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29 Dec 2011
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#1 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit |
How many of you combine taskbar buttons on Windows 7?
For some reasons, I feel it's much easier to see the names of the windows that are open on the taskbar rather than small icons that are tabbed. I think it's much faster and convenient. So why do most people always combine taskbar on Windows 7?
| My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Elite PC
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU Intel Core2 Quad 8300 @ 2.5GHz
Memory 8GB
Graphics Card ATI Radeon 4800 Series
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 23" Widescreen
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard HP Keyboard
Mouse Microsoft optical mouse
Case HP Elite
Hard Drives 685GB SATA3G
Internet Speed 1MBps download / 60kbps upload
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29 Dec 2011
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#2 | |
64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise Texas |
It really depends on how you use Windows 7 for which option may work best for you.
Like me, I usually have so many things opened at once, it's not even funny. For example, 10 tabs in IE9, a few virtual machines, and a few other programs. There just wouldn't be enough room on the taskbar for all of them without them being grouped. "Always combined" is just more convenient for me.  | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom
OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz)
Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11
Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz
Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB
Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip
Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition
Cooling Corsair Hydro H100
Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector
160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
2 x 1TB Samsung HDD HD154UI SATA
Internet Speed 50 Mb/s Download and 2 Mb/s Upload
Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
Lite-On iHBS212 12x BD Writer
Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
Netgear WNDR3800 Router
Motorola SBG6580 Cable Modem
2x APC Back-UPS XS 1500
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29 Dec 2011
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#3 | |
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Agree with Brink, I only *un group on a netbook with Windows Classic
Last edited by Infinite; 30 Dec 2011 at 03:26 AM..
Reason: Typo
| | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Intel Core i5 2500k at 3.3 GhZ
Memory 2x4GB DDR3 1333Hz
Graphics Card Ati Radeon 6770
Sound Card Speakers
Monitor(s) Displays 1x 15" HD 572
Screen Resolution 1024x768
Keyboard Wired Keyboard
Mouse Wired Mouse
PSU 500W
Cooling 3x Fans
Hard Drives 2x500GB
Internet Speed 10MB/s
Other Info Netbook: Dell Inspiron Mini
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30 Dec 2011
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#4 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 Bay Area Peninsula |
Always combine. Only way to get my taskbar separated like my theme is designed for.  
A Guy | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
CPU INTEL Core i5-750 Quad-Core 3.37GHz
Motherboard ASUS P7P55D
Memory KINGSTON 4GB (2 x 2GB) HyperX PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL8
Graphics Card MSI N240GT-MD1G/D5 GeForce GT 240 1GB 128-bit GDDR5
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster B2430H 24"
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
PSU ANTEC TruePower New TP-550, 80 PLUS, 550W
Case ANTEC Three Hundred Illusion
Cooling COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus, 4 x 120mm 1 x 140mm Noctua's
Hard Drives Intel X25M Gen2 80GB, SEAGATE 500GB Barracudaź 7200.12, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 16MB cache
Internet Speed 20 + Mbps
Antivirus Avast
Browser Opera
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30 Dec 2011
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#5 | |
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I only combine when full.
Have also enabled QuickLaunch, gotten rid of the pinned icons and set the taskbar to use small icons as I like the lower-profile look of the older taskbars.  | | My System Specs | | |
30 Dec 2011
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#6 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 NM - Way South |
I have been a combiner although since upgrading to multiple monitors and making my taskbar span multiple 24" monitors I find that I have way more real-estate than I am currently using, so not so much crowding any more.  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Systemax N2000 Gaming PC
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Q6600 @2.4ghz (G0 stepping)
Motherboard XFX nforce 680i LT
Memory 8 gb OCZ vista essential sli PC-6400
Graphics Card Dual 9800gt in SLI mode
Sound Card Integrated 8.1 High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Dual Sceptre x246w 24 inch monitors
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200 each monitor
Keyboard MS Intelitype 6000 v2.0
Mouse MS Intelipoint 6000
PSU Cooler Master Real Power Pro 1250W
Case N2000 server tower
Cooling Thermaltake Bigwater 760 is
Hard Drives 500 GB SATA II / 7500 rpm
Internet Speed Wi-power 1.5GB up / 512k down
Other Info Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 7 Pro x64, Windows Home Premium X86, Windows XP pro, Windows Home Server x86, Ubuntu 10.4 x86 and x64, Ubuntu server 10.4, SQL Server 2005, MySQL 5.0
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30 Dec 2011
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#7 | |
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate A Finnish immigrant in Leipzig, Germany |
Quote: Originally Posted by Brink  It really depends on how you use Windows 7 for which option may work best for you.
