Presto! Now you'll have only icons in your taskbar. If you don't like the look after all, return to the Registry and delete the newly created entry.

Shortcuts

I love keyboard shortcuts, and Windows 7 brings a bunch of new ones to the party. For example, you can press Windows-Space to make all your open windows transparent or Windows-Home to minimize all windows except the one you're using.

Sound good? Then grab the tiny , which adds half a dozen of 7's best shortcuts to XP and Vista. Here's what you get in addition to the two mentioned above:

A Versatile Calculator