Alternatively referred to as Control+B, ^b, and C-b, Ctrl+B is a keyboard shortcut most often used to toggle bold text on and off. On Apple computers, the keyboard shortcut for bold is Command + B or Command + Shift + B .One of this nuggets is the keyboard shortcut Windows+Ctrl+Shift+B. So what does it do? It resets the graphics subsystem on your machine (and makes your machine say Beep!).
What does Win + Ctrl + ↑ Shift + b mean in Windows?
What does Win + Ctrl + ↑ Shift + B shortcut in Windows 10? Restart graphics driver (in case of problems). On rare occasions, after a driver crash, you may not be able to see what Windows is doing, but it can be still running. This shortcut may recover you from such a graphics driver crash. More: Display all Windows 10 shortcuts.
Does Ctrl+Shift+B restart the graphics driver?
Kevin’s comment is correct. This key combo causes the Desktop Window Manager to recreate its graphics context and surface. Show activity on this post. Official from Microsoft : “Windows logo key + Ctrl + Shift + B = Wake PC from blank or black screen ” From a discussion with an AMD Radeon driver engineer, it does NOT restart the graphics driver.
What does Ctrl B do on a keyboard?
Alternatively referred to as Control+B, ^b, and C-b, Ctrl+B is a keyboard shortcut most often used to toggle bold text on and off. On Apple computers, the keyboard shortcut for bold is Command + B or Command + Shift + B.
What does the keyboard shortcut Windows+Ctrl+Shift+B do?
One of this nuggets is the keyboard shortcut Windows+Ctrl+Shift+B. So what does it do? It resets the graphics subsystem on your machine (and makes your machine say Beep!). Apparently this was introduced in the Vista timeframe where we introduced the new Desktop Windows Manager (DWM) in Vista.