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As the name of this program suggests, Vispa was designed for Windows Vista. This standalone utility allows you tinker with Vista default settings easily. Vispa creates a restore point before applying changes so that you can restore the default settings easily by using Vispa’s restore previous changes option feature.
Key tweaks available in Vispa:
General:
# Disable compressed folders
# Disable remote assistance
# Disable prefetch
# Enable fast shutdown
# Disable User Account Control (UAC)
# And more
Services:
# Disable Windows security center
# Disable Windows defender
# Disable telnet
# Disable firewall
# Disable time synchronization
# And more… Continue reading
The all new Windows Media Player (WMP) in Windows 7 has several useful features. If you use Windows Media Player to watch movies or listen to music, then here is a small trick.
The Windows Media Player jump list in taskbar displays ten frequently used files under “Frequent” list by default. The frequent list in the WMP jump list can be replaced with recently used files. That is, you will be shown recently used files in WMP jump list instead of the default frequent list.
In order to replace “Frequent list” with “Recent list”, you need to follow the steps given below:
1. Run Windows Media Player.
2. Go to Tools and the Options… Continue reading
Folks behind Image Resizer has finally rewritten one of the most downloaded Windows XP Powertoys for Windows 7 and is ready to download for free. Image Resizer Powertoy was initially developed for Windows XP.
Once you install this Powertoy on Windows 7, a Resize Pictures entry will be added to the explorer context menu. You can select one or more images to resize at a time. You can choose between four resize options or you can also opt for custom resize option.
Clicking on the Resize Pictures entry in the context menu will launch Resize Pictures dialog box where you will see following options:
Like desktop wallpaper, we all like to change screen saver, theme, and system sounds time to time. Although earlier editions of Windows come with a few decent screensavers and some classic themes, they don’t offer more than one type of sounds by default.
That is, you either have to go for no sounds or default system sounds. Although you can customize default system sounds by following our how to use custom sounds in Vista guide, changing all the sounds is a tedious task.
But in Windows 7, there are a a total of 14 schemes of sounds to choose from (download Windows 7 sounds for XP & Vista). All schemes are nice to hear and easy to apply as well.… Continue reading
With Tweak Star one can easily analyze and tune Windows 7, Vista and XP operating systems for optimal performance. Tweaks start’s easy-to-use & clutter free interface makes tuning your PC a minute task.
Once you install and run the Tweak Star, it will analyze your PC for settings that can be optimized for optimal performance. Results & suggestions are available for 8 different categories: Windows/System, File system, Network/Internet, Configuration/Appearance, Security Leaks, Privacy Leaks, Application Tuning, and CPU/Memory/Hardware.
Each category has a Customize link. Clicking on the Customize link reveals all available (suggested) tweaks for a particular category. Here you can select one or more tweaks to apply.… Continue reading
We have already covered two guides related to Windows 7 Jump Lists feature: how to enable/disable Jump Lists in Windows 7, how to enable Jump Lists for Firefox in Windows 7.
If you are new to Windows 7, Jump Lists are lists of recent items, such as files, folders, or websites, organized by the program that you use to open them. In addition to being able to open recent items using a Jump List, you can also pin your favorite program to Jump Lists, so that you can quickly get to the items that you use every day.
By default, you can view only 10 recent items in Jump Lists. Once you get used to Jump Lists you always try to launch files and folders from Jump Lists only. So, to make the most out of Jump Lists, you need to increase the number of recent items in Jump Lists. To increase/decrease the number of items to display in Jump Lists, follow the steps given below:… Continue reading
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.… Continue reading
Microsoft Security Response Center today announced that it is all set to release a total of five critical rated fixes for Windows on Tuesday, September 8th.
Affected Windows Operating Systems:
- Windows 2000 SP4
- Windows XP SP2 & SP3
- Windows XP x64 SP2
- Server 2003 SP2 (x86 & x64)
- Server 2003 SP2 (Itanium-based systems)
- Vista, Vista SP1 & Vista SP2 (x86 & x64)
- Server 2008 & Server 2008 SP2 (x86 & x64)
- Server 2008 & Server 2008 SP2 (Itanium-based systems)
The all new Opera 10 browser sports a unique new feature named “Turbo mode”, which is very useful for slow or dialup internet connection users. Opera Turbo mode uses data and image compression technologies to speed up the page load speed, there by increasing your overall browsing speed as well.
According to Opera site, Opera Turbo is a server-side optimization and compression technology that speeds up data transfer and reduces the amount of data that needs to be downloaded in order to view the page by up to 80%.
To use the Turbo mode you need to have installed Opera 10 desktop browser (download Opera 10). To enable Opera 10 Turbo Mode follow the instructions given below:
Microsoft TechNet is offering a 90-day trial of Windows 7 Enterprise Edition (RTM) and users can start downloading the Windows 7 Enterprise now. If you are willing to test Windows 7 RTM before buying one copy yourself, this is the golden opportunity to test it.
Although Microsoft TechNet claims that the offer is for IT professionals, even general public can also use this offer to download Windows 7 Enterprise edition.
Note that the 90-day trial is offered for a limited time and in limited quantity. The download will be available through March 31, 2010, while supplies last. Users have only 10 days to activate 90-day trial product (it will not require a product key).
Before… Continue reading