Please uninstall any prior version before running the full
installation package.
Users upgrading from a 3.x version may use the internal update
feature located on the Options tab.
If you need a new unlock code for Tweaki
please see the unlock code instructions found here.
Version 4.x highlights:
Customize the look and feel of folders displayed in Windows Explorer
Locate and disable applications and utilities that load each time your system
starts up. The App Launch Manager even identifies and describes what your
startup items do. Now you can make an informed decision about disabling startup
items.
Save complex, multi file/folder copy/move operations to a profile. Run the
profile with a single mouse click.
Edit the File/Open dialog of Windows and MS Office
Finely adjust Windows XP's ClearType technology
Validate, fix or delete your Internet Explorer Favorites
Force the Add and Remove applet to also add and remove integral Windows
components -like Windows Messenger.
Create shortcuts to open Windows Explorer in specific folders
Delete or replace files in use by the system
Prevent unauthorized tampering of system settings
Force a Windows 2000 style search in Windows XP
Resolve URLs to an IP address and visa versa
Enable Windows XP Home Edition to join a domain
Tweaki's Undo feature lets you revert back to the original setting.
Bold or colorize features you have modified allowing you to see at a glance what
items are not set at a default value.
Not only can you apply Tweaki's features to the computer Tweaki is installed
upon -you can also apply them to any computer on a network. You can even apply
changes to multiple computers at once. No need to install software on every
computer -just connect to the computers remotely.
Changes/Corrections between version 4.3.4 to 4.3.5:
Corrected bug that caused the 'Edit right click menus'
dialog located on Win Tweaks tab | Internet Explorer tab to be blank.
Corrected bug that prevented creation of custom folder
locations for the Common Dialog editor (Places Bar).
Corrected bug that prevented the removal of the 'My
Network Places' choice from the MS Office Places Bar on Windows 2000.
Changes/Corrections between version 4.3.3 to 4.3.4:
Corrected bug that showed two Windows XP features as
available within Windows 2000 as well.
Changes/Corrections between version 4.3.2 to 4.3.3:
Added feature to adjust the USB polling period.
Added feature to remove the Active Desktop menu choice
from the Start Menu | Settings menu.
Added feature to customize the threshold where XP
begins grouping Taskbar items.
Added feature that saves your network configuration and
allows you to hotload a previously saved network configuration (NT based
computers only).
Added feature that removes right click functionality
from the Desktop.
Added feature to clear customized folder settings on
Windows XP.
Added feature that creates a shortcut upon your NT
based computer's Desktop for locking the computer down in a single double click
action.
Added feature for 48 bit LBA support.
Added feature that prevents Windows 2000 Server from
encrypting files copied from a client.
Added feature to force file rights ownership to the
Administrators Group on Windows XP.
Added feature that allows the user to hide logon
accounts under Windows XP when using the Welcome screen.
Added feature that determines whether or not your XP
system has the ability to play DVDs.
Added feature that allows Windows XP users to capture
reasons for shutting down the system.
Added feature that disables the Internet Explorer
Import and Export Wizard for Favorites.
Added features that hides the Notification area of the
System Tray on Windows XP based systems.
Added feature that disables the Logical Prefetcher on
Windows XP based systems.
Added feature that prevents modification of the System
Restore settings.
Added feature that forces the Windows XP search feature
to search files with unknown file extensions.
Added feature for modifying/creating Windows Messenger
warning message.
Added feature to disable low disk space alerts on
Windows XP.
Added feature to force Windows 2000 and Windows XP to
copy file ACLs between NTFS disks.
Added feature to disable the Network Bridge feature
(packet forwarding) of Windows XP.
Added feature that allows only members of the Power
Users &Admin Groups to install printer drivers.
Added feature to restore previous folder views at logon
under Windows XP.
Added feature to force Notepad to save window position.
Added feature that forces Notepad to remember
configuration settings.
Added feature for NT based computers to view files in
use on a target computer.
Improved error handling.
Improved driver detection.
Corrected bug that caused multiple NIC adapters to
appear in the NIC drop down window of the Network tab.
Corrected bug that caused a runtime error when clicking
on the driver backup list when no items were present within the list after
making a remote connection.
Changes/Corrections between version 4.2.0 to 4.3.2:
Corrected bug that prevented the Apply button from
properly enabling/disabling under all OSs except Windows XP.
Corrected bug introduced with 4.2 that caused load
failures under Windows 95.
Corrected bug in security templates that caused
duplicate listings.
Corrected bug in Share special folders feature that
produced a run time error.
Corrected bug that prevented the un-hiding of drives
previously hidden.
Corrected bug that prevented Apply button from being
disabled when no items are selected for modification.
