Viewing minimized Programs

When I first received my system I was able to point to programs that were
minimized on the bottom of my screen and get a "mini-view" of the program,
whether it be a web page or Document. Unfortunately the system does not do
this little feature anymore and I have been scouring the computer to fix
whatever I turned off to bring this back! I know it's a little thing but I
enjoy it. Help if you can!

=?Utf-8?B?TWFuZGEyODA4?= <Manda2808@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in news:08F19219-398B-4B11-93AB-5297B22EDBC2@microsoft.com:

> When I first received my system I was able to point to programs
> that were minimized on the bottom of my screen and get a
> "mini-view" of the program, whether it be a web page or Document.
> Unfortunately the system does not do this little feature anymore
> and I have been scouring the computer to fix whatever I turned off
> to bring this back! I know it's a little thing but I enjoy it.
> Help if you can!
>

You turned Windows Aero off.

--
Hope this helps
Dave

/Manda2808/ said:

> When I first received my system I was able to point to programs that were
> minimized on the bottom of my screen and get a "mini-view" of the program,
> whether it be a web page or Document. Unfortunately the system does not do
> this little feature anymore and I have been scouring the computer to fix
> whatever I turned off to bring this back! I know it's a little thing but I
> enjoy it. Help if you can!

Right-click an empty area of the taskbar, and then click PROPERTIES
Check the box that reads "show window previews (thumbnails)"

Thank you so much, that was it!

"Dave Cox" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?TWFuZGEyODA4?= <Manda2808@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> in news:08F19219-398B-4B11-93AB-5297B22EDBC2@microsoft.com:
>
> > When I first received my system I was able to point to programs
> > that were minimized on the bottom of my screen and get a
> > "mini-view" of the program, whether it be a web page or Document.
> > Unfortunately the system does not do this little feature anymore
> > and I have been scouring the computer to fix whatever I turned off
> > to bring this back! I know it's a little thing but I enjoy it.
> > Help if you can!
> >
>
> You turned Windows Aero off.
>
> --
> Hope this helps
> Dave
>
>
>
>

i just read this post and i have the same problem too, but as i havn't been
using vista for long...i'm not too sure what Windows Aero is or how I can
switch this back on, please could someone tell me exactly how?


"Dave Cox" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?TWFuZGEyODA4?= <Manda2808@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> in news:08F19219-398B-4B11-93AB-5297B22EDBC2@microsoft.com:
>
> > When I first received my system I was able to point to programs
> > that were minimized on the bottom of my screen and get a
> > "mini-view" of the program, whether it be a web page or Document.
> > Unfortunately the system does not do this little feature anymore
> > and I have been scouring the computer to fix whatever I turned off
> > to bring this back! I know it's a little thing but I enjoy it.
> > Help if you can!
> >
>
> You turned Windows Aero off.
>
> --
> Hope this helps
> Dave
>
>
>
>

/Kapzz/ said:
> i just read this post and i have the same problem too, but as i havn't been
> using vista for long...i'm not too sure what Windows Aero is or how I can
> switch this back on, please could someone tell me exactly how?

If AERO is available in your Vista version, and if your hardware
supports it, check out START menu|HELP & SUPPORT. Search for "The Taskbar."
>
>
> "Dave Cox" wrote:
>
>> =?Utf-8?B?TWFuZGEyODA4?= <Manda2808@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> in news:08F19219-398B-4B11-93AB-5297B22EDBC2@microsoft.com:
>>
>>> When I first received my system I was able to point to programs
>>> that were minimized on the bottom of my screen and get a
>>> "mini-view" of the program, whether it be a web page or Document.
>>> Unfortunately the system does not do this little feature anymore
>>> and I have been scouring the computer to fix whatever I turned off
>>> to bring this back! I know it's a little thing but I enjoy it.
>>> Help if you can!
>>>
>> You turned Windows Aero off.
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>

Control Panel\Personalization\Windows Color and Appearance

Google "Windows Aero".

"Kapzz" <Kapzz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news9A5DA3F-9D5D-4DA1-9531-4B5C857EDCA7@microsoft.com...
>i just read this post and i have the same problem too, but as i havn't been
> using vista for long...i'm not too sure what Windows Aero is or how I can
> switch this back on, please could someone tell me exactly how?
>
>
> "Dave Cox" wrote:
>
>> =?Utf-8?B?TWFuZGEyODA4?= <Manda2808@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> in news:08F19219-398B-4B11-93AB-5297B22EDBC2@microsoft.com:
>>
>> > When I first received my system I was able to point to programs
>> > that were minimized on the bottom of my screen and get a
>> > "mini-view" of the program, whether it be a web page or Document.
>> > Unfortunately the system does not do this little feature anymore
>> > and I have been scouring the computer to fix whatever I turned off
>> > to bring this back! I know it's a little thing but I enjoy it.
>> > Help if you can!
>> >
>>
>> You turned Windows Aero off.
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>