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Windows Vista Tips, Tweaks and Hacks
- Thread starter chaminga_d
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Here is the best freeware to tweak and optimize Windows Vista.
TweakVI
http://www.totalidea.com/content/tweakvi/tweakvi-index.html
TweakVI
http://www.totalidea.com/content/tweakvi/tweakvi-index.html
Enable hidden Boot Screen
Tired of the pathetic boot screen in Windows Vista? There is a cool trick that will allow you to see what may have been a new boot screen for Windows Vista.
Enable New Boot Screen:
1. Click on the start orb and type in "MSCONFIG" in the textbox.
2. Once the System Configuration tool loads, click on the Boot tab.
3. Under Boot Options check "No GUI Boot".
4. Hit OK and reboot to see the new screen.
Enjoy!
Tired of the pathetic boot screen in Windows Vista? There is a cool trick that will allow you to see what may have been a new boot screen for Windows Vista.
Enable New Boot Screen:
1. Click on the start orb and type in "MSCONFIG" in the textbox.
2. Once the System Configuration tool loads, click on the Boot tab.
3. Under Boot Options check "No GUI Boot".
4. Hit OK and reboot to see the new screen.
Enjoy!
TweakVista™ for Microsoft Windows Vista
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TweakVista™ is the worlds first tweaking utility written specifically for Microsoft Windows Vista™!
With the launch of Windows Vista the TweakVista preview program has ended. Stay tuned for the official launch of the re-designed TweakVista utility with new tweaks and utilities!
Tweak Vista makes it easy to tweak and customize Windows Vista Beta December CTP
TweakVista allows easy access to the new features built into Windows Vista, formerly known as Windows Codename Longhorn.
Please extract the files to a fresh directory that does not contain a previous build of TweakVista (or it will complain about .NET versions).
On the DWM tab, you can unleash the powers of the Display Window Manager, Windows Vista's fresh new user interface.
The Envionment tab allows you to view and customize environment variables.
The Search tab customizes the search engines available to IE7 and lets you add your own.
The UAP tab can be used to modify some of the prompts Vista displays when various actions attempt to execute on the system. For instance, you can enable a prompt for authorized credentials when performing a protected action.
This build of TweakVista has been tested against the Windows Vista December CTP (build 5270). Future CTP's may change in functionality and require a new TweakVista build.
Download
TweakVista™ is the worlds first tweaking utility written specifically for Microsoft Windows Vista™!
With the launch of Windows Vista the TweakVista preview program has ended. Stay tuned for the official launch of the re-designed TweakVista utility with new tweaks and utilities!
Tweak Vista makes it easy to tweak and customize Windows Vista Beta December CTP
TweakVista allows easy access to the new features built into Windows Vista, formerly known as Windows Codename Longhorn.
Please extract the files to a fresh directory that does not contain a previous build of TweakVista (or it will complain about .NET versions).
On the DWM tab, you can unleash the powers of the Display Window Manager, Windows Vista's fresh new user interface.
The Envionment tab allows you to view and customize environment variables.
The Search tab customizes the search engines available to IE7 and lets you add your own.
The UAP tab can be used to modify some of the prompts Vista displays when various actions attempt to execute on the system. For instance, you can enable a prompt for authorized credentials when performing a protected action.
This build of TweakVista has been tested against the Windows Vista December CTP (build 5270). Future CTP's may change in functionality and require a new TweakVista build.
Change Boot Screen (32-bit only for now)
There is finally an easy way (easier than before) to change your Windows Vista boot screen and use any high resolution photo as your boot screen. Using a great tool written by Dan Smith it is now possible to automatically generate the replacement language MUI file that contains your boot image files. All you need is two photos at 800x600 and 1024x768 saved as 24-bit windows bitmaps. Then follow these steps:
1. Download Dan Smith's Vista Boot Logo Generator.
2. Install and then run from the link in the Start Menu.
3. Hit Browse for image and select both the 800x600 and 1024x768 resolution bitmap files for your boot screen.
4. Click on File and select Save Boot Screen File as and save your file.
5. Next, you will need to replace the winload.exe.mui file in c:\Windows\System32\en-us with the one you just created. Before you copy in your new file, make a backup of the original. You will need to take ownership of all files in en-us as well as give your account file permissions to replace the file as well in order to copy the new winload.exe.mui file in.
6. The last step is to enable the alternative boot screen setting as shown in this tweak.
The next time you reboot you should see your new boot screen. If you have problems with Windows not booting properly, boot up with the Windows Vista install CD and replace the winload.exe.mui file with your backup.
There is finally an easy way (easier than before) to change your Windows Vista boot screen and use any high resolution photo as your boot screen. Using a great tool written by Dan Smith it is now possible to automatically generate the replacement language MUI file that contains your boot image files. All you need is two photos at 800x600 and 1024x768 saved as 24-bit windows bitmaps. Then follow these steps:
1. Download Dan Smith's Vista Boot Logo Generator.
2. Install and then run from the link in the Start Menu.
3. Hit Browse for image and select both the 800x600 and 1024x768 resolution bitmap files for your boot screen.
4. Click on File and select Save Boot Screen File as and save your file.
5. Next, you will need to replace the winload.exe.mui file in c:\Windows\System32\en-us with the one you just created. Before you copy in your new file, make a backup of the original. You will need to take ownership of all files in en-us as well as give your account file permissions to replace the file as well in order to copy the new winload.exe.mui file in.
6. The last step is to enable the alternative boot screen setting as shown in this tweak.
The next time you reboot you should see your new boot screen. If you have problems with Windows not booting properly, boot up with the Windows Vista install CD and replace the winload.exe.mui file with your backup.
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