Corrected bug that prevented the option "Disable
Clipboard Toolbar triggers" from sticking.
Changes/Corrections between version 4.1.0 to 4.2.0:
Added ability to remove right click menu items within
Internet Explorer.
Added security feature to disable Word XP's ability to
display HTTP images within a document.
Added feature to allow Internet Explorer to connect to
URLs with foreign characters (multi-byte).
Added security feature for Internet Explorer to prevent
the caching of SSL pages.
Added feature to disable the move of deleted files into
the Recycle Bin (they can now be deleted permanently).
Added security feature to disable the encrypting file
system (EFS) on Windows 2000 and higher.
Changes/Corrections between version 4.0.3 to 4.1.0:
Fixed bug in Scancode mapper.
Fixed bug that prevented the "'Disable Shortcut to'
prefix" feature from working in Windows XP.
Fixed bug that did not disable unsupported
functionality in the Restrict Applications feature under certain OSs.
Fixed bug that prevented the display of logon
credentials on supported OSs that have IE6 installed.
Fixed bug that occasionally prevented right click
ability to discern a long path from a short path.
Fixed bug that sized the Auto Logon window improperly
when remotely connected.
Fixed bug that prevented Auto Logon from working with
remote computers.
Fixed WhistlerShellState bug.
Added ability to display logon credentials via My
Computer icon under Windows XP.
Added ability to set the ActiveWindowTimeout value for
X-Mouse support (X-Mouse activation delay).
Added ability to remove Control Panel, Printers and
Network settings from the Settings menu item of Control Panel (Remove 'Taskbar
and Start Menu' from Control Panel).
Added security feature for Outlook 2000/XP to ensure
deleted data is removed from *.pst & *.ost files (Remove deleted information
from Outlook).
Added security feature that disables processing of HTML
scripts that are contained within Windows Media files (Disable processing of
HTML scripts in Media Files).
Added security feature that blocks access to the
component uninstall feature of Add/Remove Programs (Remove Add/Remove
Windows Components Button on Add/Remove Programs dialog).
Added security feature to disable Windows XP internal
CD-ROM burning capabilities (Disable CD Burning).
Added security feature to block access to Task
Scheduler (Block user access to Task Scheduler).
Added security feature to hide the Themes tab of the
Display applet (Hide the Themes settings page).
Added security feature to remove the General and
Details printer tabs (Remove the General and Details printer tabs).
Added security feature to force the display of the
classic Start Menu in Windows XP (Force classic display of Start Menu).
Added security feature to remove the pinned programs
list from the Start Menu (Remove pinned programs list from the Start Menu).
Add security feature to prohibit change of the My
Pictures shell folder (Prohibit change of the My Pictures user shell folder).
Add security feature to prohibit change of the My Music
shell folder (Prohibit change of the My Music user shell folder).
Add security feature to prohibit change of the
Favorites shell folder (Prohibit change of the Favorites user shell
folder).
Added security feature to remove the My Network Places
item from the Start Menu (Remove Network Places from the Start Menu).
Added security feature to remove the "Eject PC" option
and disable the ability to undock a laptop (Disable and remove the Undock PC
command).
Added security feature to prevent Windows Messenger
from running (Do not allow Windows Messenger to run).
Added security feature to prevent Windows Messenger
from using collaboration apps (Disable collaboration applications).
Added security feature to disable file transfers within
Windows Messenger (Disable file transfers).
Added security feature to prevent computer-to-computer
voice in Windows Messenger (Disable computer-to-computer voice).
Added security feature to disable the computer-to-phone
feature in Windows Messenger (Disable computer-to-phone).
Added security feature to disable the video feature in
Windows Messenger (Disable video).
Added security feature to disable the background
download capabilities in Windows Messenger (Disable background download).
Added security feature to disable the auto update
feature in Windows Messenger (Disable auto update).
Added security feature PreventConsumerVersion in
Windows Messenger (Prevent consumer version).
Added feature to force the classic style display of
Control Panel (Force classic display of Control Panel).
Added feature that shows all hidden devices, whether
connected or not, within Device Manager (Show all hidden devices in Device
Manager).
Added feature that allows the user to backup or save
all of the files associated with each of the system's drivers (Drivers Tab).
Add feature to disable Windows XP's built-in zip
manager.
Added feature to disable the 'Install Program as other
user' dialog box in Windows XP (Disable 'Install Program As Other User' dialog
box).
Added feature for Outlook 2002 that returns the Address
bar to its default location (Restore Address bar to default location).
Added feature to force the display of email in Outlook
2002 as plain text (Force display of messages in plain text).
Added feature for quick, prefix searches on popular web
sites (Win Tweaks tab | Internet Explorer tab | Search Prefixes).
