Tweaking Software for XP (Not MS Powertoys)

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Any recommendations?

TIA
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well, regseeker has a few tweaks although they are probably
the same ones TweakUI fiddle with.

if you are willing you could tweak the system yourself
following suggestions from:

disabling services
http://www.blackviper.com/

AXCEL216's MAX Speeed WinDOwS ©Tricks + Secrets
http://www.mdgx.com/

Forgot the Administrator's Password?
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm

tweaking experience XP/2000/2003
http://windowsxp.homedns.org/
a help file full of tweaks

or you could just turn off the eye candy and update your
drivers and get back to playing games and doing some
occasional work :)

HTH
slippery
 
slippery said:
well, regseeker has a few tweaks although they are probably
the same ones TweakUI fiddle with.

if you are willing you could tweak the system yourself
following suggestions from:

disabling services
http://www.blackviper.com/

AXCEL216's MAX Speeed WinDOwS ©Tricks + Secrets
http://www.mdgx.com/

Forgot the Administrator's Password?
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm

tweaking experience XP/2000/2003
http://windowsxp.homedns.org/
a help file full of tweaks

or you could just turn off the eye candy and update your
drivers and get back to playing games and doing some
occasional work :)

HTH
slippery
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Totally! :o)

Nice links btw. (esp. black vipers) now wonder if there is a similiar site
for WIN 2K ? ;-)
 
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4083.html

Author: XQDC Ltd.
Date: 2004-02-06
Size: 4.3 Mb
License: Freeware / Shareware
Requires: Win All

Xteq Systems X-Setup Pro 6.x is FREEWARE for home users, so you can use it
at no cost.

http://www.x-setup.net/product/features.asp?lang=EN

nearly 1.500 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...)

RoseW
 
Any recommendations?

TIA
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Hello Wayne: < Sure, have the same name. hehe

OK, here is a list. Some security, some tweaking, some sites, some of
which may have been mentioned already in his thread; If so, consider them
a two thumbs up. Lets get started on this small list.


1) Fast Explorer 2001 release 4 v2.0.5.217
Released: January 15, 2004

This handy utility allows you to manage context menus items of file
objects displayed in a file manager, such as Windows Explorer or any
other application that supports shell's application programming
interface. It's a very simple way to make your often used file actions
quickly accessible.

http://thesoftpro.tripod.com/downloads/fe/index.htm


2) Fresh UI
free tweaking tool
v 7.10, release date: May 21, 2004

Fresh UI is a fresh solution for configuring and optimizing Windows
operating system. Loaded with hundreds of useful hidden settings in
Windows XP/2000/NT4/98/ 95/Me, it covers the customizing and optimizing
techniques that you'll be glad to know. This software is 100% free, no
ads, no banner, no spyware.

http://www.freshdiagnose.com/


3) Send To Toys 2.21

Description

Send To Toys is an enhancement of the Send To system menu:

- "Add to Send To menu" and "Remove from Send To menu" allows you to
personalize the Send To system menu for drives, folders, and programs.

- Send To "Clipboard (as name)" copies the name of the file or files to
the clipboard. Hold down the CTRL key to change the settings for this
extension.

- Send To "Command Prompt" opens a DOS console window, setting the
current directory to the selected folder.

- Send To "Favorites" adds a shortcut to your Favorites list. Hold down
the CTRL key for the Add Favorites system dialog.

- Send To "Folder..." sends a file or files to another folder, you will
be shown a dialog box that lets you choose where the files should be
copied. To move the files press and hold down the SHIFT key. The creation
of a new folder is not supported on Windows 95, 98, and NT.

- Send To "Run..." sends a file or files to the Run command dialog.

Freeware. For Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, and XP.

http://www.gabrieleponti.com/software/index.html


4) Useful Scripts

Aug 2002 (e-mail address removed) compatible with 95/98/98SE/ME/NT/2K/XP

FEATURES OF SCRIPTS INCLUDE
- change filename case to upper or lowercase
- change recycle bin name
- close popups
- defrag all
- delete temp files at startup
- delete old files
- ftp upload
- global search and replace
- internet explorer cache cleanup
- net message
- no set homepage
- no old files
- outlook 2K Attach
- outlook XP Attach
- password generator
- recursive lower case for filenames
- recursive no spaces for filenames
- registry search
- restore show desktop
- scan and defrag all
- set internet time
- show branding of Internet Explorer and optionally remove branding
- shutdown timer
- sleep
- url decode
- url encode
- xp system restore
- xp system restore point frequency

http://www.x9000.net/

http://www.x9000.net/downloads/scripts.zip


5) Power Menu

Power Menu is a small app I wrote that adds "Always On Top", "Minimize To
Tray", "Priority" and "Transparency" sub menus to all top level system
menus..

Note: Some features are only available on NT/2K/XP.

http://www.veridicus.com/tummy/programming/powermenu/


6) X-Setup Pro 6.5 Final
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Author: XQDC Ltd.
Date: 2004-02-06
Size: 4.3 Mb
License: Freeware / Shareware
Requires: Win All
Downloaded: 369621 Times Download Sites:

X-Setup Pro is the ultimate in system configuration or tweaking as some
people would say. It covers all types of options and has many useful
features - for more information please read the rest of this section or
browse to the authors hompage link.

