The display of thumbnails of open windows in the taskbar is a new feature that was introduced in Vista. Visual Task Tips is a small program that lets you do so in XP. If you want your XP look like Vista, then you need this software.
For more details, watch this trick: Put a look at Windows Vista to XP.
Related software : Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! , Google Desktop , Animated Screensaver Maker , Transform XP to Vista .
Using visual styles (themes) on Windows XP ShowUsing visual styles (themes) on Windows XP
A theme in principle includes a visual style (the appearance of windows, the taskbar and menus), desktop icons, wallpaper, the mouse, and a screen saver.
If Microsoft has provided the...
Visual FoxPro ShowVisual FoxPro
Visual FoxPro (VFP) is a very powerful tool marketed by Microsoft since 1995. It includes a programming language, an engine for relational database and an integrated development environment (IDE), which allows developers...
Visual FoxPro and SQL Server ShowVisual FoxPro and SQL Server
Visual Foxpro 9 and SQL Server 2005
Is there a better alternative than using Visual FoxPro to manage efficiently a SQL Server?
Here's an interesting issue.
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Tips and tricks ShowTips and tricks
Substitution
Display
Remove
Miscellaneous
Substitution
Substitute "foo" with "bar" on each line
Only the 1st occurrence
sed 's / foo / bar /'
For the 3rd case only
sed 's/foo/bar/3'
All occurrences
sed...
Disabling sharing of administrative task ShowDisabling sharing of administrative task
By default all Microsoft Windows NT based operating system possess hidden administrative shares options, allowing the administrator of a machine to access the machine via the network.
Here...
Introduction to Office Automation ShowWhat is office automation?
The term office automation refers to all tools and methods that are applied to office activities which make it possible to process written, visual, and sound data in a computer-aided manner.
Office automation is intended...
Operating Systems - Windows - Tips and Tricks - Using Windows ShowRestart Windows 9x without rebooting
When you go to restart Windows, you click on Start, Shut Down, and then Restart. To restart Windows wthout having to restart the computer, simply hold while clicking on OK. A shortcut for shutting down...
Operating Systems - Windows - Tips and Tricks - Customising Appe ShowChange computer's shut-down images
These images are in fact camouflaged 256-colour bitmap images (renamed to a file with a ".sys" extension) with a size of 320x400 pixels. The files are: c:\windows\logow.sys (Please wait while Windows is shutting...