Most Commonly Used Shortcut Keys

Windows 8 Shorcuts and Screen Caps of what they do!!

Windows + C                                     - Access the Charms Bar

Windows + Q                                     - Access the Search Menu

Windows + Tab                                  - Access the Modern Desktop Taskbar

Windows + I                                       - Access the Settings Charm

Windows + H                                      - Access the Share Charm

Windows + K                                      - Access the Device Charm

Windows + F                                       - Access the Files Search Screen

Windows + W                                      - Access the Settings Search Screen

Windows + P                                        - Access the Second Screen Bar

Windows + Z                                       - Brings up the app bar when your using an app

Windows + X                                       - Access the Tools Menu

Windows + E                                       - Open Computer

Windows + R                                       - Open Run Dialog Box

Windows + U                                       - Open Ease of Access Center

Windows + Enter                                 - Launch Narrator

Windows + Pause/Break                      - Open the System Page

Windows + Left Arrow                        - Tile current window to the left of the screen

Windows + Right Arrow                      - Tile current window to the right of the screen

Windows + Home                               - Minimize all but the current window ( so i capped this one while it          .                                                             was still minimizing

Sorry didn't have time to screen cap the rest of the shortcuts but here they are if you want to try them out

Windows + Shift + Left/Right Arrow   - Move current window from one screen to another
Windows + Shift + Up Arrow             - Extend current window from top to bottom
Windows + CTRL + B                       - Access the program that is displaying a notification
Windows + .                                      - Move the screen split to the right
Windows + Shift + .                           - Move the screen split to the left
Windows + V                                    - View all active Toast/Notifications
Windows + Shift + V                         - View all active Toast/Notifications in reverse order

Windows + O                                      - Lock Screen Orientation

Windows + T                                      - Cycles through items on the taskbar
Windows + M                                     - Minimizes all windows at once
Windows + D                                      - Show/Hide Desktop (minimize/restore all open windows)
Windows + L                                      - Lock Computer

Windows + (1-10)                               - Launches an item on your taskbar depending on which # you press
Windows + Up Arrow                          - Maximize current window
Windows + Down Arrow                     - Minimize/Restore current window

Windows + B                                       - Select the first item in your notification bar you can then use the            .                                                              arrow keys to select which notification you would like to select .     .                                                              and then press enter

windows 8 cool features

So windows 8 pro is pretty sweet both on touch screen computers and on non-touchscreen computers!
I am currently running windows 8 pro x64 legitimately through msdn on my laptop which is an old dell inspiron 1525, a dell inspiron 531s desktop, on my grandmas desktop which is a dell inspiron one 19 touch and her laptop i just fixed for her which is a toshiba satellite L305-S5955 the specs of each system will be in the next post but since i've been testing them each one seems to run smoother than windows 7 did! :)
so i've been doing some research and so far win 8 pro is by far better than windows 7 ultimate edition in both compatibility, performance, and advanced features like the task manager the task manager is way better for advanced users like me ill post pictures in the end of this post. Plus windows 8 has some pretty nifty features like instead of having to press print screen and paste it into something like paint you can simply use some new windows key shortcuts like pressing the windows key + prnt scrn  at the same time and a new screenshot will be in your pictures library. plus other features that will later be described in this blog