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    vista alt+tab

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by AskGin, Feb 29, 2008.

  1. AskGin

    AskGin Notebook Guru

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    hey guys,i was wondering if anyone knows how to change the alt+tab thumbnail to the xp alt+tab type.. i find that its harder for me to recognize what i want to find when i alt+tab..
     
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  2. McGrady

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    window key+tab then.
     
    McGrady, Feb 29, 2008
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    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Really? I love the Vista Alt+Tab. Especially with 20 windows open when I'm creating collages or something, identification is simple with the Vista Alt+Tab...
     
    pixelot, Feb 29, 2008
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    LOL...
    Anyway... you can turn off Aero, but you turn off a lot of other stuff in the process. I don't know how to just turn off alt-tab thumbnails, unfortunately.
     
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    Why was that so funny?
    It's an alternative to alt+tab

    And theres definitely no confusion in what you're finding with it.
     
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    It's funny because the OP is trying to avoid thumbnails and get icons like in XP, and win-tab is essentially bigger thumbnails.

    I guess you have a point though... if you have trouble recognizing the small thumbnails in alt-tab, you might do better with the large thumbnails (or whatever you call them) used by win-tab.

    EDIT: Also, AskGin, with alt-tab it does show the program icon in the lower-right corner of the thumbnail, if that helps at all... and it prints the window title above the thumbnail.
     
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  7. AskGin

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    i considered the windows tab as well, and also noticed the little program icon. i guess ill just have to get used to the visuals that alt+tab gives me lol.. i got xp on home computer and vista on the laptop and even though i like xp better, vista's becoming really popular. thanks for the help guys!
     
    AskGin, Mar 1, 2008
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    i'm going for kind of the opposite here - i have aero disabled so it's plain and basically looks like windows 98. however, i do like the alt tab of vista's aero. is there a way to add that functionality?
     
    supra97RX7, Jun 4, 2008
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    Try re-enabling Aero, and then disabling all the parts of it you don't want... even if that means disabling most of it.

    Control Panel > Sys & Maint > Perf & Tools > Adjust visual effects, and uncheck most or all of the boxes. (Or select "Adjust for best performance".)

    You can also right-click the taskbar, Properties, and uncheck taskbar thumbnails if you want.

    EDIT: Never mind, I don't think you can really get any thumbnails with the Windows Classic look. But you can turn off a few of the Aero features like transparency and still get the alt-tab thumbnails.
     
    swarmer, Jun 5, 2008
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