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10 top Vista tweaks, part 2

As I noted in the first installment of this series, some of my favorite productivity-enhancing techniques don't involve custom code or registry edits. Instead, they involve learning how the basic building blocks of Windows work, and then rearranging those components to cut steps out of the tasks you perform most...

Tags: Sleep, Desktop, Search, Network, Microsoft Windows XP, Tweak, Window, System Restore, Microsoft Windows Vista, Shortcut, File, Computer, Start, IFilters, Network Location, Search Criteria, Default Option, Citeknet Website, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-06-17

The next frontier for GPL Violations

The next frontier for GPL ViolationsGet a clue[i]You download GPL code, you tweak it for your own operation, you maintain the tweak solely for your own use, but you don’t share the tweak, either for a market advantage, out of ignorance, or from pure laziness.How do we enforce the GPL...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GPL, GPL Violation, tweak, frontier

Discussion threads 2008-02-18

PimpZilla (jar)

PimpZilla is an ode to blaxploitation movies. It's interface is supposed to represent the semi-luxurious, furcoated, kitschy dashboards of pimpmobiles from the 1970s. It's probably the most tacky and overdone piece of GUI design out there, aimed solely for true Internet connaisseurs. Fur and gold wasn't enough--PimpZilla now includes white...

Tags: Tweak, Marco Troost, PimpZilla, Internet

Software downloads 2007-11-12

VistaTweaker (rar)

Designed with functionality and ease of use in mind, it has many tweaks to choose and information about everyone of them. The interface is divided in tab categories so the user can find the tweaks easily. All tweaks have been tested and new ones are added almost daily.

Tags: Tweak, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2007-08-27

AutoMz Ultimate Tweaker (exe)

AutoMz Ultimate Tweaker will try to get your computer's ultimate performance. With a specially designed algorithm, scans your hardware (CPU, RAM, graphic card, hard disk, CD/DVD, modem) and your software. Then applies the best values for over 50 powerful tweaks. Version 3.1 added new tweaks, bug fixes, and changes in...

Tags: Tweak, Modems, Engineering, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2007-05-25

10 tips and tweaks for Vista experts

Last month, I published 10 tweaks for Windows Vista RC1. It got a good response, but it also drew some complaints. "Too basic," said some critics. "And hey, those aren't all tweaks."OK, fair enough. To satisfy the critics you know who you are, I present 10 expert tweaks for Windows...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Tablets, Notebooks, tweak, Microsoft Windows Vista, Tip #2

Blog posts 2006-10-30

Image Gallery: 10 tweaks for Windows Vista RC1

Image Gallery: 10 tweaks for Windows Vista RC1Re: Sidebar gadgets; no, Konfabulator and Apple weren't firstActive Desktop did it before either of them. Remember Active Desktop? Introduced with IE4 in 1997? Aside from the fact that gadgets can be non-rectangular and can live in a bar on...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Windows Vista RC1, Image Gallery, tweak, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-09-07

10 essential tweaks for Windows Vista RC1

[Don't miss the sequel to this post, 10 tips and tweaks for Vista experts, which covers RC2] Admit it: You're curious about Windows Vista Release Candidate 1. Now that Microsoft has made it available for download by the public (after giving technical beta testers a five-day head start), you can take it...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, product key

Blog posts 2006-09-07

10 things you should do to improve every new Windows PC

This document lists 10 enhancements you should make to every new Windows PC, no matter whether it is a workstation or the family media computer. Getting a new computer, even if it's only a new workstation at work, should be a happy experience. A new PC means...

Tags: PC, Tweak, Windows PC, Desktops, Hardware

Download resources 2005-10-21

Win Tweak Manager (exe)

Control your Windows system with many powerful tweaks and hidden Registry settings. The simple user interface enables fast access to settings that affect the speed, security, efficiency, and convenience of your computer, Includes tweaks for many known software applications. "Tweaking" an operating system refers to modifying software, hardware, or other...

