Windows 7 only: Reader Jay wanted the Windows 7 taskbar to work more efficiently—so he rolled up his sleeves and figured out how to enable middle-clicking to close applications. Normally when you ...

I've noticed that a lot of people lament the disappearance of the Recent Documents menu in the move from Windows XP to Windows 7. If you want a one-click way to get to files you've recently edited -- ...

Sociologists say that multitasking has shortened our attention spans and made us more easily distracted than ever. The problem is especially noticeable on modern PCs, where it's possible to open ...

Not quite happy with the way Windows 7 works, or looking to get more out of the operating system? You’ve come to the right place. We’re big fans of Microsoft’s latest OS, but we’re also big fans of ...

The first thing you ever learned about Windows 7 was probably the updated taskbar. Many of its goodies -- like rich thumbnail previews from the taskbar icons, pinning apps to the taskbar, and jump ...

Windows 7 only: Tiny utility Jumplist Launcher does application launching using Windows 7's new Jumplists feature. It's simple, lightweight, and doesn't waste memory. When you start Jumplist Launcher, ...

My hat’s off to Within Windows blogger Rafael Rivera, who returned from last week’s Microsoft Professional Developers Conference and apparently didn't sleep until he figured out how Microsoft had ...

A feature of Windows 7 is that it will show you a preview, or small thumbnail image, of the open windows for a particular program when you hover over it. For example, if you have 3 Internet Explorer ...

While we haven't yet gotten our hands on a Windows 7 build with the new taskbar, we did talk to Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky about the various UI changes and what we can expect at release time. It's ...