Surprising new feature

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David Mayerovitch

I'm running Windows XP with SP2.

I returned to my computer after running a print job and found that my
desktop was displayed. Hovering over the desktop in neat rows were six small
windows; each contained an image of the window of each of the six programs
that were active at the time. When I clicked on one of them, it expanded
slightly in size. I didn't try double-clicking, but I suspect that would
have activated whichever window I'd chosen.

This looks like some cool new way of task-switching; I have never seen it
before. Does anyone recognize it? I don't know what I may have done
accidentally to trigger this.

Is this a feature of XP that I've never used? Is it a new feature that was
included in a recent update? It looks like something very handy -- can
anyone tell me how to get it back?

Thanks.

David
 
David said:
[snip]
Is this a feature of XP that I've never used? Is it a new feature that
was
included in a recent update? It looks like something very handy -- can
anyone tell me how to get it back?
[snip]
David
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It sounds like some sort of third party application switching utility
is installed. There are a number of different ones that work in
different ways. AFAIK, Windows XP does not contain functionality like
that, only Vista.
 
Thanks, that's exactly what it is -- a function of the Intellipoint software
for my new Microsoft wireless mouse.

David

oztrailrider said:
[snip]
Is this a feature of XP that I've never used? Is it a new feature that
was
included in a recent update? It looks like something very handy -- can
anyone tell me how to get it back?
[snip]
David
Click to expand...

It sounds like some sort of third party application switching utility
is installed. There are a number of different ones that work in
different ways. AFAIK, Windows XP does not contain functionality like
that, only Vista.
Click to expand...
 
I'm running Windows XP with SP2.

I returned to my computer after running a print job and found that my
desktop was displayed. Hovering over the desktop in neat rows were six
small windows; each contained an image of the window of each of the six
programs that were active at the time. When I clicked on one of them, it
expanded slightly in size. I didn't try double-clicking, but I suspect
that would have activated whichever window I'd chosen.

This looks like some cool new way of task-switching; I have never seen
it before. Does anyone recognize it? I don't know what I may have done
accidentally to trigger this.

Is this a feature of XP that I've never used? Is it a new feature that
was included in a recent update? It looks like something very handy --
can anyone tell me how to get it back?

Thanks.

David
Click to expand...

Sounds like your right-clicked on the taskbar and selected one of the Tile
Windows options.
 
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