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Windows 7: How To Disable Live Preview for Taskbar Thumbnails

Contributed by shamanstears on October 25, 2009 under Microsoft Windows 7

When you place your mouse cursor over the taskbar button of a running application, a small thumbnail of the application will appear. By placing your cursor over this thumbnail, you will see a live preview of the running application and all other applications that are running will become transparent. If you find this feature to be annoying, you can disable it by following these steps.

Windows 7: How To Change the Live Preview Delay Time for Taskbar Thumbnails

Contributed by shamanstears on October 24, 2009 under Microsoft Windows 7

When you place your mouse cursor over the taskbar button of a running application, a small thumbnail of the application will appear. By placing your cursor over this thumbnail, you will see a live preview of the running application and all other applications that are running will become transparent. You can change the delay time for these live previews to better meet your liking by following these steps.

GreenThumb FAQ: Hints, Secrets, and Strategy

Contributed by davak on under Apple iPhone

GreenThumb is a free iPhone game that is easy to learn but difficult to master. The following hints and secrets will propel you to the top of the leaderboard in no time. Feel free to post your tips as well.

Windows 7: How To Change Aero Peek Delay Time

Contributed by shamanstears on October 23, 2009 under Microsoft Windows 7

By placing your cursor over the Show Desktop button (the small rectangle) at the end of the Taskbar, Aero Peek will show the Desktop. It does this by hiding any open windows and showing the outline of where they were. You can change the delay time for Aero Peek to better meet your liking by following these steps.

The Tech-Recipes Quick Guide to Customizing Windows 7

Contributed by shamanstears on October 22, 2009 under Microsoft Windows 7

Microsoft’s latest operating system is a bit different than Windows versions of the past, and with these differences come more things to customize and tweak. Here’s a compilation of tutorials put together by the Tech-Recipes authors for customizing the interface and for tweaking the system to make it quicker.

OS X: How to Use a Screen Saver as Your Desktop Background

Contributed by shamanstears on October 20, 2009 under Mac OS X Leopard

If you are bored with your desktop and want to give it a little style, or if you just want to impress your friends, you can run a screen saver as your desktop’s background to liven it up.

OS X: How To Burn A Multisession CD (or DVD)

Contributed by shamanstears on October 19, 2009 under Mac OS X Leopard

If you would like to be able to burn a single disc, multiple times, OS X allows you to do this without having to buy rewritable CDs or DVDs. This allow you to maximize disc space usage as you can use the disc multiple times to burn smaller folders and files.

Gmail: How to block a sender from your inbox

Contributed by shamanstears on October 18, 2009 under Google

Do you receive countless “bad” emails from someone that got your address? Maybe you gave your address to them and now regret it, or maybe they got it via some other method. While Gmail has no block functionality, you can keep these troublesome emails from appearing in your inbox by following these steps.

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