This is a great tip I had never really thought of. Thanks Lifehacker!

I wish you all happiness in whatever direction you want to take. You have earned the right to do exactly what fits you best.

@Ryan Bond:

@Vishal Gupta -MS MVP:

@Vishal Gupta -MS MVP:

I don't really get this one. The little frosted button next to the clock already does this with no changes needed. I guess this one is for the folks who will install the inevitable "Make Windows 7 look like XP" theme coming soon... ;-)

@roachfiend:

@garbanzo-bean:

@subtle:

@FlawlessMan:

Here is the question I have... I'm tempted to run it as my primary OS, since I have a full Acronis image of my current system to fall back on if it goes badly. While I don't mind running a beta, I don't want to have to do a "clean" install every time there is a new beta release during the cycle. That would make it…

If you are going to run this in a VM, be aware that that's fine for feature testing, but will run quite a bit slower, will have so-so graphics capability (it "emulates" a pretty low end graphics card), LOUSY sound (it "emulates" a Soundblaster 16). If you want to really give it a test drive, you should consider dual…

Get sandboxie and take all the uncertainty out of things you download...

While I can appreciate the pain and feel empathy, I'm afraid my first reaction to anyone, business or personal, who loses everything because they didn't backup is:

I have used Quickpar for years on Usenet, and it has saved me many a time. This is a fantastic hint, and I can't imagine for the life of me why I never thought of it before. One of the best computer related hints on Lifehacker I have ever seen.

@Saad Baig:

@jupiterthunder:

@thewriteguy:

I couldn't uninstall this fast enough. It pops up warnings in your taskbar about every 10 seconds while you are working, takes a lot of resources, and in general was more annoying than most malware it purports to protect you from.

@AixiA: