Always on top, with DeskPins

No it's not a sexual advice. And it's not related to being the first in a competition. It's about a simple freeware program called DeskPins. You should know this feature from Winamp that has an option to stay on top of the other windows, or from Robo Form, Outlook Express and others. While this is a particullary useful feature, it is missing in some Windows programs, such as NotePad or the Calculator. This is where DeskPins helps you, "to make any application topmost, that is, to keep it above all other windows".
How to use it?

• First of all download it from here (direct download, under 100Kb): DeskPins v1.30
  
• After unzipping it, you start the installation wizard by double-clicking on the executable file. I would keep marked only the Program files & help and Create Start menu icons options. You'll notice a small bug in here, but doesn't affect its functionality. If you uncheck all the options it will let you continue installing the application but without actually installing anything. So make sure you keep at least the first option checked.
  


• Now you can start it from Start->Programs->Deskpins. You'll see a tray icon that you can right click for more options or to use the pins. To "pin" a window, from the right-click option choose "Enter pin mode" and using the mouse click on a window that you want to keep on top of others. I use this mainly with NotePad and the Calculator.
  


• That's it if you want to use it for basic things, from time to time. If you want to use it everytime, you'll find useful the feature called AutoPins. As it suggests, it will automatically pin a certain window that it recognizes. It's very simple to define which window to pin, just click on Add and using those small "targets" drag them on the window that you want pinned everytime. You can choose also how much time DeskPins should wait before it pins the window (default is 200 ms).
  

It also has some hotkey function and some language packs you can use with it if English is not your mother language. Visit Elias Fotinis' Website for more information.