window management

Hello, I am looking for participants to take part in a study that aims to evaluate a novel scalable and tiling window manager. If you have a machine running a 32 bit version of Windows 7 and you might be interested to take part in the study, sign up at http://www.cs.uta.fi...ntroduction.php ...

[Solved] Two monitors with different heights weird cursor reaction When I shoot my mouse into the red zone (in an attempt to close a maximized window) the mouse cursor keeps traveling and ends up in that yellow area on the second monitor. It's like the cursor acts as if there is no gap in...

By Nick Peers Many people consider the Mac OS X desktop superior to Windows, which perhaps explains why there are so many utilities for Windows users that try to mimic elements like the Mac OS X Dock in Windows. But Windows 7 introduced some nifty new features of its own that suddenly become...

I've seen the TV commerical where the user can automatically arrange two windows side by side. I can't figure this out. Help, please. Windows 7 prof.

Ok, can somebody please tell me how to solve such a simple problem? Like in XP everytime i open a picture i want it to replace the one i opened previously in Windows Photo Viewer, wich seems to be the default pic viewer in Win 7. But everytime it ALWAYS opens a new window! It's such a simple...

I currently have my video card also connecting to my receiver which connects to my flat screen. I extend my displays and normally I use it just for sound. Occasionally I use it for the picture as well... When extended displays is disabled I can drag windows to left and right and duel split...

So when I try to change current theme to another, after switch aero seems to go off and glass effects disappear. I also can't edit colors of window bars since it then shows only settings which work with Windows traditional look, i.e. not that color mixer etc. I googled some instructions and...

when browsning with full screen display I click on an s underscored link and the window for the link opens up in a one eight size screen. How do I have the screen open up to full size when I click on the link?? Thanks

well, things are really getting out of hand with Win7..... My latest problem (which is rare, but ANNOYING because only fix is rebooting) is sometimes ill lose the ability to right click on any program in the taskbar. It just doesnt work. I can move them around fine. And right click seems to...

This is drive me up the wall... Why is win7 always messing up my windows sizes? How do I get windows 7 to maximize my windows when I double click on the title bar? Problem is, right now ive probably had it only maximize horizontally 100-300 times because ive accidnetly double clicked a little...

Hello, I know that we can do "Split Screens" in Win7 with the program windows in left and right sides. But I'd like to get split screens top and bottom. How can we do this? :razz::p:redface:

I use a small computer with a 10.1" diagonal screen. Many applications like Acrobat (for the Properties window), Quicken (for several windows like Schedule Bill or Deposits) and some Quicktime settings windows have fixed window sizes that extend off the top and bottom of screen. Win7 does not...

I installed windows 7 Pro X64 Bit version without a single problem at all but 1 thing has stopping or I may be doing it wrong so I thought I would ask here. When I have a window open and it is a small window I used to be able to shake it and the wondow would get bigger. Well when I first...

alright so i just bought a new computer from futureshop, it is gateway. It came with windows 7. i downloaded some programs and played counter strike 1.6 when i quit the game all my open windows and programs running were off my desktop when i pressed the little icon at the bottom left corner it...

Using the GetRandomRgn function in windows does not work on Windows 7. The forms borders stay visible. The following code on XP clears the entire window including borders and enables you to draw on the entire window area. The code on Windows 7 clears only the client area and enables you to...

Somehow my Documents window got dragged off screen. Now I can't access the folder either from my taskbar or my start menu. Every time it opens, I can see it travel off screen and open there, but it's too far over for me to drag it back into view. I looked up how to fix it, and the only...

Hi, I had Windows 7, but then I had to re-format the PC and now it's not like I had before. Maybe you guys can help me put it just the way it was. Number one - It used to open all windows of the same type (ie. all IE's windows, all explorer's windows) in one tab, that after clicked would...

Is there a way to get the "IN" and "SEND" boxes to appear in front of the open "Live Mail" window instead of behind it? ABC

Hi everyone, I've win7 ultimate x64 on my Asus F3JC notebook. My win installation boots ok. I haven't any problem as loading late or incomplete. But somehow i can't click some area on my desktop. This area approximetly 400x300 pixels and it is locate on mid of my screen. I can click neither...

When I mouse over on an active icon in the taskbar, say internet explorer. I get text that pops up instead of an icon showing what I have opened. Is there a way to change this from a text popup to a window icon pop up? Thanks