turning off taskbar previews

When my mouse hovers over the taskbar it causes a prreview of the
programs on it. I find this distracting. How do I turn it off?
Thanks.

System Properties
Performance - Settings
Enable desktop composition may be what you seek.

Michael


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> When my mouse hovers over the taskbar it causes a prreview of the programs
> on it. I find this distracting. How do I turn it off?
> Thanks.

"" <> wrote:
> When my mouse hovers over the taskbar it causes a prreview of the
> programs on it. I find this distracting. How do I turn it off?
> Thanks.
>

Right click on the taskbar and choose properties. Then down to the left.
"use aero peek to..."

Use Aero Peek is grayed out on mine. How can I fix that?

"KG" <> wrote in message
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> "" <> wrote:
>> When my mouse hovers over the taskbar it causes a prreview of the
>> programs on it. I find this distracting. How do I turn it off?
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> Right click on the taskbar and choose properties. Then down to the left.
> "use aero peek to..."


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"Clinton" <> wrote in message
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> Use Aero Peek is grayed out on mine. How can I fix that?
>

Although it won't fix the OP's problem, right-click Computer > Properties,
Advanced system settings,
Performance > Settings,
Select 'Enable Aero peek'.

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> When my mouse hovers over the taskbar it causes a prreview of the
> programs on it. I find this distracting. How do I turn it off?
> Thanks.

You can't turn it off unless you disable Aero.
What you can do is to increase the hover time for the mouse.
If you set the hover time longer then it will take longer to display the thumbnail.
http://windows7news.com/2009/02/09/c...ar-hover-time/

On 3/14/2010 6:57 AM, KG wrote:
> ""<> wrote:
>> When my mouse hovers over the taskbar it causes a prreview of the
>> programs on it. I find this distracting. How do I turn it off?
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> Right click on the taskbar and choose properties. Then down to the left.
> "use aero peek to..."
I already did that, but all that turns off is the ability to make
windows transparent so one can see the desktop when the cursor is at the
bottom end of the desktop.

On 3/14/2010 9:12 AM, Dave-UK wrote:
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> <> wrote in message
> news:J%%mn.107216$...
>> When my mouse hovers over the taskbar it causes a prreview of the
>> programs on it. I find this distracting. How do I turn it off?
>> Thanks.
>
> You can't turn it off unless you disable Aero.
> What you can do is to increase the hover time for the mouse.
> If you set the hover time longer then it will take longer to display the
> thumbnail.
> http://windows7news.com/2009/02/09/c...ar-hover-time/
>
>
I may end up disabling aero in time (I'm old fashioned) but in the
meanwhile prolonging the hover time is a good interim option. Thank you
for the link.
Jeff

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> On 3/14/2010 9:12 AM, Dave-UK wrote:
>>
>> <> wrote in message
>> news:J%%mn.107216$...
>>> When my mouse hovers over the taskbar it causes a prreview of the
>>> programs on it. I find this distracting. How do I turn it off?
>>> Thanks.
>>
>> You can't turn it off unless you disable Aero.
>> What you can do is to increase the hover time for the mouse.
>> If you set the hover time longer then it will take longer to display the
>> thumbnail.
>> http://windows7news.com/2009/02/09/c...ar-hover-time/
>>
>>
> I may end up disabling aero in time (I'm old fashioned) but in the
> meanwhile prolonging the hover time is a good interim option. Thank you
> for the link.
> Jeff

Set it at 40000 and you'll never see it (not in two minute's time anyhow).
<BG> I think I'll try delaying my tooltips balloon, too.
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> <> wrote in message
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>> On 3/14/2010 9:12 AM, Dave-UK wrote:
>>>
>>> <> wrote in message
>>> news:J%%mn.107216$...
>>>> When my mouse hovers over the taskbar it causes a prreview of the
>>>> programs on it. I find this distracting. How do I turn it off?
>>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> You can't turn it off unless you disable Aero.
>>> What you can do is to increase the hover time for the mouse.
>>> If you set the hover time longer then it will take longer to display
>>> the thumbnail.
>>> http://windows7news.com/2009/02/09/c...kbar-hover-tim
>>> e/
>>>
>>>
>> I may end up disabling aero in time (I'm old fashioned) but in the
>> meanwhile prolonging the hover time is a good interim option. Thank
>> you for the link.
>> Jeff
>
> Set it at 40000 and you'll never see it (not in two minute's time
> anyhow). <BG> I think I'll try delaying my tooltips balloon, too.


I use a classic view, not aero. It still pulls up a generic version in the
taskbar for open apps.

If you keep the mouse moving, you won't see the "alive" app window pop-ups.

Imho, it's a minor annoyance.

You're too slow to keep up with 3 GHz anyway!!! LOL!!!

Andy