Microsoft is aiding new features to the Windows 7 taskbar. One of the features is the ability to move taskbar items around on the taskbar easily. Not every user might find it useful to move taskbar items but it could be appreciated by users who want to make sure that certain programs and folders appear [...]
Internet Explorer Bumpers
Browser bumpers is a lightweight portable application for the Windows operating system that interacts with both the Internet Explorer web browser and Windows taskbar. It is based on Fitt’s Law which basically says that the screen edges are easier to hit with the computer mouse. Browser Bumpers takes this concept and applies it to Microsoft’s [...]
Change The Size Of Windows Taskbar Items
Open windows in the Windows Taskbar are always starting on the left side if the taskbar itself is located at the top or bottom of the computer screen. Each window in the Taskbar has a maximum and minimum size. A few open windows usually means that part of the Windows Taskbar is not displaying anything [...]
Windows 7 Like Taskbar In Windows XP
You might have heard about the Windows 7 Taskbar which will change the interface and functionality of the Windows Taskbar quite a bit. One of the changes is the iconized taskbar which no longer displays the names of the folders and programs by default. It looks similar to the Quick Launch bar. The advantage of [...]
Enable Address Bar In Windows XP SP3
Microsoft removed the address bar in Windows XP Service Pack 3. The address bar was a toolbar of the Windows Taskbar that worked as a quick launcher for websites and files. There are actually a few possibilities to bring back the address bar in Windows XP Service Pack 3.
The first one is the easiest to [...]
Remove The Windows Start Button
Users who like total desktop conversions might seek methods of removing standard Windows elements like the Windows Start Button to maximize screen estate. Not everyone would want to give up on the Windows Start Menu but someone who is working with an application launcher like Launchy would probably not miss it at all.
But even those [...]
Multi-Monitor Taskbar
If you ever saw a dual-monitor or even multi-monitor setup under Windows you might have noticed that the Windows Taskbar is not expanding to the other connected monitors but stays locked on the main computer monitor. That taskbar will display all open folders and applications of all three computer monitors regardless on which monitor they [...]
