Windows 7 Codecs (100% free)

Codecs have been a problem for most users at one time or another. This is because there has never been an ‘out of the box’ working solution that the average computer user could install and just have everything work properly from the beginning.

Win7codecs is an audio and video codec package for Windows 7. Windows 7 Codecs allows you to play all types of Video and Audio Formats on Windows 7.

The following filetypes are enabled and SUPPORTED by the installation of the Windows 7 Codecs.
amr | mpc | ofr | divx | mka | ape | flac | evo | flv | m4b | mkv | ogg | ogv | ogm | rmvb | xvid
All of the above filetypes can be queue’d to the Windows Media Player Playlist using a rightclick.

The installer will automatically remove most other popular codec releases from your computer before installing this concise yet comprehensive package. You won’t need to make any adjustments or tweaks to enjoy your media content immediately. Windows Media Player and Media Center will instantly recognize all your files as playable.

It does not contain a media player and it does not associate file-types. With this package installed you will be able to use any media player, limited only by the players’ capabilities, to play all movies and video clips. Streaming video is supported in several formats in all popular web browsers. Users of the Win7codecs have the ability to choose what is installed and where to install it using the public redistributable. After installation you can select to remove specific portions without removing the entire package. You can also re-add the removed items at any time.

MKV playback is fully supported including thumbnailing. You can choose any media player you want, everything will play.

Download: Win7codecs (Windows 7 Codecs) 2.4.3

Download: Windows 7 Codecs (Win7codecs) Beta

Realtek High Definition Audio Codecs for Windows Vista and Windows 7

The ALC882 series 7.1+2 Channel High Definition Audio codecs with UAA (Universal Audio Architecture), featuring five 24-bit stereo DACs and three 20-bit stereo ADCs, are designed for high performance multimedia PC systems. The ALC882 series incorporates proprietary converter technology to achieve over 100dB Signal-to-Noise ratio playback quality; easily meeting PC2001 requirements and also bringing PC sound quality closer to consumer electronic devices.

The ALC882 series provide 10 channels of DAC that simultaneously support 7.1 sound playback, plus 2 channels of independent stereo sound output (multiple streaming) through the Front-Out-Left and Front-Out-Right channels. Flexible mixing, mute, and fine gain control functions provide a complete integrated audio solution for next generation multimedia PCs.

Windows Vista and 7 (32/64 bits)

Download: Realtek High Definition Audio Codecs 2.44 for Windows Vista and 7

Intel Network Adapter Driver for Windows 7.

Installs base drivers, Intel® PROSet for Windows Device Manager*, Advanced Networking Services for teaming and VLANs (ANS), and SNMP for Intel® network adapters for Windows 7*.

Which File Should you download?
PROWin32.exe for 32-bit editions of Windows*.
PROWinx64.exe for 64-bit (x64) editions of Windows*.

NOTE: If you installed version 15.1 software, you must uninstall the software before installing version 15.1.1.

Download the self-extracting archive and run it. When you run it, it will extract the files to a temporary directory, run the installation wizard, and remove the temporary files when the installation is complete. All language files are embedded in this archive. You do not need to download an extra language pack.

See Readme.htm if you want to extract the files Without installing.

This download includes diagnostics. Separate downloads are available for the User Guides and other features.

This software may also apply to Intel® Ethernet controllers. Support for built-in network connections is provided by the system or board manufacturer.

OS: Windows 7*, Windows 7, 32-bit*, Windows 7, 64-bit*

Download: Intel Network Adapter Driver 15.1.1 for Windows 7

The Windows 7 Codec Pack has been created to make installing major codec’s, filters, plug-ins and splitters a breeze.

Special care has been taken to make the package:

· Play a huge variety of Audio/Video files.
· Free of conflicts.
· Cause minimal impact on system performance (Disk space used, registry entries and stability).
· Compatible in full with Microsoft Windows 7.

The package is easy to install, while also offering advanced settings to the high end user:

For simple installation select “Easy Installation”.
For advanced installation options select “Expert Installation”.

The package allows playback of almost every file type in existence, the only exceptions being commercial formats that require a special player.

