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Looking for an application that scrolls or pans netbook screens running Windows

Looking for an application that scrolls or pans netbook screens running Windows

I'm looking for a Windows 7 and XP compatible Windows desktop panning/scrolling tool.

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Guest [Entry]

"AltMove windows and mouse manager

You can move windows and controls
which do not support this ability.

You can resize windows and controls
which do not support this ability.

You can hide any window from desktop
(to tray bar or completely) and
restore it.

You can change opaque of window.

You can assign key-mouse combinations
to standard menu items of different
programs.

Use mouse to run your programs and
open documants from evevrywhere.

AltMove is freeware, portable and works for all Windows versions.

A real blessing for netbook owners ... :)

As for a 'scrolling application': I don't know about Samsung and Toshiba, but the Eee PC (I swear by Asus netbooks) comes with a tray utility that allows the user to switch quickly to 1024 x 768 (scrolling). I'd be surprised if other manufacturers aren't aware of the limitations imposed by 1024 x 600."
Guest [Entry]

"I'm not sure if this is quite what you need, but it allows you to scroll your computer left and right:

360 Desktop"
Guest [Entry]

"I've just installed GiMeSpace by Kagi software, and although it is not as seamless as the pannable desktop, I could get with Windows XP and earlier Windows versions by setting my screen resolution larger than the physical resolution (that was so simple! But Windows 7 doesn't support it) it's pretty good.

I'm just getting used to it, but it does what I want - and what the user who asked the question
wanted. It's only US$12.50. I was looking for freeware, but it's such a relief to be able to view large windows again that I don't begrudge the small registration
fee."
Guest [Entry]

"I have been using a netbook myself for about 8 months as my primary computer (I have a Toshiba NB310), and my main issue has been the screen size. In order to solve the problem, I have developed an application to optimize screen space in Windows XP and Windows 7, it is called ScreenSpace.

ScreenSpace enables the user to:

pan (or drag) any window by using Alt + Click,
change the opacity of any window,
make any window top most,
hide/show the taskbar using a hot key,
resize any window to any size,
make any application go full screen,
access all the features using configurable hot keys.

So you could use ScreenSpace to solve your panning/scrolling problem. But the most useful feature is the full screen I think. Indeed, the user can choose which part of an application to make full screen, like for instance the central text area in a word processing application. This is very useful for IDEs such as Visual Studio and Eclipse, as it maximizes the central code area to full screen!

ScreenSpace is not freeware right now, but I have a freeware version called ScreenSpace Lite that you can download for free. I have made a 30 second video to show how it is working: http://www.dandeware.com/products/. If anyone of you guys want to give it a glance, I'd be happy to hear what you think of it :)

@Rob: let me know if you want to try the full version of ScreenSpace, I'll give you a license so that you can use all the features."
Guest [Entry]

Try OnTopReplica with click forwarding. It doesn't pan and scan with your cursor, but you can select regions of a window and view it in a separate window.