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TweakUI also know
as 'Windows Powertoys' is a software utility that lets
Windows 9x, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and XP users modify
the desktop user interface and other system
characteristics to their liking. Using TweakUI, you can
change the menu speed, how windows are animated, and a
number of features about Microsoft Internet Explorer.
TweakUI allows the user to change settings that you
probably didn't even know existed. The information below
is provided for XP and 2003 Server users. |
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TweakUI 2.10 for
Windows XP and Server 2003 |
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Microsoft has released a
new version of TweakUI for Windows XP and Server 2003.
TweakUI, one of Microsoft's Windows XP Powertoys has
been updated to build 2.10.0.0 (The previous version was
2.00.1.0). There are some noticeable improvements in
this release, the summary below expands on the
improvements.
Windows Server 2003 compatibility support has also been
implemented, as well as reducing the file size of the
installer by 417 KB. |
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New In TweakUI 2.10.0.0 |
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General: |
Optimize Hard Disk when idle - allows Windows to
rearrange files on the hard disk to improve performance
when the disk is not in use. |
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Alt+Tab - control the size of the window that appears
when you press Alt+Tab. |
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Explorer: |
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Show "Encrypt" on context menu - will add to option to
encrypt/decrypt file(s)/folder(s) to the right-click
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Use intuitive filename sorting - when enabled, Explorer
will sort files so that, for example, File 5 comes
before File 10. Disabled, Explorer will use literal
sorting, in which case File 10 will come before File 5,
because 1 comes before 5 (literal sorting used to be
Windows default behavior before Windows XP). |
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Use Tab to navigate
AutoComplete - when enabled, you can use the Tab key to
move focus to the next item in an AutoComplete list,
when such a list is displayed. |
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Customizations - explorer remembers only a limited
number of folder customizations, you can increase that
number. |
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Slide Show - here you can set the time each picture will
remain on the screen when you play a slide show in
Windows Picture and Fax viewer. |
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Common Dialogs:
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Enable AutoComplete - enable/disable AutoComplete in the
"File name" edit box. |
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Taskbar and Start menu:
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Show name on Start menu - remove or show your name at
the top of the Start menu. |
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Show taskbar notification icons - here you can hide all
notification icons on the taskbar. |
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My Computer:
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Drives - show/hide drives in Explorer |
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Special Folders - relocate special Explorer folders
(such as CD Burning, My Documents). |
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AutoPlay - customize AutoPlay options for drives, types,
and choose/edit the "handler". |
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Drive Letters * -
select how drive letters should appear in My Computer.
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Internet Explorer:
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Autocorrect backslashes to slashes - typing http:\\ will
be corrected to http:// when enabled. |
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Include path search in address bar - when you type a
string into the Address bar, the local system will also
be searched for it. |
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Small Animation and Large Animation - lets you change
the spinning animation in Internet Explorer. |
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Image Toolbar - set the minimum size an image has to be
before the image toolbar will appear. |
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Logon: |
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Keep RAS connections after logoff - keep active RAS
connections active when logging off. |
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Screen Saver - allows you to set a "grace period", which
is the time that the screen saver will not prompt you
for a password when dismissed. |
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Access Control:
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Control various aspects of access permissions across the
system and network. |
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*
this Drive Letters section is mixed up as follows:
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Show all drive letters
before the label is in fact Show network drive letters
before the label, and show local drive letters after the
label.
Show network drive letters before the label, and show
local drive letters after the label is in fact Never
show drive letters.
Never show drive letters is in fact Show all drive
letters before the label. |
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Supported Operating
Systems: |
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Windows XP (Service Pack 1
and higher) |
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Windows Server 2003 |
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Note:
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TweakUI will only work
with US-English regional settings. |
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TweakUI is
not supported by
Microsoft |
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Download |
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32-bit version [147 KB] |
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64-bit version [224 KB] |
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Note: If you have the old TweakUI installed, you must
uninstall it before installing the new one.
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