Package Components:

● DivX Pro Video Codec.
● DivX h.264 Video (Decoder) Codec.
● DivX Web Player browser plugin.
● XviD VAQ Video (Encoder) Codec – Koepi’s Build.
● ffdshow Video Codec by clsid.
● Microsoft – Windows Media 9 Video Codec.
● On2 Technologies VP7 Video (Decoder) Codec.
● On2 Technologies VP6 Video Codec.
● Flash Video Splitter.

● AC3Filter.
● AC3File.
● Spdifer .
● Core Vorbis Playback Filter + OGG Splitter By Gabest.
● RadLight OFR Playback Filter – for OptimFROG.
● Lame MP3 ACM Codec.
● DSP-worx Bass source filter.

● Haali Media Splitter – For MP4, MKV, OGM and AVI container files.
● Matroska Source Splitter.
● RealMedia Source Splitter.
● MP4 Source Splitter.
● MPEG Source Splitter.
● AVI – AC3/DTS Converter + DTS/AC3 Source Filter By Gabest.

● VSFilter – Subtitle Reader.
● CDXA Reader – Also known as Form 2 Mode 2 CD or XCD.
● GSpot Codec Information Appliance.

Download: Windows 7 Codec Pack 2.5.0

Tweak Me! Is a new unique Windows Tweaking Application which supports Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7! Never has it been so easy to tweak all most used versions of Microsoft Windows using just one application. Tweak Me! has a modern user friendly GUI which makes it extremely easy for you to manage the most important tweaks which save you a lot of time when setting up Windows!

Compared to other tweaking utilities, Tweak Me! contains mostly tweaks which don’t just represent settings you can change using the ordinary Windows GUI. I spezialised on teaching it tweaks which are mainly not easy to achieve using Windows. Tweak Me! also differs between the operating system you use and just offers you the tweaks which are supported by your current system!

Requirements:
· NET Framework 3.5 (or higher versions)

Download: Tweak Me! 1.04

While one can manually edit the registry to make Taskbar Previews appear faster or increase taskbar thumbnail preview size, this freeware app lets you do so easily!

If you would to make your taskbar thumbnail previews bigger or you’d like the previews to appear faster, you can easily change the setting using Taskbar Thumbnail Tweaker.

Simply move the slider ‘Increase or Decrease the size of taskbar Thumbnail preview‘ to the desired position.

If you wish to change the delay time, move the slider ‘Increase or Decrease the delay time of Taskbar Thumbnail preview‘. If you want them to appear fast set them as ‘0′.

IF you like Text-only preview, check the Taskbar Thumbnail preview – Text only box.

Click Apply when done. Log off. Log on.

To restore Windows 7 defaults, click Reset button.

Taskbar Thumbnail Tweaker has been developed for The Windows Club by Ritesh Kawadkar.

Download: Taskbar Thumbnail Tweaker for Windows 7 1.1

nVIDIA GeForce/ION Drivers for Windows Vista – Windows 7.

GeForce/ION Driver Release 196

Version: 196.75 WHQL
Release Date: 2010.03.02
Operating System: Windows Vista, Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows 7, Windows 7 64-bit
Language: English (U.S.)
File Size: 89.7 MB/118 MB

Release Highlights

This is a WHQL-certified driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs and ION desktop GPUs.

New in Version 196.75:

• Adds support for Next Generation ION.
• Adds support for GeForce GT 320, GeForce GT 330, and GeForce GT 340.
• Upgrades PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0129.
• Upgrades HD Audio driver to version 1.0.9.1 (for supported GPUs).
• Increases performance in several PC games from v196.21 WHQL. The following are examples of measured improvements. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

 ·Up to 13% performance increase in Crysis: Warhead with a single GPU
 ·Up to 30% performance increase in Crysis: Warhead with SLI technology
 ·Up to 13% performance increase in H.A.W.X with single GPU
 ·Up to 15% performance increase in H.A.W.X with SLI technology
 ·Up to 30% performance increase in Left 4 Dead with single GPU
 ·Up to 28% performance increase in Left 4 Dead with SLI technology

• Adds SLI and multi-GPU support for top new gaming titles including Assassin Creed II, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Command and Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight, Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City, Mass Effect 2, Napoleon: Total War, and Zombie Driver.
• Enhanced SLI support for World of Warcraft and Unigine.
• Adds Ambient Occlusion support for Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, Need for Speed: Shift, Resident Evil 5, RUSE, and Street Fighter IV.
• Adds override anti-aliasing support for Mass Effect 2.
• Includes numerous bug fixes.

