Alt-TAB still toggles back and forth between two applications for me on my
XP system, so
there must be an option somewhere that makes it behave differently for you.

This feature is called "CoolSwitch." The registry settings for it are in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop.

Hope that helps.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Osborne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 11:36 PM
Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: doze xp


> Hello All,
>
> I have Windows XP running on a partion of my laptop and I'm wondering if
> some of the windows guru's could help me with some of my settings. I use
> ALT-TAB to toggle between or through my applications. I have always
> found this is the fastest way to switch between applications and doesn't
> require me to reach for the mouse.
>
> In the latest greatest release of this OS, it seems to popup this huge
> window and generate a thumbnail of the application as I toggle through
> the apps. Of course it takes my laptop about a second for each
> application. As nice as this new eye candy is, I have never had a
> problem relating the name of an application to the application that I
> want to run.
>
> In addition to this "feature", it seems that hitting alt-tab to switch
> from QuickTax to Netscape and then hitting alt-tab again no longer takes
> me back to Quick Tax but instead moves me on to the next app in the
> list. This last "feature" sucks, no way around it. It renders alt-tab
> useless and I have to resort to that little joystick mouse in the center
> of my laptop keyboard.
>
> When KDE added silly application thumbnails 6 months ago, I had no
> problem turning them off but I cannot find the switch in Windows. Can
> someone please tell me how to make Windoze behave the way it use to so I
> can make it through tax season and return to KDE for another year.
>
> Thanks a bunch,
> -Pete
>
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