Aero Peek is a new feature introduced with Windows 7. It
is available with Windows 7 Home Premium Edition,
Professional Edition and Ultimate Edition. With Aero Peek
you can peek on your desktop or into thumbnail preview
of an opened Window on your taskbar. What this feature does is to make all the active windows
transparent and you will be able to see/peek your desktop/thumbnail
window
without minimizing all your currently opened windows.
Aero Peek is available when you are
using
Windows 7 Home Premium Edition, Professional Edition
and Ultimate Edition, and
are using an Aero theme.
Desktop Peek
The Aero Peek
feature can be activated using a keyboard shortcut
Windows Key
+
Spacebar, you can also
use it by pointing your mouse to the extreme right hand
side of the taskbar over the Show desktop vertical button
To have a peek at the desktop, move
the cursor to the extreme right corner of the task bar
and keep the cursor on the small vertical button. This
will make all the currently opened windows transparent
and you will be able to see your desktop without closing
any window. If you intend to work with you desktop
and want to minimize all currently opened windows, then
all what you have to do is to click on the Show
desktop vertical button.
Check below snapshots :
Before Aero Peek :
Using Aero Peek :
Thumbnail Peek
Another feature of the Aero Peek
is the ability to preview an opened file or Windows.
Point your mouse pointer to the file/program/Window icon in the task bar and then hover
over the thumbnail that pops ups. You will notice
that everything else got transparent except the
windows you are peeking into. This gives you
the ability to look into this window without having
to close other windows or minimizing them.
How To Disable/Enable Aero
Peek :
To Disable the Aero Peek feature ,
right click on your taskbar then click
Properties. Under the Preview desktop with Aero
Peek section, you can deselect the Use Aero Peek
to preview the desktop to disable Aero Peek
Summary
Windows 7 Aero Peek is a new features
introduced with Windows 7. It
offers two
functions. First, it can be used to peek behind all of
the opened windows. Second, it can be used to preview a
thumbnail window on your taskbar
+
Spacebar, you can also
use it by pointing your mouse to the extreme right hand
side of the taskbar over the Show desktop vertical button 
