winxp alt-tab dialog I can select apps directly from - is this win

[Rich]

Greetings,

I inherited a winxp Pro SP2 workstation from another employee who left the
company. I noticed that when I Alt-Tab between programs the Alt-tab dialog
displays not only the program icons but will show a thumbnail of the first
app in the list. Plus, I can select a program directly from the dialog
window. Is this a winXP feature, or did the other employee load an external
application to do this? How can I make alt-tab behave this way on other
winxp machines?

Thanks,
Rich

[Nathan Mates]

Post by Rich
I inherited a winxp Pro SP2 workstation from another employee who
left the company. I noticed that when I Alt-Tab between programs
the Alt-tab dialog displays not only the program icons but will show
a thumbnail of the first app in the list.

Sounds like one of the Microsoft PowerToys were installed:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Nathan Mates
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[Rich]

Thanks very much. It is pretty cool.

Post by Nathan Mates

Post by Rich
I inherited a winxp Pro SP2 workstation from another employee who
left the company. I noticed that when I Alt-Tab between programs
the Alt-tab dialog displays not only the program icons but will show
a thumbnail of the first app in the list.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
Nathan Mates
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# think. What are the facts, and to how many decimal places?" -R.A. Heinlein