013 - untried portable vista tweakers

These portable vista tweakers have not been tried by me.

http://www.ajuaonline.com/software/vistatweaker/ is the home of version 0.5 Beta Released on: 2007-10-25 portable vista tweaker

It looks promising; it appears to use microsoft.net?? (obviously it is not for use on windows xp).

Vispa is another popular Vista tweaker. http://vispa.whyeye.org/

It is from the same maker as xpy (see also http://jcpma.blogspot.com/2009/01/010.html)

McAfee antivirus says it is an "unwanted program"?? (see below)

It is probably a very good program though.

012 - gasoline update 2009-02-21

gasoline update 2009-02-21

↑ 4 cents| The last 2-3 weeks saw gas go up by 4 cents/Litre. That is, from $0.839 to:

$0.879/L. (Gas station = safeway or coop)
↓ 2 cents| This week, the gas dropped by 2 cents/Litre to

$0.859/L.

This screenshot is from the FPS "cube" August 29, 2005 game.

http://cubeengine.com/cube.php4

011 - I tried Ultimate Windows Tweaker 1.0 Beta

I tried ultimate windows tweaker 1.0 Beta from WinVistaClub

Feb06-2009
As you can see Ultimate Windows Tweaker (UWT) will not work on Windows XP. It is made for Windows Vista.

The interface is simple. It has a similar feel to Power Toys' TweakUI for Windows 98 or TweakUI for Windows XP. Each category of tweaks is selected via the left hand
panel; there are 8 categories. (I include the "about" section as a category as it appears there are a few tweaks available in that pane.) Hovering the mouse-pointer over a checkbox results in balloon tips explaining the tweak. You either check the desired box or move a horizontal slider. It does not take long to enhance Windows Vista this way. It however took me more time to read about the changes and to decide if I wanted to apply them.
With my limited knowledge of computers and Vista especially, I still proudly was able to improve the OS to my preferences. I only changed the settings, using UWT, which I understood. If the explanation of the tweak was still foreign to me, I just ignored it. That probably is a good general rule to follow.

My mission was to make Vista less "pretty" & to free up some computing power/ resources that most-likely were being eaten up by services/features that were not needed nor necessary. The enhancements I undertook included some of the following:
Launch folder Windows in separate processes (Thus if 1 folder crashes, the others should remain ok)
Menu show speed
Taskbar settings
Internet explorer
Turning off the Aero appearance
Adjusting shutoff wait times dealing with apps/non-responding apps/services
Unload DLLs from memory
Turning off un-used services (eg.s):
Disable file indexing service
Disable Automatic Folder View discovery
Readyboost
Superfetch
Error reporting
... others etc. ...
Disable automatic restart after Windows Updating
Tab Browsing



It worked like a charm.

Pros:
It is a small, portable app (384 KB). It does not require installation.
(lower left) there is a button to create a System Restore Point before you begin tweaking. This is quite thoughtful!
Intuitive user-interface
Balloon tips explain the tweak.

Cons:
You must hit the "apply" button for each category. if you navigate to another category before doing so, you will lose all your choices for that pane.
The descriptions are short. not all tweaks are explained adequately for average "dummies" (like us).


download link for Ultimate Windows Tweaker:
http://www.winvistaclub.com/download/Ultimate%20Windows%20Tweaker.zip