Windows 7 ALT-TAB - How to turn off previewing the window
Problem
Possible Duplicate: Disable or delay alt-tab Aero Peek effect in Windows 7 In win7, when we hit alt-tab a nice preview comes up. This makes me happy. But if I linger just a moment too long thinking about what window to switch to, whatever window happens to be highlighted gets displayed, hiding the preview. Move the mouse around and windows flip all over the place haphazardly. This makes me sad. Is there a way to stop the preview of windows from happening so I can alt-tab without worrying about the list of windows being hidden from me by the evil usability "experts" at microsoft (I've decided Catbert secretly heads that department too).
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Fix for: Windows 7 ALT-TAB - How to turn off previewing the window
In Advanced System Settings (accessible from the System control panel), click the Advanced tab, then the settings button for Performance. In the list of Visual Effects, two options affect this behavior: Enable Aero Peek Enable desktop composition The first is responsible for the translucent "peek" behavior and the second for the ability for alt+tab to show what DWC (desktop window composition) is getting as the image to show for the program in question. Without desktop composition, you won't ge…
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