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Windows only: Cross-platform note-      shortcuts to the enscript.exe
taking application Evernote             scripting interface included in
doesn't have any sort of Windows 7      your Evernote installation folder
integration, but you can hack your      to create quick access to your
own with StandaloneStack and some       notes directly from the Windows 7
special shortcuts for much easier       taskbar—though you could do
access to saved searches and            the same with regular shortcuts if 

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There are lots of ways to kill a        does mostly the same thing as a
non-responsive Linux application        killall x command, but you'll get
from the terminal. If you'd rather      a crosshair pointer to pinpoint
just click a button or two to kick      the app that's not responding.
malfunctioning programs to the          Click it, and that app should shut
curb, you can add a "Force Quit"        down. It obviously won't fly with
option to your desktop panels.          non-graphical applications, but    

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Sometimes it's the tiniest things       certain that your wallpaper is the
that can bug you about a user           same dimensions as your desktop.
interface like the color of your        This won't work very well
taskbar changing as your wallpaper      otherwise.
cycles. This simple but clever          The easiest way to put a stripe at
hack will keep your Aero                the bottom of the image is to use
transparency on but your taskbar        the Canvas Size feature to chop    

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Windows 7's useful taskbar is           Now navigate to
great, but if you don't like            HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosof
waiting for the thumbnails to show      tWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerA
up when you hover your mouse over       dvanced and right-click to create
it a taskbar item, a simple             a new DWORD. Name it
registry hack will speed things up.     ExtendedUIHoverTime.
Tech blog How-To Geek highlights        Now double-click on                

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One of Office 2010's neatest            "Display icon in notification area,
features is nearly seamless             " you'd think you'd be
uploading to its free Web Apps.         done—but the Upload Center
Then again, it shows an annoying        also auto-starts with your system,
system tray icon while doing so,        so you'll need to head into your
and on start-up. Here's how to get      system configuration area and
rid of it while keeping the             disable Office 2010's process      

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We've already shown you how to          click you can go to properties and
organize Chrome's Aero Peek             add it there).
thumbnails, but reader coreyog          If you go to start Chrome and
writes in to show us that that's        realize it didn't work, close down
not all you can do—you can        the browser and make sure you end
also see thumbnails for all of          all Chrome.exe processes in the
your open tabs.                         task manager. Certain plug ins are 

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You can shuffle around your             most cases—you'll set that
running applications in Windows         browser window as last in Window's
7's taskbar, but not the order of       thumbnail previews. That can make
the window thumbnails it shows for      it easier to get to for those who
each app. If you're using Google        tend toward the mouse, and it
Chrome and want to set a certain        works no matter how you've got
window last, hit the Full Screen        your taskbar window ordering set   

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Windows 7: Like to keep the eye on      Windows 7 thumbnail previews);
the weather but never been too          right-clicking the app icon brings
keen on sidebar gadgets or system       up a jumplist that displays a
tray apps? WeatherBar is a simple       simplified version of the forecast.
app that puts the weather in your       The app icon itself even offers
Windows 7 taskbar, offering quick       information-the icon changes based
access to the forecast.                 on the weather, and a progress     

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Windows 7: If you like visual           executable—CPU, and memory.
indicators for things like disk         You can tweak the settings on each
capacity, battery life, memory          module to display an overlay
usage, and speaker volume, and you      icon—seen in the screenshot
like them prominent and easy to         above with icons for disk, CPU,
find, SuperbarMonitor puts easy to      and memory usage as well as
read indicators right on your           volume—a percentage, or no   

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You normally access a shortcut          which will let you easily access
properties through the right-click      the properties dialog. This is
menu, but when you're dealing with      especially helpful for custom
a Windows 7 pinned taskbar button,      shortcuts like pinned Google
that's just going to pull up the        Chrome Application windows, which
excellent Jump List feature. So         are difficult to access otherwise,
how do you customize the shortcut?      but it should work for any pinned  

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