window management

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    Windows 7 Disabling taskbar window management..

    Hello all, First things first... please dont' flame due to the OSX-ness of my desktop, I'm a software developer and rotate between Windows, Linux and OS X on a daily basis. I've taken bits of all three to comprise my desktop for what I like best. Anyways... I am wondering if you can disable the...
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    Windows 7 Window moves different way

    Hello! I'm not sure but I think I have this problem after extending the C drive with Easeus's partition manager. When I move some window it doesn't move with the Windows 7 style but something like Windows 98 style. Link Removed It's not a big problem but I really don't like it so I hope someone...
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    Chrome OS Keyboard shortcuts

    Here I have put together a list of all the Chrome OS keyboard shortcuts, if any shortcuts are missing feel free to post them. I hope these will help you guys out! TAB AND WINDOW NAVIGATION Ctrl+N - Open a new window Ctrl+Shift+N - Open a new window in incognito mode Ctrl+T - Open a new tab...
  4. Windows 7 Stop Cascading/Staggering

    When I open a window (let's say Firefox for example) then open a second Firefox window, the second window appears about a centimeter to the right of the first one. For certain tasks I do, this is quite annoying. How can I make Windows open instances directly on top of one another?
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    Windows 7 After every restart, windows open maximized and "restore" to small size in upper-left corner.

    I'm used to W7 remembering the last known positions of all of my open windows, but lately (and I can't recall what change may have prompted this) every window opens in a maximized state, and upon restoring it, always sizes down to the default window size, jammed right into the upper-left corner...
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    Windows 7 Active grouped window changing to right

    If I have 2 or more windows open (Windows Explorer or any other application), the most active window always seems to switch to the right on the task bar in the grouping order, is there any way to stop this??? I keep having to relaunch to keeping the keep the applications in the order I want on...
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    Windows 7 Internet Explore 9 Kiosk mode

    Hello all. How can I restrict an user (with limited access) in Windows 7 from closing ie9, I want ie9 to alway open in kiosk mode uncloseable, but i want user to be able to close the new ie9 window that open from a link. And how to disable or remove the minimize button on ie9.
  8. Windows 8 Nav Tips & Keyboard Shortcuts for Win8

    I was going to go find these when another Forum Member beat me to it, LOL. Thanks for that!! Anyway, being the big, handy help that they are, I feel they should be a Sticky, though, not just sure in what section of our W8 Forum. Nor can I find or recall where his entry was or in what thread...
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    Windows 7 Window sizes are always auto-shrinked after Monitor off+on? How to avoid?

    I have a Samsung TFT monitor with resolution 1920x1080 which is connected by HDMI cable. Assume I open a couple of windows (IntExp, WinExplorer, notepad,...). Now (e.g.late in the evening) I turn off manually physically (only) the TFT monitor to save power but let the computer continue run...
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    Windows 7 Stretching and dragging windows

    Windows 7 (or maybe my new laptop?) is giving me lots of trouble when I try to stretch a window. There are two problems: 1 - Sometimes when I grab an edge I end up moving the whole window. I believe in earlier Windows versions you had to click on the top section of the window to drag it...
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    Windows 7 App switching window often sent to back when switching apps

    Hi everyone, I'm not quite sure how to describe this problem. I use alt-tab constantly to switch between applications. Sometimes I know I just want to switch back and forth between two apps, so that's just a quick punch of the keys, no visual aid necessary. However, there are other times when...
  12. Windows 7 Move To Other Monitor Button?

    Hi, I have a dual monitor setup, and I was wondering. How can I have a button next to the minimize button, to send the window to the other monitor? If it is maximized, it will be maximized on the other monitor, and vice versa. Is There Some Sort Of Registry Tweak to achieve this? Or Small...
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    Windows 7 Mouse ceases to work properly when clicking buttons in applications

    I'm fairly new to W7, about 2 months, having migrated from XP to W7 (never experienced Vista). Quite frequently I encounter a problem with the mouse, in which it fails to (a) bring the auto-hidden taskbar into view, and (b) properly select functions normally controlled by button clicks. Problem...
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    Windows 7 Win7 Right Click Behavior

    So I finally switched over to Win7 am am really loving it so far save one thing... In WinXP when you right click an item on the task bar immediately beneath where you clicked is "close window" so you can simply right click left click to close a program out. In Win7 the right click menu begins...
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    Windows 7 I need help please. auto shop program vs windows 7

    I have WinWorks Auto shop and it has a part of the program called tech link.Tech link open in a new window. Our shop computer fried and was replaced with a Dell running Windows 7. We have always had a problem with the Tech link window (even on XP) sometimes minimizing to the task bar and not...
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    Windows 7 windows wont reach top of screen after sleep mode :S

    Hey Guys, Hopefully one of you can help me cos im getting really frustrated. I have tried searching online for solutions but to no avail. My laptop is just under 12 months old and other than the battery dying already I have never really had any problems until last week. Its a Dell Inspiron...
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    Windows 7 When closing some programs the window do not disappear

    I have 4 PCs running W7 Home Premium 32 bit all with the same annoying problem. Very often when I close Windows Live Mail 2011, Microsoft Security Essentials or Word Pad the corresponding process is killed but the window will not disappear before I click the Desktop Ikon. It only happens with...
  18. Windows 7 Confining mouse to one monitor on dual monitor set up

    Hey guys, I am running a dual monitor set up and when I play CSS if I snap to quickly on someone to the right (since my second monitor is to the right) I will minimize the window (since the mouse carries over) and I will have to alt tab back. The mouse does move over to the second monitor and...
  19. Windows 7 How prevent Windows 7 from stealing focus?

    Hi, as stated in the subject, I wonder how to prevent windows from stealing focus from whatever your working on whenever some other running app, howvever unimportant, calls for attention? This focus-stealing drives me up a wall, and it's not helpful at all for keeping ones train-of-thought...
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    Windows 7 Set individual cmdprompt windows sizes (num of rows/cols) for different batch scripts?

    When I start a DOS batch file *.bat procedure then a cmdprompt window opens with the default number of columns and rows. In old WinXP I could pause the batch script and change the number of columns/rows of this terminal/cmdprompt windowa as well as other parameters like font size. AND...