Macintosh technology makes me more productive by ensuring that each interaction with the operating system (while still imperfect) is more productive than parallel interactions with a WinTel computer. Shaving seconds off of each transaction makes me fifty percent more productive than in a similar WinTel environment.

(adapted from) J. D. Biersdorfer
New York Times
March 23, 2000
Page E4

Question:

Sometime I accidentally move a window off the screen on my Windows 98 system and can't get the mouse cursor on it to drag it back and close it.
Is there any way short of rebooting to get that window back?

Answer:

Windows can seem to slide off your desktop if you've changed your screen resolution and made your display area bigger, or even if you simply have a lot of windows open and are moving them around. If a window has scooted out of reach of your mouse, here is a way to get it back:

1. Hold down the Alt key and press the Tab key on your keyboard. That will call up a box with the icons and names for all the open windows.
2. Still holding down the Alt key, keep pressing Tab until you see the name of your wandering window – then stop pressing the keys. That will make the window the active one on your screen.
3. Press the Alt key again along with the space bar, and a pop-up menu will appear.
4. Press the down arrow on your keyboard to get to the Move option on the menu and hit Enter.
5. Use the directional arrow keys to steer the errant window. It will be just the window's frame, but don't panic. After the window is back onto the desktop, press Enter and the window contents will appear.

On a Macintosh it is durn near impossible for a window to slide off your desktop.

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