All Posts Tagged With: "Tweak"
Run Blocked Startup Programs In Vista
Windows Vista is good for security, but sometimes it can go too far making it hard to run programs that you know are safe and not giving a way to run them in the future. The way it treats some startup programs is a classic example, frequently displaying an annoying ‘Windows has blocked some startup [...]
15Jul2008 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
Nero DriveSpeed: Slow Down DVD And CD Drives For Quieter Playback
I have to admit that it’s rare that I use my DVD drive, as I tend to use USB keys. However, whenever I have to use my DVD drive I hate the loud whirring noise that it makes.
I’ve just followed this advice to install Nero DriveSpeed that allows you to slow your DVD drive down [...]
Speed Up WordPress - 17 Acceleration Tweaks
After learning the hard way about traffic spikes the first time I got on Digg, I’m very lucky now that my mate Everton is hosting One Tip A Day for me on his server, so I don’t have to worry about my site being up.
If you do host your own WordPress blog, then you really [...]
Stop Applications Automatically Starting With Vista
I get so annoyed when I install applications only to find that other programs are installed in the background and set to run automatically at startup, without asking my permission. Major culprits are QuickTime, Adobe Acrobat, iTunes and anything from Logitech.
If you want to stop applications running at startup with Windows Vista, there are [...]
Tweak Windows With XdN Tweaker
There are many 3rd party utilities out there that let you tweak Windows, but XdN Tweaker, which works with Windows XP, Vista and 2003, is a bit different as it focused on those tweaks that aren’t that well known. For instance, Martin from gHacks discovered that the following tweaks were available:
30Aug2007 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
Speedup Your Windows PC
Making a few simple changes can make an amazing difference to the performance of your PC. Tweaking a few settings can give your PC a whole new lease of life, and also make using the internet even better.
Amit has pulled together some simple changes that most Windows users will benefit from applying to their [...]
20 No-Cost PC Upgrade Tips
Techlogg.com is my site discovery of the week. One of the reasons I love blogs is that they allow normal people to share their knowledge and expertise with a large audience. One great post on Techlogg.com gives 20 no-cost PC upgrade tips.
Techlogg is correct in their assertion that many PCs are not running [...]
Run Programs Automatically As Administrator In Windows Vista
Windows Vista has amazing in-built security, and although I find the number of popup alerts acceptable, what does bug me is that Vista repeatedly asks me the same questions. I haven’t quite worked out how to stop Vista doing this, but I have worked out how to automatically run programs as an administrator.
To do [...]
Optimize Windows Vista With TweakVI
TweakVI is a freeware program that claims to be the first to both both tweak and optimize Windows Vista. The free Basic version of TweakVI comes with 13 plugins that perform various functions. Other plugins are available, but they have to be paid for.
The TweakVI feature I like the sound [...]
250 Page Windows Vista & XP Tweaking Guides
My objective when setting up this site was to only posts and tips that take either 5 minutes to read or 5 minutes to implement, but today’s tip is too good to pass on.
TweakGuides.com publish what I would consider to be the Bible on tweaking Windows XP, which they’ve just updated as well as launching [...]
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