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Windows XP users has had the Tweak UI Power Toy for many years now. Windows Vista users may have been a little jealous but, not any more. Vista users now have a free application Ultimate Windows Tweaker packs with over 130 tweaks into a single 345KB executable file. So tweak away you Vista users.

Ultimate Windows Tweaker v 2.0 is a freeware Tweak UI Utility for tweaking and optimizing Windows 7 & Windows Vista, 32-bit & 64-bit. It can simply be downloaded and used as a portable application to customize your Windows to meet your requirements. With judicious tweaking, it can make your system faster, more stable, and more secure with just a few mouse clicks. The tweaker detects whether you have Windows 7 or Windows Vista installed and accordingly offers you the relevant tweaks only.

The tweaker is a 345KB .exe file which does not require an install, but yet packs over 150 tweaks & settings. Simply download the zip file, extract its contents and run Ultimate Windows Tweaker. Please don’t detach Empty Iconfrom executable’s root, the Empty Icon is copied to system directory and referred in runtime.

Whats new in UWTv2?

- Revamped UI similar to Windows 7/Vista UI controls

- Improved: Optmize services, enable/disable services and start/stop as well instantly

- Added on System Information page
+ Version with build no
+ System Rating
+ Computer description

- Added on Personalization page
+ Disable Aero shake
+ Disable Aero Snap
+ Enable Jump lits and nos of jump list items
+ Sorted Startmenu with all Windows 7 items
+ Bing Search replaced Live Search in Custom Start Search
+ Use large icons on Taskbar
+ Disable Aero Peek preview
+ Group when Taskbar full is added

- Added in User Accounts & UAC
+ Welcome screen text and buttons’ effects
+ Set custom background on Welcome screen (OEM Background)

- Added in System Performance page
+ Trackbars’ Tooltip shows actual value in miliseconds
+ Improved “Menu action”
+ Improved “Enable support for 4GB of RAM on 32bit Windows”
+ Disable Windows Security Center service

- Added in Security Settings
+ Disable System Restore settings
+ Disable Change Color and Appearance
+ Disable to skip starting programs by pressing Shift key

- Added on Internet Explorer page
+ Reset IE to factory default button added

- Additional Tweaks
+ Disable Windows Startup sound
+ Disable pagefile (Virtual Memory)
+ Enable Large System cache
+ Delete pagefile during shutdown process

- Minor bugs fixed

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Most defragmentation tools only let you defrag the whole drive. Defraggler gives you the power to select individual files and folders to defrag. So you can get the job done in seconds, rather than waiting for the whole drive to complete. Of course if you want to defrag the whole drive Defraggler will let you do that too.

From everyone at Piriform, the company that brought you CCleaner and Recuva... we now bring you a file defragmentation tool... Defraggler!

It differs from other defrag tools on the market, by enabling you to quickly and simply defrag the files you want to, without having to process the whole drive. Simply run it, select the file and defragment in seconds. No more struggling with the Windows defragmentation tool!

And remember like all Piriform products, Defraggler is completely free for both corporate and individual use.

This version will install on PCs running Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista. 64-bit OSs are not supported in this release.

Whats new? (v1.13.155)

• Added quick defrag to command line version.

• Added option to view folder index entries in file list.

• Fixed bug related to excessive GDI objects.

• Fixed tab issue in search tab.

• Improved speed of moving very large files to the end of the drive.

• Several minor bugs fixed.

CreateInstall FREE is free installer for computer users of any level. The program has neither complicated settings nor many options. Nevertheless, it has all the basic features that you may need in 95% of installation packages. Let us take two example of how the program can be used.

Creating a self-extracting archive. Suppose you need to send large amounts of data or documentation to your customers regularly. It is much easier to send one EXE file to the user to be able to run it and to specify the installation path than to make the customer perform the additional operations of unpacking archives or copying files.

Creating a commercial installation package. CreateInstall FREE would be perfect for creating commercial installation packages. Your installation package can

• offer the user to read the license agreement and the Readme file, and to specify the installation path.
• unpack and/or copy the necessary files.
• save various values to the Registry and to the INI files.
• register ActiveX files and fonts.
• create shortcuts in any locations.
• include Visual Basic and DAO run-time files.
• create the uninstall tool.
• start additional programs.

In addition, you can

• use your own icons, logos and images in the dialog boxes of your installation packages.
• Automate creating installation packages due to the possibility of running CreateInstall FREE from the command line.
• Choose among two compression algorithms. PPMD will perfectly compress your data, but it will take more time to unpack it. The default compression is slightly better than ZIP compression and ensures the data will be unpacked quickly.

As you can see, CreateInstall FREE can be used for various purposes and at the same time it is one of the simplest and easiest to use installers. If you need new features in the future, you can always upgrade to the commercial CreateInstall that will convert your projects.

ShaPlus Bandwidth Meter remains in tray and displays the approximate bandwidth consumed for the session, day and month. This will be useful for people with limited bandwidth/month.

Features

• Option to make meter always visible.
• Transparency of meter can be adjusted.
• Option to exclude bandwidth during certain period of day.
• Shortcuts to enable/disable flash and images in Internet Explorer