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May 19, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

Featured Freeware: Tweak UI

by Seth Rosenblatt
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There's no doubt that the freeware Tweak UI is a tool designed for people comfortable and confident with mucking about in the guts of their Windows XP installation. If that's not you, we strongly caution against using this program capriciously.

However, if you're the kind of person who likes to get your hands dirty with XP, read on. Tweak UI can alter most of the routine behaviors of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, but it also can affect some of the more advanced ones, too. The basic interface belies the features, from customizing the Alt-Tab program switcher to removing the white arrow that appears on shortcut icons, from killing the autoplay feature for specific drives to configuring file and print sharing settings. Tweak UI is a must-have.

Seth peers into the deep, dark corners of software so that you don't have to. He has yet to suffer a single nightmare about OS/2. You can follow him on Twitter.
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by niitbhr May 19, 2008 3:03 AM PDT
it's great
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by lordmachiavelli May 19, 2008 7:54 AM PDT
So how do I access this??? I downloaded it, installed it, but it didn't place an icon on the desktop. There are no new folders in my program files. It didn't tell me where it installed itself while it was doing so. Where is this thing??
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by davetheant May 19, 2008 8:34 AM PDT
hit run, type TweakUI and press enter. It should be in the WINDOWS directory.
by Hartiq May 21, 2008 5:23 PM PDT
STARt / PROGRAMS / Windows Powertoys for XP/ TweakUI.
It should be somewhere like this.
Or you could try:
START - Run - and type "tweakui" (no quotes) into the popup box.
hth,
H.
by ipmccauley May 19, 2008 9:52 AM PDT
Great piece of software for those who know what it does.
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by yepperdepper May 19, 2008 2:30 PM PDT
If ya gotta ask ya probably ain't got no bizness mess n wit diz stuff

Yepper Depper
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