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Speed Up Windows Vista With TweakVI

TweakVI is a software with the Vista-style look that lets you tweak hundreds of hidden features of Windows Vista, optimize your PC and customize it to your needs. TweakVI bundles lots of different useful utilities in one and was developed to combine both tuning and optimizing features to increase the speed of your Windows Vista system.

TweakIV

TweakVI is available in 3 different editions: the ‘Basic Edition’, which contains all the basic tweaking features for standard system tweaking, ‘the Premium Edition’, which gives you access to much more tweaking and system optimization features, and the ‘Ultimate Edition’, for complete control on Windows Vista with all plugins currently available for TweakVI.

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How To Enable Hidden Boot Screen in Windows Vista

The default boot screen of Windows Vista is a black screen containing just a progress bar and the text “Microsoft Corporation”. Those of you who are tired of this boring default look of the Windows Vista Boot Screen, can enable the hidden boot screen.

Windows Vista Default Boot Screen

Windows Vista Default Boot Screen

Aurora Boot Screen

Aurora Boot Screen

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Disable User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista

Windows Vista is the most secure version of Windows that Microsoft has ever developed. User Account Control (UAC) is part of Vista’s new security feature that aims to reduce the exposure of the operating system by requiring that all users run in standard user mode. This limitation minimizes the ability for users to make changes that could destabilize their computers or inadvertently expose the network to viruses through undetected malware that has infected their computer.

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How to Tweak Windows XP for Gaming

Here are some great tips on how to tweak Windows XP for gaming. I have not tried it, so do not know how effective it is. Please let me know if you try it.

Anyways here are some tips on how to Tweak Windows XP. More tweaks can be found on my Tweaks Category

Happy Tweaking :-)



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How to boost your Internet Bandwith

Using this guide you will be able to get some significant increase in your Internet Bandwith. Tweaks include QoS tweaking, Host Resolution Priority Tweaking and many more. Give it a try and let me know what you think.



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How to Speedup and Secure your PC

Windows XP has a lot of services, some of which are not needed for normal use. To speed up and increase your systems security, disable these services.

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TuneUp’s RegistryCleaner is the best

Over the past years I have tried several registry cleaners but nothing compares to the Regisry Cleaner by TuneUp. The program is both user friendly and powerful at the same time.

You can use it to quickly and thoroughly remove the unneeded entries left over when you install and remove programs and when you work with your computer every day.

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383 registry tweaks for Windows XP

I just found this cool site that contains 383 registry tweaks for Windows XP. The tweaks includes removing/deleting sticky keys, setting RDP port number and other tons of modifications to start menu behavior and many more.

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10 ways to optimize Firefox

Everybody who enjoys customizing Firefox has probably used several extensions and might have even experienced slower performance and memory hogging. Though Firefox has long been accused of leaking memory, there are simple ways to reduce RAM usage and increase speed. Here are a few extensions and tips designed to lighten your load.

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10 Ways To Speed Up Windows

I just found a good article on digg that lists 10 great ways of speeding up your Windows. I have mentioned most of these tweaks before on this site. But it’s still a good read.

Check my tweak section, to find more ways to speed up your system.



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Most Popular in the 'Tweaks' Category


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  2. Improve Windows XP boot speed
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  4. How To Speed Up Windows XP
  5. How To Enable Hidden Boot Screen in Windows Vista
  6. Using xp-AntiSpy
  7. 10 ways to optimize Firefox
  8. Faster Windows
  9. How to Speedup and Secure your PC
  10. Optimizing the Page File