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GeneralRe: Great TipmentorDaveAuld31 Jan '13 - 3:33 
pressing the power buttons also hides all the windows (or screens as you call them).
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GeneralRe: Great TipmemberJimmy Savile31 Jan '13 - 3:43 
I see no issue with calling them screens, windows reminds me of Microsoft and they are not all Microsoft windows.
GeneralRe: Great TipmemberColin Mullikin31 Jan '13 - 3:47 
Jimmy Savile wrote:
they are not all Microsoft windows.
Do some of them look like this[^]...? Or this[^]...? D'Oh! | :doh:
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GeneralRe: Great TipmemberJimmy Savile31 Jan '13 - 3:57 
And what's your point? I didn't say other companies don't have 'windows' I said I associate the word with Microsoft and thus prefer to use the word 'screen' instead.
GeneralRe: Great Tip [modified]memberColin Mullikin31 Jan '13 - 5:34 
I'm sorry I offended your delicate sensibilities. I was simply trying to making a joke. Evidently, I failed.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
 
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
 
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin



modified 31 Jan '13 - 11:48.

GeneralRe: Great TipmemberJimmy Savile31 Jan '13 - 5:52 
Yeah definitely went over my head.
GeneralRe: Great TipmemberColin Mullikin31 Jan '13 - 3:46 
I've found sometimes you have to hold it to get this to actually work though.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
 
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
 
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin


GeneralRe: Great TipmemberAlbert Holguin31 Jan '13 - 4:48 
Great trick! ...have you thought about posting to Tips/Tricks? Big Grin | :-D
GeneralRe: Great TipmemberRage31 Jan '13 - 4:07 
Pfff... This is old, and only works with Windows 7.
 
A Great Tip is WinKey+Shift+Left Arrow or Right Arrow, to move the current windows on your monitor which is left or right to the current one.
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GeneralRe: Great TipmemberDavid Kentley31 Jan '13 - 4:54 
THAT one I didn't know. That's great for getting crap out of the way. Thanks Smile | :)
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