Windows 7's new ... as many feel that the Dock is deeply flawed. On a superficial level, the similarity is obvious; both Dock and Taskbar are rows of large icons used for application launching ...

The secret as Windows evangelist Paul Thurrot points out is that you right-click the app icon, then click the app name itself appearing in the pop-up menu. Granted, from the Mac Dock, unless ...

The first, and easiest, is to click-and-hold on the hidden application’s dock icon. When the contextual menu appears, you’ll see all of that program’s windows listed at the top of the menu.

When stepping away from your Windows computer, you don't always need to shut it down. Windows also offers other powerful ...

Windows lets you preview a window by hovering your mouse over the icon in the taskbar. The Mac can't do that, unless you install DockDoor. This free and open-source application adds previews to ...

However, some Windows users like to center align the icons on the Taskbar. While you can use a free Launcher or a Dock to do it, you can also follow this trick laid down in this post. This ...

However, if you have something that must run all the time, but with which you don't interact much, and whose Dock icon you want out of there (e.g. the DynDNS Updater client), this is a handy tip.

Hover over any dock icon and you will see a real-time preview of what's happening in that application. If there are two windows open in that app you will see both windows, and you can click on it ...