SetteMaxer is a free tool that assists to tweak, optimize and solve problems in Windows 7. You can now easily tweak some fields in Windows 7 without changing the registry setting yourself and avoid possible complications or errors.

SetteMaxer features:

• Optimize Menu Show Delay
• Optimize Wait to Kill Services Timeout
• Optimize Wait to Kill Applications Timeout
• Optimize Application Response Timeout
• Enable Auto End Tasks
• Enable Desktop Composition
• Disable AutoReboot on Crash
• Disable Task Scheduler: Disables Task Scheduler.
• Disable Remote Registry Access
• Disable User Access Control
• Disable Windows Defender
• Fix Settings for Windows Live Messenger

If some of the above features are what you have in mind to optimize your Windows 7 you can download the application at the link below. SetteMaxer is a standalone tweak tool, there’s no installations requires; you just need to run the application to apply settings.

Download Free SetteMaxer here

What if we want to play latest games or graphic applications and we do not have the latest graphic cards that it requires? The solution is 3D Analyzer.

3D Analyzer is design and created to overcome limitations posed by high requirement 3D Games and applications on several current mainstream 3D Cards. What it does is actually using part of your RAM as graphics card memory. For example, if you got 1GB DDR2 RAM, then it’ll use 128MB of it as a virtual graphics card.

It makes your system into believing it has Nvidia, or even ATi Radeon graphics card. Therefore, your games and applications will run in the mode they usually will (with the default graphics and such).

How to use it :

• After download, extract and install to a folder, run 3D Analyze.
• Click on Select, and browse for the .exe file of the game you want to run.
• Check all options under Hardware Limits. (Some games need to check only on “emulate HW TnL caps” or “force SW TnL” (under Performance) option to Run. Other games will only recognize certain 3D card brands and models. If so, enter the values of the given cards in the VendorID and DeviceID. Only 4 graphic card models can be emulated though, so experiment around with the 4 given value)
• Try running the game by clicking Run.

If your video card hardware features doesn’t match DirectX based favorite game’s minimal system requirements – you can look for those reading on game box and/or game readme.txt file – try to emulate those “moving” your graphics board into minimal category necessary to play it.

Download 3D Analyzer here

Using DNS basically enhance your internet connection, I suggest you to get brief explanation on what it can help you achieve by reviewing the post above. This time we are exploring ways to find faster DNS using Namebench.

Namebench is a new free Google DNS service to locate the best and fastest DNS available to you. Faster DNS usually leads to faster internet connection hence boosting up your browsing speed and load time.

Once you install it, Namebench couldn’t be easier to use. You simply load it up, hit the Start Benchmark button to test out a handful of free public DNS services, from Google Public DNS to OpenDNS to UltraDNS.

Depending on the number of test you run (you can set that), it will come back with the results in a few minutes. The results open in your web browser, showing you the first, second, and third best DNS options right up top. There are also a number of charts and graphs if you want to drill down into the numbers.

Namebench is a free, open-source download, works with Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux and highly worth a try.

Visit Namebench here or Download it here

Many are still hesitated to migrate to windows 7 as compatibility issue or even data and programs transfer issue. I personally understand that as I was a bit hesitated to migrate earlier on but I do recommend it as Windows 7 is slightly faster than Vista.

Nevertheless you can still have Windows 7 cool interface with Transformation Pack below while maintaining your OS with everything intact. Thanks to Deviantart artist- Sagorpirbd, Vishal-Gupta and Sid-Crafty.

Theme or Transformation Pack For Vista

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Download Windows Se7en for Vista-FINAL here

To install just unpack ‘Windows Se7en ‘ folder & copy to ‘C:\Windows\Resources\Themes’ (where C is the partition with Windows installed)
Now you can change the visual style by clicking any .msstyle file or apply the theme options.
To change the start menu look like windows 7 first take ownership your explorer.exe
then rename it explorer.old then copy my explorer.
Now go to control panel open power options & set your pc power setting to ballance
and the left button “Power Button” to “Shut Down” mode.
Finally logoff & login and see the changes.

Theme or Transformation Pack For XP

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Download SevenVG Refresh with Superbar here

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Download Windows7 RTM Aero theme for XP here
This theme will work for only 1024×768 monitor resolution screens with the wallpaper in stretched position.

It contains Registry Cleaner, RAM Optimizer, Disk Cleaner, Disk Usage Analyzer, Process Manager, Startup Manager, Registry Defragmenter, Uninstall Manager, Track Cleaner and System Information.

