 1990s, my fellow PC chums and I thought we had stumbled across a magic trick with Windows 95, something that we ...

Over on The Old New Thing blog, developer Raymond Chen explains what's going on when you hold down Shift and choose to ...

Microsoft rolled out the latest cumulative updates for Windows on January 13, 2026. Soon after installing the patches, users began reporting erratic behavior on both home ...

Press the Shift key five times in succession -- Turns on Sticky keys, which change how shortcuts work so you don't have to press and hold multiple keys to trigger them. For example, under Sticky Keys, ...