Tweak-XP

This is not a free program but it is so useful I thought I’d include it. With this program you can tweak and tune 100′s of settings without messing with the Registry. When you install it gives you 30 starts of the program so you should have plenty of time to tweak all your settings, and if you like it you can buy it. They also have a program for Windows Vista.

Tweak-XP Pro bundles over 56 different utilities in one: Tweak-XP Pro was developed to combine both optimizing and tweaking features to increase the speed of your Windows XP PC. Here are some key features of “TweakXP Pro”: · clean up your registry with Tweak-XPs Registry Cleaner · create a RAM discdrive and load files as fast as possible · use Tweak-XPs DiscDrive Doctor to detect and fix harddisc problems · backup your Microsoft software activations · view and inspect files in your Internet Cache folder · restrict access to your startmenu items · improve the readabilty of your monitor: ClearType configuration · don’t let other people see what files you recently used: clear the ‘Recent files’

Here are some key features of “TweakXP Pro”:

· clean up your registry with Tweak-XPs Registry Cleaner
· create a RAM discdrive and load files as fast as possible
· use Tweak-XPs DiscDrive Doctor to detect and fix harddisc problems
· backup your Microsoft software activations
· view and inspect files in your Internet Cache folder
· restrict access to your startmenu items
· improve the readabilty of your monitor: ClearType configuration
· don’t let other people see what files you recently used: clear the ‘Recent files’ lists of lots of common programs
· remote-shutdown your system
· optimize and personalize your Windows XP with just a few mouseclicks
· tweak lots of hidden Windows XP settings
· customize the Windows XP startmenu
· tweak lots of desktop settings
· make the Windows XP taskbar transparent
· enable several hidden performance options of Windows XP
· block internet banner ads
· block Internet Explorer Pop-Ups
· configure Outlook XP security settings
· check the integrity of ZIP files and repair them
· create virtual discdrives
· convert your compressed folders to selfextracting .exe files
· tweak your CPU and display adapter
· optimize the physical RAM of your machine
· optimize the Windows XP cache settings
· optimize your Internet connection speed
· censor the execution of applications
· protect any folder on your harddisc and hide its content from Windows Explorer
· control what is started on Windows startup
· tweak your Internet Explorer
· display the internet history files and remove them
· rename hundreds of files just by one mouseclick
· generate passwords
· destroy files securely