Tweaks

In the latest LifeHacker “top five,” they looked at the top Windows 7 tweaking applications. These third-party utilities let advanced users edit, hack and tweak additional settings not available through the Windows UI as well as centralize other settings in one interface for easy access. Included…

When I first heard about the 7 Taskbar Tweaker software via the DownloadSquad.com blog, I wondered why anyone would ever want to change the Windows 7 taskbar. I mean, I personally love how the taskbar operates by default. But I suppose there are some people out there who are lamenting about why the…

The Windows Access Panel is a freeware download that provides quick access to several Windows 7 settings and features. Although the application only links to built-in Windows programs, its goal is to make it easier to actually get to these apps which are often buried deep in menus, requiring…

Just when I thought we had all the Windows 7 tweaking utilities covered, yet another application appears on the scene. From the creators of the popular Vista tweaker, TweakVI, comes a new application called simply “Tweak-7.” Although still in beta, the application is available for everyone to try…

Would you like to have a calendar on your desktop, embedded right into your wallpaper? If so, you’ll want to check out the online utility from Big Huge Labs simply called  “Wallpaper.” After visiting their site, you can create your own specialized wallpaper by browsing for a image file on your…

As we’ve mentioned before, there’s a hidden feature in Windows 7 that lets you customize your logon screen background to an image of your choosing. Power users probably had no difficulties following those instructions, but a free utility from Tweaks.com made the process even easier. Now there’s…

The DownloadSquad blog recently posted a list of 7 different utilities that let you tweak and change the various settings in Windows 7. It’s surprising that there are so many software programs already available, considering that the OS hasn’t even publicly launched yet. I have to admit, I haven’t…

WinVistaClub’s Ultimate Windows Tweaker software has just been updated with 20 more tweaks for users of Windows Vista. However, it seems that Windows 7 Beta testers can use this application to do a bit of tweaking of their own, too. According to DownloadSquad, they tried UWT on their Windows 7…

Remember how I told you that you could add Wikipedia to your choices in Windows Vista's default search? Well, there are other ones you can add, too, like these: Live Search: http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=%+IMDB: http://search.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=%+Dictionary Search:…