So pretty much, say you have 20 separate instances open of internet explorer, what you would do is hover over the internet explorer icon and after about a second of waiting (yeah, it doesn’t seem like that long, but it adds up) it pops up the little bubble that shows all of the windows you have open. Update: Right here our friendly neighborhood AssHat pointed out that “OMGZ you don’t have to hover over it you can just CLICK IT you noob!” (or something to that effect). I know that you don’t have to hover over it, the whole point I’m trying to make is that whether it’s a hover, or a click, it’s just one unnecessary hurdle to jump to get to the window you want to open. Some users may like this feature (particularly noob users, no offense), but I find it terribly annoying. It makes me think about what I’m doing every single time, and that’s not a good thing. So, you’re probably saying to yourself “Jeremy, you’re the noob. You can just go to the taskbar properties and just use the “never combine” feature.” Alright, so let us do that.

Now you’ll get one icon for the program, then a little bar that is supposed to show particular instances of that open application. One bar per instance. The bar doesn’t even show the program icon, or a label for it. I would show a screenshot of what I’m talking about, but I’m too lazy to edit the registry to back to what it used to be before I fixed it.

As a side note, it seems that I’m the only one on the internet that is having this problem. Everyone else seems to be seeing this when they use the “never combine” feature (if you do too, let me know in the comments):

Well, I couldn’t ever get my taskbar to show like that so I had to do some googling around. I found this post that describes a simple registry hack that will allow you to have the taskbar show both the icon of the program as well as the label for the instance that is open!

LABEL PLUS ICONS FOR WINDOWS 7 TASKBAR

So pretty much all you have to do to get your taskbar to look like this:

is open your registry editor (search your computer for “regedit”) and do the following:

Add a string called “MinWidth” to “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics” and set to 54 then restart.

However, for me the MinWidth string was already there, so I just modified the value from what it was (-245 I think) to 54. Then restart your computer.

In conclusion, I have no idea how I dealt with the annoying standard windows 7 Taskbar for so long. When you’re working with 20 different spreadsheets at one time, it just doesn’t make sense to hover over the excel icon, only to see a little preview of the window. I’d much rather just click it and open it.

Do you agree with me on this? Did this post make you want to change your taskbar to be cool like mine? I really want to know if I’m just crazy, or if the standard hover-over taskbar in windows 7 blows.

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Zinch – Get Hooked Up With Colleges

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MWI – Utah SEO

Back to basics. We recently stopped offering 90% of our services and launched this new website. Why? Because we’ve figured out what we do well and what we don’t. And what do we do well? Web design, search engine optimization, and search engine marketing. If you hire us for your next SEO project or to provide any of the other services we offer you can rest assured you are going to get it done right for a fair price.

There really isn’t anything super-special about the above logos, and I think that is why I love them. Simple is in.

How’s that for hot?

(I made that logo. I’m not sure why I went with pink and white, but I think it rocks, and Nathan’s down with it too)

My friend Nathan and I just started a sweet blog called Fluffy Phones. This blog is essentially a digest of everything we know about customizing our windows mobile phones. There are tons of Windows Mobile Tutorials and good information for people who are looking to Fluff out their new mobile phones. Nathan has an HTC Touch Pro, and I have an HTC Touch Diamond.

If you liked any of the following posts

How To Unlock, Flash, Sprint Touch PRO To Mighty ROM

Facebook App For Windows Mobile 6.1 Finally! New Juicy ROM For Sprint Diamond Rocks!

SmartPhone Tracker For Sprint Diamond is Cool

Best Rom For Sprint Diamond – Mighty ROM Better Than Juicy. 8 Reasons Why.

then there is a good chance that you will want to check out Fluffy.

We hear stories all the time of people who pitched their “brilliant” ideas to huge corporate executives, only to be laughed out of the building, office etcetera. That story is usually immediately preceeded by a paragraph about that same lowly entrepreneur now being one of the richest and most successful businessmen in the country. I pose the question: Why is this?

Is it merely because the first-time rejection was so strong that it booted him into gear and made him want success that much more just to prove the jerk who laughed at him wrong? Or is it something deeper than that? Did that entrepreneur have what it took all along, or did he need that boost of rejection to motivate his success?

I’d say he had what it took all along, but a nice stiff shot of rejection never hurt anyone kept anyone from reaching a much desired goal.

Just a random thought. What do you think?

This actually happened nearly a year ago.

How I Got Banned

I was listing a product. I listed said product in the wrong category. I think I listed it in “digital products” instead of the proper category “Miscellaneous”. Oooops, my bad!

BANNED!

Just like that! In months leading up to the ban, I’m pretty sure I paid over $1,000 in ebay fees. I don’t understand how ebay can feel comfortable doing this to loyal customers. Right now I’m appealing my decision on ebay’s live chat. We’ll see how that goes. I don’t expect to get too far, nor will I be very disappointed if I don’t. They lose a customer, I have to think outside the box for a new venue of selling products, we all win.

Congratulations, eBay! You just lost another customer!

Update: Unfortunately, the reason why your account says that is not available to me. I can still help you though by getting you in touch with our Trust and Safety team who specializes in this. They can clarify why the account got suspended.

^ This was after they told me they would look into it on live chat. I appreciate the scripts I am fed. Makes me happy. Thanks, Indian on the other end.

Credit to my friend Nathan for pointing me to this site.

Alongside Zac Johnson’s website, Prosperly has been another huge help in my early ventures into making money online through affiliate marketing. As a matter of fact, if I never read the prosperly blog I would have never ran into Zac Johnson’s site.

Adam White (owner of Prosperly) makes several valuable posts a week about how to make money online and internet marketing strategies. I owe these two entrepreneurs a lot and I’d like to thank them for sharing their wealth of knowledge with the rest of us who are aspiring to be great.

Some awesome posts from Adam’s blog:

Buying a Website – Part 1
Buying a Website – Part 2
Quickest Way To Start An Online Business