tweaks

I have a Compaq Presario V2000, which has only 512MB of RAM. I just so happen to have Windows 7 Ultimate as well, which takes twice that much. I've got a theory that Windows 7 can run perfectly with just 512MB of RAM, here's how I made my discovery: I was given Windows 7 Ultimate for free by a...

Windows XP free software,tips,tricks: How To Use Windows 7 Manager The Windows 7 manager provides utilities to optimize and cleanup Windows 7. You can tweak your OS to improve speed or system security. This software tool puts together over 30 different utilities into one location for...

Hi there I am running win 7 64bit ultimate going through a Linksys WRT610 v2 router. These are connected to gig capable NIC's (all computers) and cat 6 cabling. Being a nut about getting the best speeds for file transfer etc I was hoping some LAN/network guru's can jump in and suggest...

Ok first off how good is windows7:D Installed and running fine for a week as my primary OS. I'm a bit stumped, ever since installing it I've noticed the throughput on my home network isn't as good like it was with vista:eek: Odd I know because well know what that was like. I've disable...

Link Removed, it has many useful tricks and tweaks. I made it because i don't want to post 10 different topics :p I'll update it every day, suggest, I'll add them.:cool:

have just "blogged" this: I was having a discussion on another forum, and got fascinated by an observation another member had made. If you use the default desktop, the welcome screen only stayed for 2 or 3 seconds. If you customised the desktop, this deteriroated to, in the worst cases, about...

Hi, I have a Toshiba p205-s6287, intel duo processors, 4gb RAM. I am running Home Premium 64-bit. After doing some minor tweaks, my boot time is ranging between 67 and 87 seconds, as measured by the events view log. I am only running a few programs on startup, ie, carbonite, roboform, MSS...

I found it amazing that nearly 500 visitors have viewed my blog on Windows 7 registry tweaks..... where are they coming from? Google must be sending them because the other blogs have alot less visitors. Link Removed

Windows 7 is coming, thus, we can find the information about Win 7 is full of the Web these days. And the most popular question I heard are: is Windows 7 safe? Is it stable and fast? However, as most media says, Windows 7 is much better than Windows Vista, windows 7 runs much faster than...

I've been using the various versions of Windows 7 for about 8 months now, and was fine until just about a month ago. That being said, I have tried various tweaks and fixes suggested on both these forums and others, and have actually reformatted 3 times in the last 2 weeks. I am now using...

As the title states, I like to get a list of everything windows 7 user's disable in windows 7. Example: Hibernation Edit: Even hidden features that some do not know of.

I love a fast clean system that will focus all it's attention to the tasks I give it to perform. So I turn off or optimize all features that I don't need to run all the time. Here are the tweaks I start with. User Account Control When you are tweaking features you will be prompted to...

Ok, you have Windows 7, either the 32 or 64 bit version and looked over the new features and either burned the image to disk or set it up on a 4 gig memory stick and are ready to jump in the deep end and install Windows 7. My advice is to do a CLEAN install on a NEW hard drive. 500 gb drive...

Hello, whoever reads this... if anyone. I'm the former publisher of a newsletter I sent to subscribers for over 9 years. It was called Cracktalk. I've been testing Windows 7 and keeping notes of my tips and tweaks. I'll start posting one or two a day... so here goes... #1.. 1...

When I press the Start button, I would like to see "All Programs" opened directly (automatically). How is this possible? I've searched all day and installed some tweak programs but couldn't find the solution yet.

Found this while lookign around the web...nice little plugin for Winamp:- Link Removed - Not Found EDIT: already posted in tweaks section....doh!

i wonder while i was changing folder option where does it save ? i want to write a program with some optional changes with presets and other windows 7 tweaks but am not sure where all changes are reflected. registry ? files ? Can u guys point me to the right direction ? For example if folder is...

The Tweaking with Vishal web site writes up a quick registry hack that adds Recycle Bin, Network Connections, Admin Tools, or even Search to your My Computer window. The process works by adding a single key to the registry for each icon you want to add to the My Computer window. To add the...

I am reposting this under Desktop Customization as I feel the sub-forum entitled Tweaks, Guides, and HOWTO's under the support section does not get enough traffic and easily overlooked. I feel this is an important improvement for your desktop I'm going to provide a whole series of registry...

So whenever I move the start menu to the top it does this weird crap. I think the msn stuff in the shots should explain my frustration. If I move the line there down, the blur follows it but doesn't follow it back up! Link Removed due to 404 Error Link Removed due to 404 Error The only way to...