Added security feature to prevent Windows Media Player
from downloading and installing updates (Disable internal check for updates).
Added feature to run Windows Update installations in
debugging mode (Run Windows Update downloads in debugging mode).
Added feature to force Windows 2000 to resolve paths
using NetBT first instead of the default of DNS (Use DNS name resolution before
NetBT (WINS)).
Added feature that discloses whether a Windows
installation is a clean install or from a previous version of Windows (Debug
Tab).
Added feature that disables the PC Card warning message
displayed when a PC Card is removed from the socket without first being stopped
(Disable PCMCIA Card removal messages).
Added feature to remove the hand icon that appears on
shared resources (Remove the Hand Icon for shared resources).
Added feature that controls the SpeedStep Technology on
upgraded versions of Windows XP.
Added feature to disable the network adapter's onboard
processor (Disable the network adapter onboard processor).
Added feature to adjust number of times NETBIOS
broadcasts a query without receiving a response (Num times NETBIOS broadcasts a
query without receiving a response).
Added feature to remove the My Computer selection from
the Start Menu and Desktop (Remove My Computer from the Desktop and Start Menu).
Added feature to remove the My Pictures selection from
the Start Menu and Desktop (Remove My Pictures from the Desktop and Start
Menu).
Added feature that displays Start Menu shortcuts to
partially installed programs in gray (Gray Start Menu shortcuts that point to
partially installed programs).
Added feature that customizes the maximum number of
shortcuts on the Documents Start Menu choice (Max num of recent documents).
Added feature to remove the user's name from the top of
the XP style Start Menu (Remove user name from Start Menu).
Added feature to remove Windows Messenger integration
from Internet Explorer (Remove Windows Messenger from Internet Explorer).
Added feature to ignore customized search bar values in
Internet Explorer (Ignore customized search bar values).
Added feature to prevent IE from resizing images
(Disable auto image resize).
Added feature to create right click menu choice for
opening IE shortcuts in new windows (Add menu option to open shortcuts in a new
window).
Added feature to disable error reporting within
Internet Explorer (Disable error reporting).
Added feature to disable AGP support in Direct X
(Disable AGP support).
Added feature that disables MMX extension support in
DirectDraw (Disable MMX processor extensions).
Added feature that disables wider surfaces support in
DirectDraw (Disable wider surfaces).
Added feature to disable dual-head video card debugging
(Disable dual-head video card debugging).
Added feature to enable the Print Screen key to capture
current window (Enable Print Screen capture).
Added feature that displays frame rates for DirectDraw
software (Display frame rate).
Added feature to disable video memory locks (Disable
long duration locks on video memory).
Added feature to force use of long video memory locks
(Force use of long duration locks on video memory).
Added feature to enable software emulation in
DirectDraw (Enable software emulation layer for older video cards).
Added feature to disable enhanced Direct3D features
(Disable enhanced Direct3D support).
Added feature to disable hardware acceleration (Use
software emulation versus hardware acceleration).
Added feature to force DLL unload from memory (Force
Windows to unload DLLs from memory).
Added feature to enable DVD support in WMP (Enable DVD
features in Windows Media Player).
Added right click menu option to files & folders (Add
'Copy To' right click menu choice).
Added right click menu option to files & folders (Add
'Move To' right click menu choice).
Added right click menu option to files & folders (Add
'Send To' right click menu choice).
Added feature to enable ClearType on the Welcome screen
(Enable ClearType on the Welcome screen).
Changes/Corrections between version 4.0.0 to 4.0.3:
Addresses an issue that, for some users, caused Tweaki to load very slowly.
Enables the option, "Set Workstation size cache to Server size cache"
Enables the option, "Remove hidden, default admin shares"
Corrects bug with setting the Word document cache and bitmap cache
Corrects help file that explains the Word document cache and bitmap cache
Adds additional boot.ini switch information to the Help file
Corrects bug that prevented access to some of the MS Office tweaks if shares
were not present on the computer
Corrected bug with Right Click Wizard that prevented creation of multiple
right click menu choices for same file extension
Corrected bug with Right Click Wizard that caused multiple items to be
selected in the file extension list when at least one right click menu had been
created
If the Tahoma font is not installed Tweaki provided an old URL for user to
download and install font
Corrected bug that prevented a Windows 9x based computer from connecting to a
Windows NT based computer
Corrected bug that prevented the option to remove the "Network
Neighborhood" icon from the Desktop in Windows 98 SE and below from being
available
Corrected bug that caused Tweaki to loop whenever the option to print
drive/folder contents, copy long path to clipboard or copy short path to
clipboard was selected
Corrected Help bug that prevented topic sync and Help window size/location
from being saved
