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Windows 8 – Speed up Your Taskbar Thumbnail Previews

22 Apr

Disable animations when viewing thumbnail previews of open windows via your Windows 8.1 Taskbar to save you time.

Just as with Windows 7, when you hover over Taskbar icons, previews of open windows appear. These don’t normally snap onscreen but fade in and out of view, and if you move between Taskbar icons the previews become animated.

If you don’t care for the Windows 8,1 Taskbar animations and would rather save time by disabling them, the following tweak does so:…

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Windows 8 – Shrink the Taskbar Buttons

16 Apr

Is the Windows 8.1 Taskbar useful but taking too much space on the Desktop? Shrink it down!

If you run Windows 8.1 in “Desktop” mode, you probably make frequent use of the Taskbar. While the buttons provide quick access to applications, some people need every inch of screen real-estate that they can get and would rather the Taskbar take less room, but still be instantly accessible and onscreen at all times. There’s a quick way to shrink the buttons, and thus the Taskbar:

1. Right-click an empty part of the Taskbar, selecting “Properties”….

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Windows 8 – Move the Desktop’s Taskbar Around the Screen

16 Oct

Tired of the Windows 8 Desktop Taskbar appearing at the bottom? Why not move it to the top or another edge?

As with earlier versions of Windows, when you access the Desktop mode of Windows 8, the Taskbar by default appears at the familiar place – the bottom of the screen.

Would you like to move the Taskbar to the top of the screen similar to other operating systems? Or if you have a wide monitor, perhaps you prefer the Taskbar to appear at the left or right edge. Making this change is easy:…

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Windows Internet Explorer 9 – Always Start in Full Screen / Kiosk Mode from Windows 7 Taskbar

01 Aug

Need full screen web browsing via Internet Explorer 9, free of distractions? Force the Windows 7 Taskbar button to open Internet Explorer in full-screen / kiosk mode.

If you want more screen real estate dedicated to browsing web pages via Windows Internet Explorer 9, pressing F11 toggles a full-screen view that even hides your Windows taskbar.

However, what if you use this feature often and want Internet Explorer to always open in full-screen mode, let’s say from the Windows 7 Taskbar? And what if you don’t feel comfortable modifying the Windows 7 Registry?…

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