Its Windows Secrets module provides you access to more than 100 hidden Windows settings tools to tweak your Desktop, Start menu, Control Panel, Network & Internet, Special folders, User Accounts and Windows Explorer.

And with Virtual Desktop module lets you run as many as four different virtual desktops at once, so you can play with wide range of looks and configurations.

TweakNow PowerPack also gives you a complete picture of all aspects of your computer’s hardware, including detailed information about your motherboard, processor, video card, memory, hard disk and network.

The versions have enhanced support for Windows 7 as well. Since it’s a freeware and with wide range of useful capabilities, I do recommend it to keep your system at best stage.

Download Free TweakNow PowerPack here

You can always be at ease as there’s plenty of freeware that can help with fixing windows error. I am going to suggest the following free system tool as it has high user rating hence making it more trustworthy on fixing errors among others.

Introducing FixAuto 1.1.7

FixAuto is a system tool from tdtfix.blogspot.com that can easily fix system errors. It has straight forward interface so you can perform your chosen task easily. Additionally it contains various practical applications for your advantage.

Fix system errors

• Fix lost Task management
• Fix lost msconfig.exe
• Fix lost regedit.exe
• fix lost command in control panel (in Fix other key)

Fix network errors

• Fix internet explorer: Can’t change home page
• Fix Network can’t detect DHCP, WINS, IP, DNS (not with Vista)
• Fix Debugger: Some virus block antivirus by Debugger.

With USB

• You can Disable write to flash disk
• Enable or disable detect flash disk

Vista UAC Control

• Enable and Disable User Account Control option

Block Function

• Block autorun.inf files
• Turn on and off for all autoplays for integrity
• Fake autorun.inf and autorun.ini (FixAuto will create autorun.inf and autorun.ini with 0KB and set permission to deny. The autorun.ini files will be created in c:\windows and c:\windows\system32)

Block function main purpose is to block variety of viruses that able to attack a protected computer by creating an autorun files. By using FixAuto 1.1.7 block function, you can now easily block various types of viruses.

Download FixAuto 1.1.7 here

Please note that UAC function is not perfect yet. After uninstall FixAuto, fake autorun.inf file might still be intact in your system. To delete it :

1. Go to Folder Option->View tab->Select Show hidden file
2. Select autorun.inf
3. Right click and select Take Ownership
4. Delete autorun.inf

or use Unlocker and select delete, get Unlocker at Cannot delete file – Solution

If you do not know what is DNS, visit post on Internet Speed and openDNS here

I personally found that using Google Public DNS is slightly faster than openDNS. To use this service all you need to do is change your DNS setting to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. There’s two ways you can do this, either manually or by using Google DNS Helper. As always I will state both ways so you can choose.

Manual steps to set Google Public DNS in Windows:

For Windows XP:
Go to My Computer -> My Network Places -> Network Connection

For Windows Vista:
Go to Control Panel -> Network and Sharing Center -> Network Connections

For Windows 7:
Go to Control Panel -> Network and Internet -> Network Connections

Once you have followed the above step for your Windows version, proceed as follows:

1. Right click on Network Connection and select Properties.

2. Select IPv4 and click Properties.

3. Fill it with following setting :-

Preferred DNS Server: 8.8.8.8

Alternate DNS Server: 8.8.4.4

Using Google DNS Helper 1.1

Google DNS Helper is a freeware which will automatically backup your current DNS setting and change it to Google DNS servers.

Software installation process is automated and with user friendly interface.With this software you can easily switch and restore your DNS with just a single click.

This is a recommended option if you are not familiar with computers. Be reminded that to use this freeware you are required to have .NET Framework.

Download Google DNS Helper 1.1 here

There’s many ways and tricks to bypass this ISP restriction and to access it is either by using proxy, Tor or public proxy server. But by using proxy is may incur a cost as the free ones are extremely slow, and of course the public proxy server are full of ads.

We would like to offer you a simple ways to bypass this restriction and browse your desire websites with optimum speed as what you have right now. The solution is simple, it’s by using Google services itself called Google translate.

Example of steps if your desire websites url is “youtube.com”:

• Go to Google translate at http://translate.google.com/#
• Enter youtube.com (any websites) in the text box and press enter.
• As for the language selection tab you may leave it as default.

You may now freely access your desire websites with speed. If you’ve enjoyed this solution we appreciate a comment or subscriptions to our Feed.