window management

Hey, very quick question: Say I've got 3 windows of notepad open, and they're 4th on my taskbar. I want to open the third notepad window quickly with just the keyboard. Holding windows key and pressing 4 expands the pile of notepad windows over the taskbar. I then feel I should be able to...

EDIT: Ignore this question, just discovered you can use shift+ right-click. Thanks anyway! Hey guys, In old versions of windows, when you right-clicked on a window's titlebar or taskbar button, you got a whole load of mostly useless options like Restore, Minimize, Maximize and *Move*. In 7...

Hi, I installed 7RC from MS, all went fine, I've not done anything unusual in the setup, all updates are installed, graphics ok etc. I created the initial account admin account, then from that a second admin. Changed to that admin account, set it up etc, and created 3 other Standard accounts...

The new taskbar has some great features, Aero Peek and Jump Lists are two things I really like. However, here is the big problem lets say I have a few chat windows open and they're all hidden behind another window (lets say Firefox) If someone sends me a message the chat icon flashes to...

Hey folks, I've been running W7 builds ever since the public one and have noticed something I've never seen in Vista. When I open a window the Aero animation is smooth like in Vista just up until the window is almost fully open when the animation is kinda choppy. It's almost like the window...

So I installed Windows 7 Build 7077 on a P4 2.2. Now I can not close windows with the red X, I have to do alt F4 or right click and close window and I can not move windows that I open.

I'm wondering if there is a way to change the options for when you right click on the taskbar. On XP, when you right click on a tab the menu box popped up to the right,, on 7 it pops up above. I've gotten used to closing windows by right clicking and pressing close, so it's a bit of an annoyance...

I have Windows Vista Home Basic 64 installed and I enjoy using the sidebar. However I have one small problem, when I maximize my windows they always go behind the sidebar. My sidebar is transparent which i like, however it makes it hard to see all of the window i am currently viewing. I also...

Hi, I sucessfully installed Windows 7 and everything is working fine. I just created a new user account (standard user). Now, everything seems to be fine however, I am unable to close any window on it. Lets say if I open explorer or Yahoo! Messenger, if would not allow me to close , minimize...

I don't know if I'm being dim and missed a switch or something but I can't seem to arrange my windows on the desktop anymore so that they appear where I need them when opened ? this is important to me as I am used to working in My documents and My computer simultaneously with those two...

Vista is making me nutty! I love everything about it, except for the fact that i keep losing my windows!! I will be rightr in the middle of something, and w/ the click of the mouse, the window disappears, and opens another window. It will do that, or go back and forth from mini to maxi! I...