Tuesday, February 1, 2011

How to Disable Aero Shake feature in Windows 7

 

One of the interesting new features in Windows 7 is the way you can grab a window by the title bar and “shake” it back and forth to minimize everything else. It’s a fun feature, but just in case you want to disable it we’ve got the solution for you.

BACK UP YOUR REGISTRY BEFORE DOING ANYTHING.

Disable

1. Open Notepad and type the following

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Disable Aero Shake

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer]
"NoWindowMinimizingShortcuts"=dword:00000001

2. Save it as Disable.reg

3.Double click on it, ignore the warning and you are done.

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Re-enable

If you want it back then

1. Open Notepad and type the following

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Re-Enable Aero Shake

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer]
"NoWindowMinimizingShortcuts"=-

2. Save it as reenable.reg

3. Double click on it, ignore the warning and you are done.

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How to Customized Task Manager for Windows 7

 

The task manager in Windows 7 is one of the most used functions to see application activity running under Windows. But there are many functions which are not available in default task manager like highlighting processes, connecting to remote machine etc.

Customized Task Manager is a freeware tool which comes with additional features and also has all the functions of default task manager in Windows.

Features present in this Customized Task Manager:

  • Displays all processes running in your system.
  • Allows you to add and remove any process (task) on your local machine.
  • Highlights current executing process.
  • Ability to connect to any machine and display its process’s list.
  • Ability to set or get priority of any process running on your local machine.
  • Ability to monitor

.NET CLR Managed memory.

Customized Task Manager is a powerful, but yet simple portable task manager for Windows.

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Download Customized Task Manager