How to Block the Mouseover for Floating Windows

Windows 7 features a tool called Windows Preview. It lets the user float his mouse cursor over an icon on the taskbar and see a small window containing a preview of the icon's contents, such as an open Excel document or photograph. This feature, while being useful, may be distracting and could slow down less sophisticated computers. In such cases, the user can block the feature.

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  Right-click "Start," then click "Properties" on a Windows 7 computer.

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  Click the "Taskbar" tab.

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  Uncheck (clear) the "Preview desktop with Aero peek" box.

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  Click "OK." Browse to the desktop and float the mouse cursor over the taskbar. The taskbar icons should not be previewed in a window.