Looking to tweak and optimize your Windows 7 or Windows Vista installation? Can’t find all settings you’re looking to change? Here is a slick freeware utility to tweak your Windows 7 or Windows Vista (both 32-bit and 64-bit) installation. Ultimate Windows Tweaker is a TweakUI utility that lets you access all under-the-hood settings in one easy GUI environment. You can easily make changes without having to look for them under control panel or administrative panels.
With careful tweaking you can speed up your Windows installation by turning off features you don’t need and optimizing others. You can easily modify User accounts and UAC, System Performance, Security settings, Network settings and Internet Explorer settings. All this at a click of a button. The utility covers as many as 150 tweaks. I really loved this tool. I was able to get over the Windows 7 shut down and hibernate problems I was facing on my laptop. Moreover I feel Windows 7 on my laptop is much more stable now with a few tweaks here and there.
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Formerly codenamed Blackcomb and Vienna, Windows 7 is Microsoft’s latest operating system. Windows 7 was announced in 2007 after the launch of it’s predecessor Windows Vista. Microsoft claims Windows 7 would not vomit compatibility issues at the user and it’ll be an incremental update to the previous operating system from Microsoft. Windows 7 is believed to be more user centric than previous operating systems from Microsoft. Some of the major enhancements incorporated into Windows 7 are support for multi-touch display, brand new shiny Windows Shell with a shinier taskbar, performance improvements and a whole lot of sugary stuff Microsoft claims, just like they did in their previous operating systems. An operating system is like a woman in your life. Every new one is supposed to be better than the previous one. You realize the truth only after a passage of time.
I got my hands on Windows 7 Beta 1 (build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400), the one that is rumored to be released widely later during January. The Beta 1 is similar to the M3 versions released to the testers earlier. This beta version is quite stable as compared to the M3 releases and the code can easily qualify for a release candidate build. I’ve tested the previous builds and this one I must say is quite stable and a performance booster. I’ll be posting my reviews on Windows 7 Beta 1 every single day. Let’s start with the installation part today!
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