Existing Support:

• Supports GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with the new Adobe Flash 10.1 beta.
• Supports DirectCompute with Windows 7 and GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
• Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
• Supports OpenGL 3.2 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
• Supports CUDA Toolkit 3.0 features and performance enhancements.
• Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards.
• Supports NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on a dedicated GeForce graphics card. Use one card for graphics and dedicate a different card for PhysX processing for game-changing physical effects.
• Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

*Note: The following SLI features are only supported on Windows Vista and Windows 7: Quad SLI technology using GeForce 9800 GX2 or GeForce GTX 295, 3-way SLI technology, Hybrid SLI, and SLI multi-monitor support.

Download: nVIDIA ForceWare (GeForce/ION) 196.75 WHQL for Windows Vista and 7 32-bit

Download: nVIDIA ForceWare (GeForce/ION) 196.75 WHQL for Windows Vista and 7 64-bit

Right-Click Extender is a freeware utility which allows you to add some important items to the right click context menu.

Right-Click Extender will allow you to add or remove the following additional options to a File, Folder, Computer and Desktop’s Right Click Context Menu:

File and Folder Options:
- Option to add or remove Copy To
- Option to add or remove Move To
- Option to add or remove Admin Command Prompt
- Option to add or remove Encrypt/Decrypt
- Option to add or remove File List Create
- Option to add or remove My Computer God Mode
- Option to add or remove Hide File
- Option to add or remove Unhide File
- Option to add or remove Hide Folder
- Option to add or remove Unhide Folder
- Option to add or remove Take Ownership

Desktop Options:
- Option to add or remove Flip3D
- Option to add or remove Desktop God Mode
- Option to add or remove Control Panel
- Option to add or remove Task Manager
- Option to add or remove Administrative Tools
- Option to add or remove Registry Editor

Simply Check to add items to Right-Click Menus and press Apply. To remove the items, uncheck the box and click Apply. The menus also add’s icons next to available Menu Options. Some however, do not support this feature.

Right-Click Extender is designed for Windows 7, but should work with Windows Vista as well. While not designed for Windows XP some features will work with XP as well, but if you try it and you don’t find the feature added, this is due to certain features not being available for XP.

Download: Right Click Context Menu Extender for Windows 7 v1

ATI Catalyst Components Windows 7.

Display Driver and Catalyst Control Center for Windows 7 (32 bit and 64 bit).

For English, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Japanese, Korean, and Thai

Note: Note: All-in-Wonder™ boards operate with AMD Windows 7-Ready Display Drivers under the Windows 7 Operating System. However there is currently no software application which provides TV/Capture functionality for All-in-Wonder™ boards under Windows 7.

Download: ATI Catalyst 10.2 Components Windows 7 32-bit

Download: ATI Catalyst 10.2 Components Windows 7 64-bit

ATI Catalyst Suite for Windows 7 (32 bit) and (64 bit).

Package Includes:

 · Windows 7 WHQL Driver
 · ATI WDM Integrated Driver
 · Catalyst Control Center (32 bit/64 bit) English Language Only
 · Catalyst Software Suite (32 bit/64 bit) English Only

Download: ATI Catalyst 10.2 for Windows 7 (32-bit) | ATI Catalyst 10.2 for Windows 7 (64 bit)

Windows 7 uses its own DirectShow filters for decoding several audio and video formats. Using third party filters instead of the native filters is not possible without making changes to the Windows Registry.

Preferred Filter Tweaker for Windows 7 (Win7DSFilterTweaker) allows you to configure your preferred DirectShow filters with just a few mouse clicks. It is quick, easy, and changes can be always undone

If you for example prefer to use ffdshow or CoreAVC for decoding H.264 video then you can do so by using this tool.

This tool is particularly useful for the Microsoft players, such as Windows Media Player and Media Center. Certain advanced third party players, such as Media Player Classic, are capable of using third party filters without the need for this tool.

