Just found a neat Windows 7 shortcut by accident

[GodlessAstronomer]

You probably know that if you drag a window's bottom border down to the taskbar (resizing the window) that the window will snap it's top and bottom borders to the top and bottom of the screen, maximizing it vertically without changing the horizontal size. This is cool for things like IM apps and playlist windows that you want to keep narrow but take up lots of vertical space. I just discovered (completely by accident) that double-clicking either the top or bottom border does the same thing. Neat!

Edit
Bonus Tip
Turn off shadows under windows for a cleaner looking desktop. Click Start, type "adju", select Adjust the Appearance and Performance of Windows. Find the option to show shadows under windows and untick it. I don't know why MS doesn't do this by default, it's much better looking.
Shadows
No Shadows

 

[TheStu]

I also like to dial down the border padding from the default to 1. You can get at in the 'Classic Appearance' settings or whatever they call it. I always felt that the window borders in Vista and 7 were too thick for their own good, sort of defeating the purpose of the glass appearance since they go from looking modern and slick to just plain unfinished.

 

[nerp]

I like the way the shadows look.

 

[phreaqe]

i knew you could drag a window to the top of the screen to maximize it, or to the side to maximize it only using half the screen, but i did not know about this. that is awesome and something i will use alot now. Thanks.

 

[Qbah]

Sweet shortcut. Thanks!

And I like it with shadows more btw