{"id":49884,"date":"2015-03-19T22:24:35","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T04:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/19\/windows-dont-touch-my-windows.html"},"modified":"2015-05-10T21:46:15","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T03:46:15","slug":"windows-dont-touch-my-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/19\/windows-dont-touch-my-windows.html","title":{"rendered":"Windows, don&#039;t touch my windows!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#39;d forgotten about this piece of advice until I was looking up some old computer info in my blog.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/220222\/Windows.html'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/AUlt2fQLBw1JDqR32ZsGyQibVlEPEw6xkVHvj5HkmaDRyg2YjYms9Zre3SWBQbvDsLsk-gfdEohs3BWFZmn3Lfo2cm2kVUZcmxpXALSDH3nGwkGtG-kBSzBbGXLX3PKzwRh3FNCLWQ=w506-h303-p' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/220222\/Windows.html'>Turn Off Automatic Window Resizing and Docking in Windows 7<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nMicrosoft made a big deal about this new feature, but not everybody wants it. Turning it off is surprisingly simple&#8211;though finding the &#8216;off switch&#8217; isn&#8217;t.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/b8uCuCahqF3'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#39;d forgotten about this piece of advice until I was looking up some old computer info in my blog. Turn Off Automatic Window Resizing and Docking in Windows 7 Microsoft made a big deal about this new feature, but not everybody wants it. Turning it off is surprisingly simple&#8211;though finding the &#8216;off switch&#8217; isn&#8217;t. 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