Nifty Windows
Nifty Windows is a compilation of dozens of Autohotkey scripts in one application that are all aimed at providing the user with a better way of interacting with windows. The compilation offers 28 new ways to interact with the user interface of Windows by using hotkeys or the mouse.
Let me give you some examples to make this clearer. After installing Nifty Windows you may minimize a folder or application by clicking the left and right mouse button.
The right and middle button close a window while the Windows key plus the mouse wheel change the transparency level of a window.
The real beauty is that you only need to download the Nifty Windows application and start it to have access to all 28 features of it. Let me give you an overview of all features that are accessible.
The developer of the application describes them as well on his website.
- CTRL+ALT + BACKSPACE - removes all visual effects that have been created with Nifty Windows
- RIGHT BUTTON + DRAG - Drag and resize windows
- RIGHT BUTTON+LEFT BUTTON - Minimize Window to the taskbar if possible
- CTRL + WIN + R - unrolls all Windows
- RIGHT BUTTON + MIDDLE BUTTON - closes a window if possible
- RIGHT BUTTON + WHEEL - switches tasks just like alt tab
- MIDDLE BUTTON - double click
- FOURTH BUTTON - toggles start menu
- FIFTH BUTTON - maximize window
- WIN + 0..9 - opens or closes the tray of a CD or DVD drive
- PAUSE - toggles muteness of the audio card
- WIN + S - starts the screensaver
- WIN + LEFT BUTTON - toggles the always on top attribute
- CTRL + WIN + ^ - removes any always on top attribute
- WIN + WHEEL - changes the transparency level of a window
- WIN + CTRL + LEFT BUTTON - offers pixel transparency
- WIN + CTRL + MIDDLE BUTTON - combines transparency and pixel transparency
- WIN + MIDDLE BUTTON - removes any transparency effect of the current window
- CTRL + WIN + T - removes any transparency effect
- ALT + WHEEL - changes the size of the window in ten percent steps
- ALT + NumAdd, ALT+NumSub - changes the size of a window in steps of standard screen resolutions.
- WIN+F1..F24 - Activates the next window in a process window group
- WIN + ESC - enable or disable all Nifty Windows hotkey and mouse features
- WIN + X - exits Nifty Windows
- CTRL + SHIFT + B - toggles the visibility of the Miranda Buddy list
- CTRL + SHIFT + U - toggles the visibility of the last used message container
Three online demos are available on the developer website that require Flash Player to run. Note that the program has not been updated since 2005 which makes incompatibility issues likely if you run newer versions of Windows.
According to the download page on the developer website, the last client operating system that the program is compatible with is Windows XP. The source code is provided as a download on the developer site as well which means that you may adjust it in case a particular feature is no longer working in newer versions of Windows.
What mental age of reader are you targeting with the first sentence? 10?
Why not write an article on how to *avoid* upgrading from W10 to W11. Analogous to those like me who avoided upgrading from 7 to 10 for as long as possible.
If your paymaster Microsoft permits it, of course.
5. Rufus
6. Ventoy
PS. I hate reading these “SEO optimized” articles.
I used Rufus to create an installer for a 6th gen intel i5 that had MBR. It upgraded using Setup. No issues except for Win 11 always prompting me to replace my local account. Still using Win 10 Pro on all my other PCs to avoid the bullying.
bit pointless to upgrade for the sake of upgrading as you never know when you’ll get locked out because ms might suddenly not provide updates to unsupported systems.
ps…. time travelling?
written. Jan 15, 2023
Updated • Jan 13, 2023
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Anyone willing to downgrade to this awful OS must like inflicting themselves with harm.
I have become convinced now that anybody who has no qualms with using Windows 11/10 must fit into one of the following brackets:
1) Too young to remember a time before W10 and W11 (doesn’t know better)
2) Wants to play the latest games on their PC above anything else (or deeply needs some software which already dropped W7 support)
3) Doesn’t know too much about how computers work, worried that they’d be absolutely lost and in trouble without the “”latest security””
4) Microsoft apologist that tries to justify that the latest “features” and “changes” are actually a good thing, that improve Windows
5) Uses their computer to do a bare minimum of like 3 different things, browse web, check emails, etc, so really doesn’t fuss
Obviously that doesn’t cover everyone, there’s also the category that:
6) Actually liked W7 more than 10, and held out as long as possible before switching, begrudgingly uses 10 now
Have I missed any group off this list?
You have missed in this group just about any professional user that uses business software like CAD programs or ERP Programs which are 99% of all professional users from this list.
Linux doesn’t help anyone who is not a linux kid and apple is just a fancy facebook machine.
Microsoft has removed KB5029351 update
only from windows update though
KB5029351 is still available from the ms update catalog site
1. This update is labaled as PREVIEW if it causes issues to unintelligent people, then they shouldn’t have allowed Preview updates ot install.
2. I have installed it in a 11 years old computer, and no problems at all.
3. Making a big drama over a bluescreen for an updated labeled as preview is ridiculous.
This is probably another BS internet drama where people ran programs and scripts that modified the registry until they broke Windows, just for removing stuff that they weren’t even using just for the sake of it.
Maybe people should stop playing geeks and actually either use Windows 10 or Windows 11, but don’t try to modify things just for the sake of it.
Sometimes removing or stopping things (like defender is a perfect example) only need intelligence, not scripts or 3rd party programs that might mess with windows.
Windows 11 was a pointless release, it was just created because some of the Windows team wanted to boost sales with some sort of new and improved Windows 10. Instead, Microsoft cannot support one version well let alone two.
Windows 11 is the worst ugly shame by Microsoft ever. They should release with every new W11 version a complete free version of Starallback inside just to make this sh** OS functionally again.
motherboard maker MSI has recently released a statement regarding the “unsupported processor” blue screen error for their boards using Intel 600/700 series chipsets & to avoid the KB5029351 Win11 update:
https://www.msi.com/news/detail/MSI-On–UNSUPPORTED-PROCESSOR–Error-Message-of-Windows-11-Update-KB5029351-Preview-142215
check out the following recent articles:
Neowin – Microsoft puts little blame on its Windows update after UNSUPPORTED PROCESSOR BSOD bug:
https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-puts-little-blame-on-its-windows-update-after-unsupported-processor-bsod-bug/
BleepingComputer – Microsoft blames ‘unsupported processor’ blue screens on OEM vendors:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-blames-unsupported-processor-blue-screens-on-oem-vendors/
While there may be changes or updates to the Windows 10 Store for Business and Education in the future, it is premature to conclude that it will be discontinued based solely on rumors.
My advice, I left win 15 years ago. Now I’m a happy linux user (linuxmint) but there is Centos, Fedora, Ubuntu depending on your needs.
motherboard maker MSI has recently released new BIOS/firmware updates for their Intel 600 & 700 series motherboards to fix the “UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR” problem (Sept. 6):
https://www.msi.com/news/detail/Updated-BIOS-fixes-Error-Message–UNSUPPORTED-PROCESSOR–caused-BSOD-on-MSI-s-Intel-700-and-600-Series-Motherboards-142277