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[MODIFIED] Windows 7 – Disable Automatic Docking, Resizing, and Maximizing of Windows

01 Aug

Prevent Windows 7 from automatically docking, resizing, and maximizing windows when you drag them to the screen edges.

Windows 7 comes with a window management feature that is supposed to make it easier to lay out multiple windows on your Desktop. It does this by automatically maximizing or docking windows when you move them to the top or sides of the screen. Plus, as you resize windows and move your mouse pointer towards the screen edges, Windows 7 will resize the windows for you. You’ll notice these things happening by the appearance of an outlined rectangle during the move or resize operations.

While some people like this new feature, others would rather not have windows growing by themselves and want more precise control over window sizes. Thus it can be disabled:…

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Miscellaneous Software – Automate Windows via Customizable Hotkeys

01 Aug

AutoHotkey is an open-source tool where you can set up hotkeys for complex automations.

Several applications exist for Windows that let you automate tasks and make them accessible via global hotkeys, such as HotKeyz. If you need an application with more advanced options, and scripting does not scare you, consider the open-source AutoHotKey.

AutoHotKey lets you create hotkeys that can perform all types of operations such as expanding abbreviations, performing operations when the system is shut down, reading from and writing to the Windows Registry, muting the sound, performing mouse moves and clicks, changing window titles, and much, much more….

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Windows Internet Explorer 9 – Get a List of All Links From a Webpage

14 Jun

Find a web page with a lot of useful links and want to display just the list of them with no added fluff? Display a Link Report from Windows Internet Explorer 9.

While browsing the web in Windows Internet Explorer 9 have you come across a webpage with a lot of related links you want to explore?

Stop manually scouring the page for all of its links. Create a link report and get the links, and only the links, from a given webpage, useful for future research….

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Google Chrome – Merge Your Browser Windows and Popups Together

25 Sep

Merge all Google Chrome windows together into one with multiple tabs, manually or automatically, via JoinTabs.

While browsing the web in Google Chrome for a long period of time, you’re likely to create multiple tabs to browse several sites simultaneously. You may even create new Google Chrome windows, or websites may automatically open in new windows.

If you have several windows open simultaneously and would like to clean up your display by merging everything into one Google Chrome window containing multiple tabs, you can do so by dragging and dropping the tabs onto one main window. However, if you have several windows open with many tabs in each window, this dragging and dropping can be a chore. With the “JoinTabs” extension you can perform this merge with just one click. Plus, you can have JoinTabs automatically merge popups into one window if you’re tired of sites opening up new windows….

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Windows Internet Explorer 9 – Stop Showing the New Tab Page!

02 Sep

When creating a new tab inside Internet Explorer 9, show a blank page instead of the default New Tab page that lists your most popular sites.

When you open a new tab inside Windows Internet Explorer 9 such as by pressing CTRL + T or clicking the “New Tab” icon that appears when you hover to the right of your pre-existing tabs, you are shown a page displaying your most visited web sites. This “New Tab” page also lets you re-open closed tabs or reopen the last session (if applicable), initiate InPrivate Browsing, and access a Suggested Sites feature.

While clicking the “Hide sites” link near the bottom of this page hides your list of popular sites, what if you want to do away with this page altogether and just see a blank space appear whenever you create a new tab?…

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[MODIFIED] Safari for Windows – Change Font Smoothing

02 Sep

Change the amount of smoothing Safari performs on text to increase legibility.

Similar to some other web browsers, Safari for Windows includes technology to smooth the display of on-screen fonts to help increase text legibility.

However, Safari takes font smoothing a step further and lets you adjust the amount of smoothing you wish to perform instead of using Windows default settings. Depending on your monitor type and preferences, experimenting with these settings may create pleasing results:…

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Windows Internet Explorer 9 – Start with a Blank Home Page

30 Aug

Start Internet Explorer 9 without going to a webpage by using a blank home page. Also explains how this may not be possible and a potential workaround.

When you start Windows Internet Explorer 9, it may start with Bing or Google or Yahoo!, or another web page possibly not of your choosing. If you’d rather start the web browser with a blank page instead, try the following first:

1. Press Alt+T then O to access Internet Explorer’s options. You may optionally use the Menu Bar, or click the gears (“Tools”) icon, then choose “Internet options”….

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Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011 – Interactively Straighten a Skewed Photo

08 Aug

Interactively straighten or un-straighten a photograph via Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011

Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011 can quickly attempt to straighten a photograph by pressing one button (“Edit” tab of the Ribbon, “Quick Adjustments” section, “Straighten” button), useful if you don’t perfectly line up subjects in your digital camera’s viewfinder or LCD screen. However, this one-click tool may not always work as desired. For example, you may have a photograph with multiple conflicting elements – if one element appears straight, the others may appear crooked, and you may want a particular element straightened and Photo Gallery 2011 has other ideas.

Alternatively, for artistic reasons you may want to “un-straighten” a perfectly straightened photograph to make elements appear crooked for visual effect. For example, a city skyline photograph may be adjusted by skewing the horizon line to the left or right. In some cases, such as if the photo was taken from the top of a large building, this can make the photo appear as if it was taken from the air by helicopter – some may call this taking an artistic license :)…

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Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011 – Interactively Straighten a Skewed Photo

08 Aug

Interactively straighten or un-straighten a photograph via Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011

Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011 can quickly attempt to straighten a photograph by pressing one button (“Edit” tab of the Ribbon, “Quick Adjustments” section, “Straighten” button), useful if you don’t perfectly line up subjects in your digital camera’s viewfinder or LCD screen. However, this one-click tool may not always work as desired. For example, you may have a photograph with multiple conflicting elements – if one element appears straight, the others may appear crooked, and you may want a particular element straightened and Photo Gallery 2011 has other ideas.

Alternatively, for artistic reasons you may want to “un-straighten” a perfectly straightened photograph to make elements appear crooked for visual effect. For example, a city skyline photograph may be adjusted by skewing the horizon line to the left or right. In some cases, such as if the photo was taken from the top of a large building, this can make the photo appear as if it was taken from the air by helicopter – some may call this taking an artistic license :)…

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Windows Internet Explorer 9 – Add a Website Shortcut to the Start Menu

08 Aug

Add a shortcut to the currently-viewed website to the Windows Start Menu.

If you frequently browse a web site via Windows Internet Explorer 9, you probably have it stored in your Favorites for easy access. You may even have it as a Home page. However, if you don’t want to store it as a Home Page yet want a quick way to visit the site, how about adding a link directly from your Start Menu?

1. Visit a website in Internet Explorer 9….

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