Add a visual preview to your Task Bar using Visual Task Tips

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Add a visual preview to your Task Bar using Visual Task Tips

August 20, 2007 in Software | Permalink

Grab140_2 Are you at that stage where you're envious of some of the new technologies released with Windows Vista, but aren't quite at the stage where you can justify the upgrade? There are many reasons for this, possibly due to compatibility with existing software and partly due to your boss being reluctant to shell out the upgrade required, particular when it is such a new operating system. There are ways to add some of the Vista technology to your existing XP-based operating system.

Visual Task Tips 2.2 is a tool that you can use to add a visual representation of applications that have been minimised to your Task Bar. In Vista, if you hold your mouse over minimised applications, you'll see a preview of the contents. This will add the same functionality to Windows XP. However, not every application will enable a preview, so it can be rather limited compared to the same option built in to Vista.