SetteMaxer – Another Free Windows 7 Tweaking Tool
We previously reviewed many tweaking tools for Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 7. SetteMaxer is yet another free tool with a handful of simple tweaking options.
Although SetteMaxer offers no mind-boggling tweaking options, it does come with handful of options that can only be done through Windows Registry.
Inbuilt Windows programs & tools such as Task Scheduler, & Windows Defender are often disabled by malicious programs. With SetteMaxer one can easily enable or disable these tools.
Here are the key options available in SetteMaxer:
# Optimize menu show delay
# Optimize wait to kill service timeout
# Optimize wait to kill applications timeout
# Optimize application’s response timeout
# Enable auto end tasks
# Enable desktop composition
# Disable auto reboot on crash
# Disable task scheduler
# Disable remote registry access
# Disable user access control
# Disable Windows Defender program
# Fix settings for Windows Live Messenger
Posted September 2, 2010 – 4:38 pm in: Themes
After releasing six beautiful Windows 7 themes last week, the team behind Windows 7 personalization gallery is back with four new themes. Yes, the gallery has been updated again with new Taiwanese art themes and are ready to download now.
The four new themes are: Choobies, Daydream, LotsBears, and Nicole Doll. All these themes come with high-resolution (1900 x 1200) wallpapers.
Download and double-click on the theme file to apply
Posted September 2, 2010 – 9:55 pm in: Google Chrome
Four months after the release of Chrome 5.0 and three weeks after the release of 6.0 beta, the stable version of Chrome 6.0.472.53 is ready to download now to celebrate its second anniversary.
As we have mentioned before in the Chrome 6.0 beta release post, Chrome 6.0 brings slight visual changes to toolbar and omnibox. Along with the old bookmarks, preferences, and themes, one can also sync Autofill data and extensions with this version of Chrome browser.
According to the official Chrome blog, Chrome 6.0 is three times
In Windows 7, changing a theme (themepack) is very simple even for a novice user. So, if you are sharing your user account with your family members or friends, you might want to prevent others from changing your favorite theme.
You can use any of the two methods given below to prevent others from changing your account theme. In the first method, we use the Local Group Policy Editor which is available only in Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate editions. And the second method can be used in all editions of Windows 7.
Method 1:
1. Type gpedit.msc in Start menu search area and hit enter to open Local Group Policy Editor… Continue reading