Get Vista Taskbar Thumbnail Previews in Windows XP

In the beginning when the windows vista came into the market and the users of the windows xp are trying to get the same features of the windows vista in their windows xp. One of the most attractive and most famous features if the windows vista is that when we just place the pointer on the programs minimize on the taskbar, the minimized program is shown in the small window rather than to open the while full size program in front of the user. The opening of the small window is known as the popup of the minimized program, when you just place the pointer on it. This is what the feature which people wants to get on their windows Xp.

To get this feature of the windows vista in the windows xp, you just have to install a utility in your windows Xp. The name of this utility is visual toolkit. This utility is easily available on the internet from where you can download and install on your computer. This application is the thumbnail application, which will surely work as the thumbnail in the windows vista by setting the some of the tweaks and registries.

After the installation of this utility, you can follow some simple steps to see your thumbnails as in the windows vista. When you install the application, open it and select the option icon from the main menu .now increase the size of the sliders in order to get the thumbnails bigger and then uncheck the “Size proportional to the target window” option. And then click on the display tab and uncheck the “show windows title” option.

These are simple steps which should be followed to get the thumbnails in the windows Xp to be look like exactly as in the windows vista. One should get this feature on windows Xp by following these steps.