X-Setup Pro is is the ultimate tool for black belt system tuning and
tweaking, running on Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000, ME, XP and 2003
Server.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4083.html


7) XP-Antispy 3.81
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Author: Chris Connell
Date: 2004-05-07
Size: 36 Kb
License: Freeware
Requires: Win All
Downloaded: 54738 Times Download Sites:

XP-AntiSpy is a little utility that let's you disable some built-in
update and authetication 'features' in WindowsXP. For example, there's a
service running in the background wich is called 'Automatic Updates'. I
don't know what this service transfers from my machine to other machines
on the internet, especially the MS ones. So I play it safe and disable
such functions. If you like, you can even disable these function
manually, by going through the System and checking or unchecking some
checkboxes. This will take you approximately half an hour. But why
wasting time when a little neat utility can do the same in 1 minute? This
utility was successfully tested by lots of users, and was found to
disable all the known 'Suspicious' Functions in WindowsXP.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2062.html


8) speedGuide Programs

TCP Optimizer Description: The TCP Optimizer is a free Windows program
designed to help optimize your Internet connection. Just download and
run, no installaion required. The program makes it easy to find the best
MaxMTU value, test latency and tweak all the important broadband related
registry parameters. The Optimizer can be helpful with tuning any
Internet connection type, from dialup to Gigabit+ :) If you need help
with the program, read our broadband tweaking articles, the Optimizer
FAQ, and/or visit our Forums. As an alternative, you can try one of our
generic Registry patches instead.

OS: Windows 9x/ME/2K/XP | version: 1.0 | date: 04/25/02 | filesize: 425
KB

http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php


9) DH TuneXP tweaking software

This radical, new tool is the one of the best and most powerful Windows
XP tweakers ever, having a few tweaks, which are unique to the program.

Among them are:

Ultra-fast boot (rearrange boot files)
Boot folder defragmentation
Prefetch folder cleaning
DNS cache optimization
File allocation size tweak
But that isn't all. It includes a plethora of other performance tweaks,
which will make your Windows installation run faster than ever before as
well as Windows Service configuration. For the first time ever, it allows
the user to control a few of the most common performance suckers and
annoyances.

http://www.driverheaven.net/dforce/


10) Windows XP KBs

An XP KB listing on step by step instructions for common FAQ

http://lists.gpick.com/pages/Windows_XP_KBs.htm


11) Stardock BootSkin

Stardock BootSkin is a program that allows users to change their Windows
2000 and Windows XP boot screens.

Unlike other programs that can change the Windows XP boot screens,
BootSkin does so in a safe manner. It doesn't patch the Windows XP
kernel. Nor does it require the user to download replacement Windows XP
kernels to do so.

This has 2 advantages: 1) Boot screens that use BootSkin are typically
under 20K compared to other boot screen programs whose files are over 2
MEGABYTES. 2) There is no risk of having your system unable to boot due
to a corrupted file or after applying a service pack.

And best of all, BootSkin is free for non-commercial use.

http://www.stardock.com/products/bootskin/


12) 150 XP TIPS AND TWEAKS

http://www.xptuneup.com/xptuneup_listview.htm


13) Safe XP 1.4.5.15
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Author: Theorica Software
Date: 2004-05-13
Size: 342 Kb
License: Freeware
Requires: Win 9x/ME/2K/XP
Downloaded: 31365 Times Download Sites:

Safe XP is a *FREE* software to allow users to quickly tweak various
security and privacy related settings in XP. The options include Media
Player settings, Services settings (error reporting, time synch, remote
registry etc.), as well as and option to remove items from the Start
menu, network security settings and more.
Safe XP improves your system performance and makes Windows to run faster,
more secure and reliable! It is suitable for beginners and experts!

- Take control of your PC.
- Make Windows to run faster and more secure.
- Protect your privacy and strength Internet protection.
- Disable Spyware-like activities of Windows XP (also 2000/ME/9 Operating
System, Media - Player, Internet Explorer and Outlook.
- Disable unnecessary Windows services like System updates, error
reporting and much more...
- Prevent Internet attacks.
- It does not need any DLL or another file(s). It is just a single "EXE"
file: SafeXP.exe
- No installation necessary.

http://majorgeeks.com/download4070.html


14) Tweak Hound

Articles, updates, tools, add-ons for Windows XP

(note: Tools and add-ons for this page must be FREEWARE)

http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/WindowsXP.htm


15) Registry Edits for Windows XP "Tweaks and Tips"

Very nice site.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp.htm


That should be enough to get you started.

Regards

Wayne D
 
Hello Wayne: < Sure, have the same name. hehe
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That should be enough to get you started.

Regards

Wayne D
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Thanks, Wayne, for the many great suggestions, and to everyone else as
well. That's plenty to keep me busy figuring out what I want to use!

Have a great holiday...
 
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