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Window Manager is a weekly column by Brian Livingston that was published by InfoWorld from June 1991 to May 2003. It revealed undocumented features and secrets about Microsoft Windows.

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Issues for 1997:

Year's end brings news about editing, cleaning, and more, Dec. 22/Dec. 29, 1997
Multilinking may provide additional modem bandwidth, Dec. 15, 1997
Getting around in Web land with the help of readers' tips, Dec. 8, 1997
Sabotaging Java hurts Microsoft's industry credibility, Dec. 1, 1997
Drag and drop Net files with FTP tool, Nov. 24, 1997
More Explorer 4.0 bugs affect images, text, and font files, Nov. 17, 1997
More on finding, or not finding, your special Web site, Nov. 10, 1997
Site offers all you need to know about Web search engines, Nov. 3, 1997
PowerToys set for Explorer 4.0 speeds Web searches, Oct. 27, 1997
Readers respond on Explorer 4.0, Excel, cookies, and more, Oct. 20, 1997
Tools on the Web respond to new Internet Explorer, Oct. 13, 1997
Pointix offers ways to whip your mouse clicks into shape, Oct. 6, 1997
Shareware makes font management simple for Windows 95, Sept. 29, 1997
Remove Exchange and Microsoft Outlook does break, Sept. 22, 1997
Nascent technology could reduce push bandwidth, Sept. 15, 1997
Fire up an e-mail message with nine easy-to-follow steps, Sept. 8, 1997
Setting Win95 for performance can slow you down, Sept. 1, 1997
View Internet and intranet windows simultaneously, Aug. 25, 1997
Convert Web sites into Help files you can download or read offline, Aug. 18, 1997
Dial-Up upgrade may improve on Windows 95, Aug. 11, 1997
Free utility, readers' test results can help improve Net download speed, Aug. 4, 1997
Tools can help you monitor your Net download speed , July 28, 1997
Double your Net download speed with MaxMTU , July 21, 1997
A bag full of tools for GUI managers everywhere , July 14, 1997
Reader shares TAPI work-around for new modems , July 7, 1997
Smoke out those mystery activities with free WinTop, June 30, 1997
Have you lost your AutoRun capability? Here's a simple fix, June 23, 1997
Readers react to the latest news in Windows fixes, June 16, 1997
A cool utility lets you boot from an IDE or parallel port Iomega Zip drive, June 9, 1997
My latest Windows mystery is solved; at least, I think it is , May 26, 1997
A cool diagnostic tool is hidden on the Win95B CD-ROM , May 19, 1997
Should Microsoft's millionaires face social obligations? , May 12, 1997
Readers shed light on the mysteries of Windows 95 , May 5, 1997
Microrim's Oterro promises to ease the pain of SQL, Apr. 28, 1997
RegClean 4.1 could solve problems with conflicting apps, Apr. 21, 1997
Think you've got PC problems? Oh, the troubles I've seen, Apr. 14, 1997
Fine, free fonts and other treats are there for the taking, Apr. 7, 1997
Here's a shortcut: Try using Send To for delivering files across the network, Mar. 31, 1997
Word 97 import filter solves one file-format gotcha, Mar. 24, 1997
Readers give tips on fax files, Word files, and .INF files, Mar. 17, 1997
Readers send me more Send To tips and shortcuts, Mar. 10, 1997
Torture test sheds light on fax/modems and some of the troubles they have, Mar. 3, 1997
A new weapon exists in the battle of duplicate DLLs, Feb. 24, 1997
Reconfigure files so you can play them again, Sam, Feb. 17, 1997
Tips from readers on Windows fonts, Netscape blinks, and Internet sounds, Feb. 10, 1997
It's possible to run real-mode drivers using Creative Labs' CTLoad utility, Feb. 3, 1997
Thought you'd had enough fun? Here's more with resource IDs in Windows 95, Jan. 27, 1997
You can add your Internet-surfing history and cache to Start button, Jan. 20, 1997
Even more Windows 95B work-arounds exist for the bleeding edge, Jan. 13, 1997
A new year and a new slew of Win95B work-arounds to do, Jan. 6, 1997

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