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The current Windows operating systems are far from perfect, One is 7 years old and the other is.. well..
Enter Xpy, to take care of your tweaking needs!
Xpy allows you to tweak a number of Windows settings easily. All you have to do is place a check mark next to the setting you wish to change and then hit “next” and Xpy will take care of the rest. There are a number of other features that make Xpy a tool worth having, however first le’ts have a look at some of the settings you can tweak with Xpy.
The tweaks are classified into several categories:
General- Services
- Internet Explorer
- Windows Media Player
- Windows Messenger
- Windows Desktop Search
- Usability
- Delete Files
And they range from “Enable delete pagefile at shutdown” to “disable selected services” to “Increase maximum connections in Internet Explorer” to “Disable DRM for imported music in WMP” to “Disable balloon popups, Autorun, Desktop Cleanup” to “Deleting Recycle Bin, My Documents, My Computer shortcuts” and much much more.
There are a couple of interesting features that I really like in Xpy.
It allows you to save all the tweaks that you made on the system in a file. Just use Xpy with /file switch and it creates a settings file on the desktop. Next time provide the file as an argument and boom all your settings are applied! This is especially useful if you have to re-install the system or you are responsible for maintaining a number of computers.
Secondly it allows you to restore any changes you made to the system using Xpy. When you run Xpy, after you have applied the tweaks, it gives you the option to restore previous settings or go ahead with further tweaking.
Thirdly it’s portable (doesn’t require an install) and always ready to use!
A Mention: The Xpy icon looks scary. It looks as if double-clicking the icon will unleash a wrath of the Devil on your system. Some anti-virus programs may also show it as a suspicious file but as the Xpy page says: “Xpy is not evil, it’s a problem with all NSIS compiled software, but if you are the suspicious type you can always have a look at the source code (SourceForge and Google Code) and build a binary yourself!”
Do you use such software to tweak your system? Or do you prefer editing the registry manually instead? Know of other similar tools? Let us know in the comments!
(By) Varun Kashyap - Programmer, Blogger and Tech enthusiast, who blogs about tips, tricks, tutorials, latest on the web on his TechCrazy Blog
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