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I have a laptop with windows 7 on it and when im on the internet and i put the mouse over the icon on the bottom of the screen it used to come up with little clips of all the windows but now it just comes up with titles. I just had my computer redone and I dont know how to change it. Does anyone know how to change it?
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ocscottie 4/17/2012 8:16pm
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Damn, i did this on my little bros lappy just a few weeks ago....and cant recall atm.

Are you running it in Aero mode? might of been part of that?
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supr_fly_tnt 4/17/2012 8:27pm
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thats correct scottie. right click on the task bar and go to properties and make sure there is a check mark by Aero Peek option
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yamaha581 4/17/2012 8:38pm
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for the themes i have it set to the first Aero one and when i went to the properties there was a check mark beside Aero Peek but im not able to click it myself so im not sure if that makes a difference. Im not sure what is set different because most of the options on my screen are different.
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ocscottie 4/17/2012 8:57pm
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supr_fly_tnt wrote:
thats correct scottie. right click on the task bar and go to properties and make sure there is a check mark by Aero Peek option
that one is just to take a peek at the desktop when you hover over the view desktop button.

There is another one for the preview taskbar options. It will come to me, give it time, i only had 1 RB today Blink

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yamaha581 4/17/2012 9:02pm
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I figured out that I had to reinstall Interenet Explorer 9 so everything is the same except I cant preview the tabs like I used to. It will get figured out sometime!
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ocscottie 4/17/2012 9:05pm
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Try making a custom Aero theme, see if that works

"Taskbar Thumbnail Preview only works when you have Enabled Aero in Windwos 7"

OK Deadliest Catch is on...ill check back with ya in a bit Cool
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yamaha581 wrote:
I figured out that I had to reinstall Interenet Explorer 9 so everything is the same except I cant preview the tabs like I used to...
I figured out that I had to reinstall Interenet Explorer 9 so everything is the same except I cant preview the tabs like I used to. It will get figured out sometime!
Get the hell rid of that POS and install FireFox.....NOW! Laughing
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yamaha581 4/17/2012 9:07pm
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in the personalization panel on the bottom it says troubleshoot problems with transparency and other Aero effects. When I click on it this message came up: The current video card may support Aero with a driver that is compliant with the Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM). Contact the manufacturer of your computer or video card for a WDDM-compatible driver.

I will have to show my parents tomorrow, I dont want to end up trying to do somethign and have it not work for another week.
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ocscottie 4/17/2012 9:10pm
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What brand video card? Nvidia? updating drivers is a piece of cake.

Be more than willing to help ya out, hell i can even log into your PC using TeamViewer and do it for ya.

Ok im missing my show dammit. Cool
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yamaha581 4/17/2012 9:23pm
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I dont know what half the stuff on my computer is lol Thanks for the link I will have to check it out and hopefully it works so I can get this thing back to normal. I went to my device manager and for my display adaptors it says the standard VGA Graphics Adaptor cant start, I have no idea what that means but it can wait until tomorrow for me lol
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supr_fly_tnt 4/17/2012 9:59pm
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supr_fly_tnt wrote:
thats correct scottie. right click on the task bar and go to properties and make sure there is a check mark by Aero Peek option
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that one is just to take a peek at the desktop when you hover over the view desktop button. There is another one for the preview...
that one is just to take a peek at the desktop when you hover over the view desktop button.

There is another one for the preview taskbar options. It will come to me, give it time, i only had 1 RB today Blink
i thought that is what he was asking..? im not familiar with what y'all are looking at then. i have Win7 Prof and on FireFox and dont see anything different...
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ocscottie 4/17/2012 10:09pm
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This is what he is looking for, my mouse was hovered over my Media Center icon in the taskbar, see the preview it gave me?

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supr_fly_tnt 4/17/2012 10:12pm
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dude. thats cool! i havent had 7 for that long. so i need to look into the tips and tricks stuff for it...
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SteveS 4/17/2012 11:42pm
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Somehow you've got your video driver not working. Therefore you've lost the ability to have Aero and the peek function.

Reinstall the video driver.
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Yea Steve that is what it is, but i want to be sure and help him reinstall/upgrade vid drivers so he doesnt screw anything up. Just from what i have read from him, obviously he isnt on our level of geekness Cool

btw Steve, you ever mess around with Teamviewer? i absolutely love it, rarely even have to have people bring their machines to me to fix anymore.
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yamaha581 wrote:
I dont know what half the stuff on my computer is lol Thanks for the link I will have to check it out and hopefully it...
I dont know what half the stuff on my computer is lol Thanks for the link I will have to check it out and hopefully it works so I can get this thing back to normal. I went to my device manager and for my display adaptors it says the standard VGA Graphics Adaptor cant start, I have no idea what that means but it can wait until tomorrow for me lol
Disregard that other link i posted and check out this one, read the pink box describing what specs your computer needs to meet in order to have this function:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/52265-taskbar-thumbnail-previews-e…

Ill check in here tomorrow and if you need some help, we can get it handled. You can always email me at ocscottie@hotmail.com if you ever get stuck on anything.
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yamaha581 4/18/2012 7:30am
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Thanks for all the help guys, my mom took my laptop to her work and had it fixed. I have no idea what they did but its working now so im good lol.

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ocscottie 4/18/2012 12:51pm
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Way to go mom!!! Cool

Dude you better give her a big hug, moms rule!
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SteveS 4/18/2012 2:37pm
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ocscottie wrote:
Yea Steve that is what it is, but i want to be sure and help him reinstall/upgrade vid drivers so he doesnt screw anything up. Just...
Yea Steve that is what it is, but i want to be sure and help him reinstall/upgrade vid drivers so he doesnt screw anything up. Just from what i have read from him, obviously he isnt on our level of geekness Cool

btw Steve, you ever mess around with Teamviewer? i absolutely love it, rarely even have to have people bring their machines to me to fix anymore.
I've not used that, but I have used the remote help function in Windows 7 Pro to work on my mom's computer.
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ocscottie 4/18/2012 4:28pm
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Give this one a try, kicks ass and is free. Much better than Remote Assistance in Win. imo

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