Important Note

The changes made by this tool only have effect when a player uses DirectShow.

Windows Media Player and Media Center use Media Foundation instead of DirectShow for playing certain file formats. In that case they will use the Microsoft decoders. Examples of file formats that are played using Media Foundation are: .m2ts, .mp4, and .mov.

Download: Preferred Filter Tweaker for Windows 7 (Win7DSFilterTweaker) 2.9

ASUS PC Probe II is a utility that monitors vital information in the computer such as fan rotations, voltages, CPU type, processor speed and temperature.

Operating system: Windows XP/Vista/7 32-bit and Windows XP/Vista/7 64-bit.

Download: ASUS PC Probe II 1.04.86 | ASUS PC Probe II 1.04.83 for Windows 7 and Vista

Windows 7 is fast and it is quite satisfying in the role of replacing Windows XP and Vista, but you can make it much faster and responsible with EnhanceMySe7en.

EnhanceMySe7en helps users to control many aspects of the system with maximum convenience.
You will get everything needed for maintaining Windows 7 in a perfect condition. The program offers tools that take care of the registry, disk space and its defragmentation, installed software, HDD temperature and all sorts of things related to system’s health. Also there are lots of other options helping to boost your system’s performance.

With a clean and simple interface it brings you an All-in-One set of powerful and neatly classified tools, settings and tweaks.

As a bonus there are some unique and uncommon options too.

Download: EnhanceMySe7en Free 2.5

A corrupted Registry, caused either by a bad software or malware or any other reason, can lead to your Windows being unable to open a particular file type.

If you find that you are unable to open particular files, identify the type of file and use File Association Fixer to fix file type associations easily, with a click!

File Association Fixer detects whether you have Windows 7 or Windows Vista installed and accordingly offers you the relevant fixes only.

To fix the association for a particular file type simply click on the file type association icon or name. You may have to reboot.

These pages contain the file association fixes for some of the most common file types. Currently the app offers 18 fixes for Windows 7 & 26 fixes for Windows Vista.

We always recommend that you create a System Restore Point before making any changes to your system.

Download: File Association Fixer 1.0 for Windows 7 & Vista

nVIDIA GeForce/ION Drivers for Windows Vista – Windows 7.

GeForce/ION Driver Release 196

Version: 196.34 BETA
Release Date: 2010.01.26
Operating System: Windows Vista, Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows 7, Windows 7 64-bit
Language: English (U.S.)
File Size: 98.1 MB/126 MB

Release Highlights

This is a WHQL-certified driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs and ION desktop GPUs.

New in Version 196.34

• Fixed a bug with v196.21 that prohibited GPU overclocking.

New in Version 196.21:

• Adds SLI and multi-GPU support for many top new gaming titles including Avatar Demo, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, City Bus Simulator, Dirt 2, Ferrari Virtual Race, GREED: Black Border, Mass Effect 2, Mortal Online, Ninja Blade, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Demo, Planet 51, RUSE, Serious Sam HD, and Wings of Prey.
• Upgrades PhysX System Software to version 9.09.1112.
• Includes numerous bug fixes.

Existing Support:

• Supports GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with the new Adobe Flash 10.1 beta.
• Supports DirectCompute with Windows 7 and GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
• Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
• Supports OpenGL 3.2 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
• Supports CUDA Toolkit 3.0 features and performance enhancements.
• Supports NVIDIA 3D Vision Discover, a complete, low cost solution to start your immersive stereoscopic 3D experience. NOTE: If you are using NVIDIA 3D Vision active shutter glasses, you must download the separate 3D Vision driver which includes the driver for the 3D Vision IR emitter.
• Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards.
• Supports NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on a dedicated GeForce graphics card. Use one card for graphics and dedicate a different card for PhysX processing for game-changing physical effects. This driver installs PhysX System Software version 9.09.1112.
• Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

Download: nVIDIA ForceWare (GeForce/ION) 196.34 Beta for Windows Vista and 7 32-bit

Download: nVIDIA ForceWare (GeForce/ION) 196.34 Beta for Windows Vista and 7 64-bit

SMART is a freeware utility which helps you tweak Windows 7 Services, based on the suggested configurations of BlackVipers.

