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We made a tiny but nifty program originally intended for productive use, but then we discovered the other side of it. It can be used to simplify tasks as well as to escape from stagnant office policy :)

 

Requirements:

1. Windows XP, Vista, 7

2. No need installation.

3. Unzip to a folder and run.

 

For:

1. Productive use

2. "Unproductive use" :)

 

Use:

Instructions

DOWNLOAD Boss Key program

 

 

Having several windows at the same time is a feature which is very helpful in some cases, but in others is quite messy and may slow down our work.

 

For example we need to translate a document or we need to rewrite a text or whatever job that requires having 1 window to look at and another window to type in. We can split the screen to read from one and type in the other but this will make your work area much smaller.

Another option is to have two or more monitors installed in the computer, but this is not available to everybody due to the expenses of a new monitor, a low end GPU which does not support two or more monitors or the lack of space in the desk we are working at.

 

 

The above monitors are really impressive and nice looking, but fear not, you won’t need to spend a fortune or to buy that kind of devices to make a proper multi-screen system. If you got a GPU with two or more connectors you can use more than one screen at the same time and it will boost your speed when writing.

As Windows 7 hits the retail shelves, we read more and more reviews that encourage us to spend our money and upgrade to the latest and greatest Windows from Microsoft. Surely, Windows 7 offers the finest functionality improvement, from user interface to management and control, over all previous Windows versions especially the misconceived Vista. We tested the RC and saw that the praises are true, among them, Windows 7 indeed boots faster, performs better and has a more convenient UAC.

 

Some comments in the reviews even go so far as to suggest that Windows 7 scales better than XP, and that multitasking in XP is slow and painful, whereas Windows 7 seems to multitask so much better with the new taskbar. So there is no point supporting a 10 years old OS and it's time to let go, is there? Although we may say Windows 7 is good partly because Vista is bad, we wouldn't think XP is bad just because Windows 7 is good.

We work in an online publishing and software engineering business and often find ourselves facing heavy workload, tight budget and deadlines. We learnt from experience that to survive any understaffed situations, multi-tasking is the only way to go. Now we are like others, considering upgrade or not to upgrade. We decided to publish our guide about how to multi-task with Window XP (The guide also applies to Windows Vista as well) and look for feedback that shows us we could be more productive and efficient on Windows 7.