window management

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...

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...

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...

# annoyances Aero Snap, which lets you maximize windows or set them side by side by dragging them to the screen edge, is one of our favorite Windows 7 features. If you find it more annoying than helpful, here's how to turn it off. More » More...

Is there a way to turn this off? The window in question is not actually frozen but it appears as though it is to windows 7, so the only option I get is to close it while it is still running.

Is it possible to prevent the ridiculous auto "full screen" when one tries to move a window partially off screen - this feature is one of several "new to Win 7" :skull: that make me yearn to return to XP Pro... (My new laptop cannot be configured with Win XP...) For heavens sake Gates - I moved...

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...

Learn about the features included in the Aero desktop in Windows 7. These features include snap, peek and shake and are used to help manage open windows on your desktop. Link Removed

Are you looking to combine the best bits of Windows 7's desktop with your Snow Leopard-powered Mac? HyperDock 1.0 aims to fill in the gaps by bringing two of Windows 7's best features -- pop-up thumbnail previews of open windows and programs, and the ability to quickly and easily snap two...

By Link Removed - Invalid URL Are you looking to combine the best bits of Windows 7's desktop with your Snow Leopard-powered Mac? HyperDock 1.0 aims to fill in the gaps by bringing two of Windows 7's best features -- pop-up thumbnail previews of open windows and programs, and the ability to...

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...