Tweaking Utilities

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This thread is for System/Registry Tweaking utilities

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http://www.x-setup.net/product/home.asp?lang=EN
(Free)

X-Setup Pro is a so-called "tweaker" program; it allows you to change settings that are normally hidden deeply in Windows fast and easily. There are many hidden settings in Windows as well as in a lot of other programs and normally you can't change them.

X-Setup Pro is the most complete "hacker" ever available: nearly 1,700 hidden functions can be controlled with some simple button clicks (e.g. Windows, Internet Explorer, Instant Messaging, Office, Explorer appearance, Server options, Network settings, Security...)

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http://www.freshdevices.com/freshui.html
(Free)

Fresh UI is a fresh solution for configuring and optimizing Windows. Loaded with hundreds of useful hidden settings in Windows XP/2000/NT/ 98/95/Me, this software covers the customizing and optimizing techniques that you'll be glad to know, such as:

Customizing Windows User Interface (UI)
Optimizing system settings
Optimizing hardware settings
Customizing Windows application settings
Controlling user environment with policies

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Tweak UI 1.33

http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTTweakUI.asp

The Microsoft® Windows® Shell Development Team has put together a set of productivity tools called PowerToys. If you're a Windows power-user, go ahead and try them out, but realize these are unsupported tools. Microsoft Technical Support is unable to answer questions about PowerToys.
System Requirements
Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98 or Windows 95.




Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Important Notes

•If you installed PowerToys prior to April 23, 2002, you must uninstall your old PowerToys before installing the versions available here.

•PowerToys will only work with US-English regional settings.




Tweak UI

This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more.

Version 2.10 requires Windows XP Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2003.

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http://www.tweaknow.com/
(Standard $25, Pro $35 - 10 Day Free Trial)

TweakNow PowerPack is a fully-integrated suite of utilities that let you fine-tune every aspect of your computer's operating system and Web browser.

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http://www.totalidea.com/frameset-tweakxp.htm
Evaluation available - £25
See what this program offers: the original Tweak®-XP Pro - unlike other tuning utilities, Tweak®-XP Pro bundles more than 56 different utilities in one: it was developed to combine both tuning and optimizing features to increase the speed of your Windows® XP system. With Tweak®-XP Pro v4 we have added lots of new (http://www.totalidea.com/frameset-tweakxp.htm#2) useful features to improve the performance of your Windows® XP system.

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http://www.ashampoo.com/

Ashampoo PowerUp Deluxe (v1.30)
Get under the hood of Windows® 98 & Me


Have you tried to configure your Windows® installation recently?
Does it annoy you that all the settings are in different places?
Would you like to get direct access to the many "secret" settings that Microsoft doesn't want to tell you about?

Fine-tune your Windows® 98 Me, installation
Access “secret” Windows® functions
Control user access to your computer
Configure Microsoft Office®
Create profiles to change all settings at once
...and much, much more!



Ashampoo PowerUp XP (v2.10)
Get under the hood of Windows® XP, NT4 & 2000!

System Tuning
Desktop Tuning
Control XP Security and Privacy Settings
MS Office Configuration
Function Editor
Language Editor
Master Profile - Easy Operation To Reload Windows® Configuration Settings
User-defined Profiles

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Microsoft Tweakomatic Scripting Tool (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/tools/twkmatic.mspx)

Tweakomatic is a nifty new utility that writes scripts that enable you to retrieve and/or configure Windows and Internet Explorer settings. So what, you might say. Well, think about it. Because these are Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) scripts, they can be used to configure settings on remote computers. Need to change something on a remote computer? Then haul out Tweakomatic. And think about this: because Tweakomatic writes scripts, you could do something like run these scripts as logon or logoff scripts. In other words, you could quickly, easily, and automatically configure settings on any or all the computers in your organization.

Windows XP, Server 2003 and Windows 2000