Vista tweaking

Vista4Experts

Vista4Experts is kind of a treat for computer experts who don’t want security center notifications, User Account Control dialogs, automatic Windows Defender scannings, automatic update installations (which cause you to reboot your system if you don’t react quickly enough). People who want MSDN (or google) set as default search engine in the Internet Explorer search bar, who want the start menu power button to shut down the system instead of hibernating it, etc. These and many more fixes are included in Vista4Experts. All of these changes can be discarded, enabled or reversed. Vista4Experts is the first expert utility of its kind and works on every platform.

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WinBubble

WinBubble enables you to customize and tweak several Vista features, in particular the Bubbles screensaver, which cannot be customized from the screen saver settings dialog. With WinBubble, you can choose the type of bubbles and their size and optionally add a drop shadow effect. The program also allows you to customize the ribbon and Mystify screensavers, as well as shortcut icons, OEM information and the OEM logo. In addition to the visual tweaking features, WinBubble enables you to set a variety of security restrictions, such as disabling Taskmanager and Control Panel, hiding drives and disabling of Internet Explorer features among other things. It also allows you to activate a hidden Aurora boot screen in Vista.

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XdN Tweaker

In short, it is a free tweaking program for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and windows Vista.

XdN Tweaker Features

Changes the number of Folder views Windows saves.
Resets the folder views Windows has saved.
Disable/Enable ‘SendTo’ right-click menu.
Allows you to adjust and tweak TCP/IP settings.
Put the File menu above the Back/Forward buttons in IE7.
Remove or Replace the Search box in IE7.
Disable/Enable User Account Control prompts under Vista.
Disable/Enable the “- Shortcut” text under Vista.
Attempt to force Vista to better save folder views.
Disable/Enable Windows Media Player Explorer context menus.
Add/Remove “Take Ownership” to right-click menus under Vista.
Disable/Enable the Documents item on the Classic Start Menu.
Changes “Delete” to “Search…” on Recycle Bin.
Turn off the annoying full screen “black” UAC prompt.

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