Tags: User Interface, Operating System, Tweak, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2005-09-15

Flexbeta Firetweaker (exe)

Flexbeta Firetweaker for Mozilla Firefox was developed to ease the optimization and customization of your browsing experience with Firefox. It bundles more than 20 widely used and effective tweaks and customizations to enhance your Firefox Web Browser. Version Build 126.07 adds CPU and Internet Connection speed specific tweaks and a...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Tweak, Web Browsers, Internet

Software downloads 2005-07-25

RegWorks (zip)

RegWorks can completely replace the standard registry tools. The built-in registry editor has the following additional functions: convenient and flexible interface, registry key comparison, capabilities to work with inactive damaged system registry, multiple-stream search, copying and pasting keys and values, read-only mode. The built-in tweaker allows modifying many predefined operating...

Tags: Registry, Tweak, built-In, Built-in Registry Editor, Built-in Tweaker, Built-in Registry Monitor, Productivity

Software downloads 2004-12-02

TuneXP (exe)

This radical, new tool is one of the best and most powerful Windows XP tweakers ever, having a few tweaks, which are unique to the program. Among them are: ultrafast boot rearrange boot files; boot folder defragmentation; prefetch folder cleaning; DNS cache optimization; and file allocation size tweak. However, that...

Tags: Performance, Tweak, Microsoft Windows, Performance Management, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2004-05-22

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Vista is "OK", says Ubuntu-converted teenager

Vista is "OK", says Ubuntu-converted teenagerInteresting...I find this experiment very interesting. However, there are a couple observations here:1) This wouldn't really be a typical experience for a typical user. Ubuntu has to be installed and configured; would he have done this or been able to do this without...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista, VISTA IS, GUI, Ubuntu, typical user, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-07

Linux for housewives. XP for geeks.

Linux for housewives. XP for geeks.Not that strangeFrom a complete novice point of view, Linux isn't hard at all. If you just want to use the provided applications and not fiddle around/tweak with the settings too much. You will be fine.You still need XP for computergames, that's the geeky angle...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Netbooks, Linux, netbook, Microsoft Windows XP, Foleo

Discussion threads 2008-07-07

NoScript vs. Internet Explorer 8 Filters

NoScript vs. Internet Explorer 8 FiltersThink About End UsersI've tried, a couple of times, to use NoScript in my normal surfing, and it became unbearable quickly. Too many sites were disfunctional. MLB.com is a good example.It's one thing to make an add-in for technical users that they can tweak on...

Tags: Web browsers, PRODUCTIVITY, Channel management, Microsoft Internet Explorer, NoScript, IE8, MLB

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Linksys WRT610N Wi-Fi router delivers dual bands, simultaneously

If you're the type who likes to wirelessly stream HD video from your PC to your TV, or if you live in a densely populated environment that's packed with interference in the 2.4GHz range, listen up. Linksys has unveiled a dual-band Draft N Wi-Fi...

Tags: Router, Network, Wi-Fi Router, Linksys Inc., Linksys WRT610N Wi-Fi Router, WRT610N, Home Networking, Networking, Personal Technology, Rik Fairlie

Blog posts 2008-07-02

WinTools.net Home (zip)

A suite of tools for increasing MS Windows operating system performance. WinTools.net Home contains tools: Clean Uninstaller, Scan Files, Scan Registry, Start Up, and Tweak UI. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Performance, Tool, WinTools Software Engineering, Productivity, Performance Management, Microsoft Windows, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-07-01

A nice customer service experience with Dell?

Our central office needs a new server. Configuration is hardly rocket science: it's a mission critical application, DNS, and DHCP server, as well as a domain controller for the office. Fortunately, there are never more than 10 people accessing it, so a single server can get the job...

Tags: Customer Service, Dell Computer Corp., Servers, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Sticking with XP / Upgrading to Vista / Waiting for Windows 7 / Switching to Mac or Linux - There's no single right answer

Sticking with XP / Upgrading to Vista / Waiting for Windows 7 / Switching to Mac or Linux - There's no single right answerI respect your opinion, but...I also don't feel you've articulated why we should move to Vista, should we have the horsepower.If, after all the tweaking, it's only...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista, Adrian, Microsoft Windows 7, Upgrading, openSUSE, Microsoft Windows XP, Linux, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-06-26