Using the very aptly named (and free) AlwaysOnTop application, you can set any Windows program to remain “on top” of all the others.
The installation is straight forward - unzip the contents of the .zip file to a temporary folder, and run setup.exe. Once you’re done, run the AlwaysOnTop program from your Start menu. It will appear as an icon in your System Tray.
Note: you may have noticed on the AlwaysOnTop home page that this program works on Windows 95/NT. I can confirm it works perfectly well in XP. Not so sure about Vista (please comment if you try it out on Vista).
Right-click the AlwaysOnTop icon in your System Tray and pick one or more running programs to always remain in the foreground. In the example screenshot below, I opted to have a Windows Command box remain on top of all my other programs.
AlwaysOnTop uses a fairly minimal amount of system resources, so if you work better when certain programs are always in the foreground, this app is for you.
![alwaysontop in the task manager](http://www.simplehelp.net/images/aot/01.jpg")
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I find a program called Xneat to be much more useful, not only can you set each window to be on top, you can also turn on transparency for it, send it to the system tray, and more.
http://www.xneat.com/windows-manager/
Seems to work on Vista (I ran it in Windows XP compatibility, but I’m not sure if that was necessary).
It’s a little sporadic in its functionality, but it appears to work fairly well.
This app works great in Vista too. Thanks for the tip.
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