I had a tiny breakdown yesterday where I finally got Windows 8 installed (on a Hyper-V VM) and hit a massive “someone moved my cheese” moment where I basically couldn’t figure out how to do anything. The Windows key wasn’t doing anything, I couldn’t figure out just the right spot to right-click… bad times. My Google-fu totally failed me, too.

This morning, with a fresh set of eyes, suddenly looking for the same search terms yielded two super-helpful articles. For those in the same [late] boat as me…

• “Getting Around in Windows 8” tells you where your cheese went.
• “Windows 8 Key Combinations Inside of Hyper-V” tells you how to get the Windows key (and other key combinations) to work right.