multitasking

I was reading a review of Windows 8. Usability expert finds Windows 8 on a PC confusing - GadgetBox on NBCNews.com In it the person says "Windows 8 is optimized for content consumption rather than content production and multitasking. Whereas content consumption can easily be done on other...

Hey, I'm new to these forums. I've just moved from another community. Anyways, I've just got my dual screen set up. Set up and am running into a small problem of when I have an full screen app running, If I click on my other screen it goes to the desktop/minimizes. I was wondering if anyone...

I have been looking all day and it seems like there is barely any information on FUS out there. So if anyone has any information on it it would help greatly. Mostly on whether or not you can set up idle timeouts for inactive users, what it does to the credential provider when the user is...

I have been playing with some of the apps, while they are still working, and noticed some things that may or may not been discussed. OK, you can open an app and it will go full screen. So it is obviously open. You can go to the desktop, or another app and the previous app will remain open...

Did y'all know (?), if, you snap an App to the right, whilst on Desktop, then, widen the App to the right a little, still have Desktop... if, you take it further (& clk), all the active Taskbar windows plant themselves on a left-hand panel & can be manipulated there, while the App now uses the...

OK, so here is what I’d like to do. I have my Acer Notebook as my main computer. But I also have a test/backup system (an old XP desktop). I have a 23” HDMI HDTV that I am using with my main setup (the notebook), and then the backup system has a 17” VGA LCD. I want to know if it is...

Over the past couple of months I have been getting blue screens a few times a week. Attached I have a screenshot from bluescreenview giving an overview, as well as each minidump file and info on my RAM from CPUZ. I have also included my msinfo32 extract file for reference. Any suggestions on...

I was disappointed when I first began to use IE10. I felt they had got ahead of the game. Several sites I visit threw problems at me, and I found multitasking more than one instance of IE, caused it to freeze. I know, Tabbing can be used, but it is my preference to cross read items that way...

There have been a lot of positive reviews of the upcoming Windows Phone 7 OS release, code named "Mango." This release is a big one. It contains over 500 new features, is full of improvements - from the core OS to the performance of UI scrolling - and "Mango" puts the user in control of almost...

Microsoft Demos Windows 8, New Interface By Thom Holwerda on 2011-06-02 00:39:27 It's 2am here (edit: I'm done writing, it's 2:38am now), and I really ought to be sleeping right about now, but for some stupid arbitrary reason, the D9 conference is held at honestly irresponsible hours for...

The company has offered a glimpse of Windows 8 running on a prototype tablet, showing off 'live tiles', multitasking and apps ( ZDNet UK - Mobile Devices ) Link Removed

Joe Belfiore, corporate vice president in Windows Phone shows off some of the new features coming in the Mango release of Windows Phone. Mango, which will be available this fall, includes hundreds of new features and improvements organized around three key themes: easier communications, smarter...

i play cabal online and i use Ventrilo but has to be an open window to work how can i make it work while minimized

This year at MIX 11 Windows Phone 7 made some big news. In this video, CVP Joe Belfiore goes over the headlines and gives us several demo's to show off the new capabilities such as advanced searching for apps, phone integration, live agents, multi-tasking and a REALLY cool demo of Layar. Link...

Hi people! New here on the forum. Here a thing that's been bugging me for ages. If you open a folder, you only see the beginning of the path in the taskbar. I usually work with many open windows and can't really tell which one's which until I click them. Is there a way to see what folder you're...

Well, folks, the wait is over: We finally have a fair fight. Since the launch of the Motorola Xoom and Google's Android Honeycomb OS, everyone's been champing at the bit to make iPad vs. Android tablet comparisons. Until now, though, the comparison had been putting a brand new device up...

Hi I have been using xp for....... almost 9 years and linux for 3, I use windows for editing photos with adobe light room3 and photoshope ete, and linux for everything else . As I use windows and linux folk often ask me how they compare? And I say its not fair to compare a OS that over 10...

Google is going to launch Android 3.0 which is new and enhanced version of Google's Mobile Operating System. It is specifically optimized for devices with larger screen sizes, particularly tablets and introduces a brand new, truly virtual and “holographic” UI design, as well as an elegant...

Hello very nice forum people. Thanks in advance for trying to help me out. I've got a clean install of Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit (specs below). I get frequent BSODs and have tried everything in my knowledge to troubleshoot. For what it's worth, I'm in finance though... (been building my own...

Just released in SZ (China). New iPad clones run Android 2.2 / Windows 7 with "decent" hardware equal to iPad, supporting Flash 10.1 and multitasking. Link Removed - Invalid URL Link Removed - Invalid URL Any reviews, discussion on those? I have laid my money down and waiting for the...