screen real estate

  1. Microsoft Teams Adds Hide Meeting Toolbar to Maximize Screen Space in 2026

    Microsoft Teams is rolling out a simple but powerful convenience: an option to hide the meeting control toolbar so you can reclaim screen real estate during calls — an opt‑in setting that Microsoft plans to make generally available in March 2026 and that can be temporarily summoned by hovering...
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    • Forum: Windows News

  2. Master Windows Window Management with FancyZones — Boost Productivity

    When it comes to essential tools that transform the day-to-day experience of using Windows, few utilities have achieved the cult status or practical indispensability of FancyZones—one of the standout modules in Microsoft’s ever-evolving PowerToys suite. At first glance, FancyZones may seem like...
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    • Forum: Windows News

  3. Microsoft OneNote Update Enhances Workspace with Floating Search Bar and Expanded Canvas

    If you’ve ever found yourself wrestling with limited screen real estate while using Microsoft OneNote, recent upgrades may offer a welcome reprieve. The latest UI overhaul, now rolling out to users of the OneNote desktop app for Office, aims to maximize usable canvas space—especially crucial for...
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    • Forum: Windows News

  4. Arrange your Windows in a Snap

    Windows 7 Link Removed as a way to effortlessly position windows on the desktop just the way you want them. You no longer had to frustratingly fiddle with the sizes and positions of windows just to get them into common layouts. Windows 8 increased productivity further, being the first OS to...
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    Windows 7 Looking for simple drawing program for notes.

    I have a windows 7 computer with a stylus pen and I often use the pen like I would use a piece of scratch paper (sometimes with someone looking on). I've been using "paint.exe" - a program created around the time of the dinosaurs, but it still works. As simple as this program is, it still has 3...
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    • Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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    Windows 7 Scammers Can Hide Fake URLs on the iPhone

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    • Forum: Windows Security
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    Windows 7 Samsung Syncmaster 933Sn won't display native resolution!

    Just installed Windows 7 last night on my Hp Pavillion a1120n computer, Intel 915GV chipset, and a samsung syncmaster 933SN monitor. My monitor will only display at 1024 x 768 (true color / 32bit) resolution. The native resolution is 1360 x 768 and that's what I would like to set it too, so it...
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    • Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming

  8. Windows Vista dual monitor setup

    Is it worth setting up two monitors. I have an opportunity to get a brand new gateway 19" monitor for $100, still in the box. How hard is it to set up and what would the main benefits of dual monitor setup? Most of all would I really like it if I did a dual set up. Any body else have a dual set...
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support