Like me, I usually have so many things opened at once, it's not even funny. For example, 10 tabs in IE9, a few virtual machines, and a few other programs. There just wouldn't be enough room on the taskbar for all of them without them being grouped. "Always combined" is just more convenient for me. I have a vertical taskbar on the left, set to combine only when taskbar is full with small icons.
It works for me, showing for instance only one IE regardless how many tabs I have open. To see and select a tab, I just need to hover the pointer on top of IE: 
I like it this way. It is very clear and easy to use.
Kari | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP ENVY 17-1150eg
OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
CPU 1.6 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor
Memory 6 GB
Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Graphics
Sound Card Beats sound system with integrated subwoofer
Monitor(s) Displays 17" laptop display, 22" LCD and 32" Full HD TV through HDMI
Screen Resolution 1600*900, 1680*1050 and 1920*1080
Keyboard Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser (bluetooth)
Mouse Logitech MX1000 Laser (Bluetooth)
Hard Drives Internal: 2 x 500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
External: 2TB for backups, 3TB USB3 network drive for media
Internet Speed 50/10 Mbps VDSL
Antivirus MSE, Windows Defender
Browser Maxthon 3.5.2.
Other Info Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Full in English, additional Guest-user accounts in Finnish, German and Swedish (Working languages English & Swedish, Family language German, my own language, mother tongue, Finnish. I really need Ultimate to get to use Language Packs!)
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30 Dec 2011
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit Peterborough, England |
I prefer a clean desktop so I use shortcuts pinned to the Start menu, but the programs I use the most are pinned to the Taskbar as well. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion Elite 495UK
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
CPU Intel Core i7 870 @ 2.93GHz
Motherboard MSI 2A9C (CPU1)
Memory 8Gb Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz
Graphics Card nVidia GeForce GTX 460 1024MB dedicated RAM
Sound Card Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays HP2310i
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech K750 solar-powered keyboard
Mouse Logitech Wireless M180 mouse
PSU 460W
Case HP Elite
Cooling Air cooled
Hard Drives 1x1954GB Hitachi HDS22020ALA 330 (RAID), 1x1954GB Hitachi External for backup and storage
Internet Speed 2Mb
Other Info Pure Avanti Flow Internet Radio with iPod Dock, 64Gb iPod, HP USB Speakers, Sony MDR-V500 Headphones, Sony Vaio F-Series Laptop
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30 Dec 2011
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#9 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 England |
Always combine for me with icons central in the taskbar. IMO looks cleaner. 
Danny | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number acer aspire 5935g
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
CPU intel(R)core(TM)2 duo CPU T6600 @ 2.20GHz
Motherboard intel gm45/gm47 revision 07
Memory 3 gb ddr3
Graphics Card ati radeon hd4570/512mb
Monitor(s) Displays lop156wh2-tle1 15.3 flat
Screen Resolution 1366x768
Mouse Optical
Hard Drives OCZ-Agility3 60gig ssd
320gig external hdd
500gig external hdd
Internet Speed 30Mbps Down/30Mbps Up
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30 Dec 2011
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 32 bit/Windows 8 64bit Pembrokeshire, South Wales, UK |
I hadn't even given it much thought, I don't have many open at once programs anyway so there isn't a lot on my taskbar. I have a few pinned, the ones I want to get at quick but apart from that I don't take much notice, I think they would probably combine if the taskbar got full though, I can't see that happening much though.  | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Zoostorm Desktop/ Asus K55A Notebook PC
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 32 bit/Windows 8 64bit
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 @ 2400 MHz/Intel B820,1.7GHz
Motherboard Foxconn 45CMX/45GMX/45CMX-K/Asus
Memory 2048 MB (2 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM)/8GB 2 x 4GB DDR3
Graphics Card Intel Corp 82945G Integrated Graphics Controller/Intel
Sound Card Onboard Realtek/Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays Hanns.G HH221 22" inches Widescreen/Asus 15.6
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080/1366 x 768
Keyboard Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 (UK)/Inbuilt
Mouse Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse/Touchpad
Hard Drives ExcelStor (250GB)/Asus
Internet Speed Just under 4MB download it's ADSL.
Antivirus MSE/MSE
Browser IE10/IE10
Other Info Epson Stylus SX415 All-in-one Printer,
Seagate Expansion 500GB External Desktop Drive
USB2 HDD Enclosure
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