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Help - What utility is this?

I just discovered a ‘feature’ on my computer. When I press a button on my Microsoft Mouse which (Labeled ‘Instant Viewer’ in control panel), I get the following-

Screenshot of Desktop

This is basically a window switching utility. Trouble is, I NEVER INSTALLED ANY SUCH UTILITY! I can’t complain - I actually like this. However, I would still like to figure out how I got to benefit this little feature. And just so we are clear, I don’t believe in a guardian angel.

Here is a list of software that I recently installed-

  1. Safari
  2. FolderShare
  3. Digsby
  4. Google Desktop

 

 

Please leave a comment with your guess!

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6 Responses to “Help - What utility is this?”

  1. gok Says:
    April 5th, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    It’s a Microsoft intellimouse feature, installed as part of intellipoint software. http://blogs.msdn.com/kamvedbrat/archive/2007/01/18/instant-viewer-in-the-new-intellipoint-software-for-windows-vista.aspx

  2. Pranav Sharma Says:
    April 5th, 2008 at 9:47 pm

    Ah … that would explain it … thanks!

  3. Pranav Says:
    April 6th, 2008 at 6:40 pm

    what is that? is it like the mac’s expose effect?

  4. Pranav Sharma Says:
    April 7th, 2008 at 8:30 am

    I’m not familiar with mac’s expose but this particular utility simply shows me a thumbnail of all active windows and lets me click on them to bring one forward

  5. Pranav Says:
    April 14th, 2008 at 7:01 pm

    Yep, that’s exactly what expose does on a mac. it’s a very neat feature, actually many third party programs actually sell that try to emulate the effect with windows.

  6. sue Says:
    May 10th, 2008 at 12:37 pm

    kinda like a glorified ALT+TAB…

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