It can simply be downloaded and used as a portable application to customize your Windows 7 services settings, to meet your requirements. With judicious tweaking, it can make your system faster, as you will be disabling services which you do not require.

Tweaking a system has to be done carefully, and more so in the cases of Services. A Windows service is a long running executable that performs specific functions and which is designed not to require user intervention. Windows services can be configured to start when the operating system is booted and run in the background as long as Windows is running, or they can be started manually when required.

You can always tweak your services manually individually, but what this utility does is automate the entire process to give you the desired settings. Based on the recommendations of the BlackVipers Windows 7 Service Configuration Guide, the utility offers 3 sets of pre- configured tweaks :

1. Safe
2. Tweaked
3. Advanced or BareBones

The utility has set the Presets to check for Service before applying Tweak. There is also a button to re-set services to Windows 7 Default Settings.

Download: SMART (Service Management And RealEasy Tweaking) Utility 1.0 for Windows 7

VistaSwitcher – Speed Up Windows Alt-Tab

VistaSwitcher is an elegant and powerful task management utility for Windows OS. Once installed, it replaces the default Windows Alt-Tab dialog with a nice box that shows a list of all running tasks with their names and preview snapshots and enables the user to take actions on them using the mouse and keyboard shortcuts. With just one click, you can switch to a task, minimize, maximize, restore the main window or close the process.

Main Features

 · Outstanding UI, semi-transparent backgrounds and antialiased fonts
 · Live window and desktop previews under Windows Vista and 7
 · Task list with mouse-over selection
 · Multiple task selection, tile windows vertically or horizontally
 · Minimize, maximize, restore, close windows and groups of windows
 · Compatible with UAC, works with elevated applications
 · Small and fast, native 64-bit version available
 · Multilingual user interface (Unicode based)
 · It’s FREE for any use!

VistaSwitcher runs under Windows XP/Vista and 7 (32-bit and 64-bit).

Download: VistaSwitcher 1.1.2

nVIDIA GeForce/ION Drivers for Windows Vista – Windows 7.

GeForce/ION Driver Release 196

Version: 196.21 WHQL
Release Date: 2010.01.19
Operating System: Windows Vista, Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows 7, Windows 7 64-bit
Language: English (U.S.)
File Size: 98.4 MB/126 MB

Release Highlights

This is a WHQL-certified driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs and ION desktop GPUs.

New in Version 196.21:

• Adds SLI and multi-GPU support for many top new gaming titles including Avatar Demo, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, City Bus Simulator, Dirt 2, Ferrari Virtual Race, GREED: Black Border, Mass Effect 2, Mortal Online, Ninja Blade, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Demo, Planet 51, RUSE, Serious Sam HD, and Wings of Prey.
• Upgrades PhysX System Software to version 9.09.1112.
• Includes numerous bug fixes.

Existing Support:

• Supports GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with the new Adobe Flash 10.1 beta.
• Supports DirectCompute with Windows 7 and GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
• Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
• Supports OpenGL 3.2 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
• Supports CUDA Toolkit 3.0 features and performance enhancements.
• Supports NVIDIA 3D Vision Discover, a complete, low cost solution to start your immersive stereoscopic 3D experience. NOTE: If you are using NVIDIA 3D Vision active shutter glasses, you must download the separate 3D Vision driver which includes the driver for the 3D Vision IR emitter.
• Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards.
• Supports NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on a dedicated GeForce graphics card. Use one card for graphics and dedicate a different card for PhysX processing for game-changing physical effects. This driver installs PhysX System Software version 9.09.1112.
• Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

Download: nVIDIA ForceWare (GeForce/ION) 196.21 WHQL for Windows Vista and 7 32-bit

Download: nVIDIA ForceWare (GeForce/ION) 196.21 WHQL for Windows Vista and 7 64-bit

SiS UniVGA5 graphics driver for Windows 7.

· Version: v 5.26
· Release Date: 2010-01-19
· Support Products: SiS671 , SiS671FX , SiS672 , SiS672FX , SiSM671 , SiSM671MX , SiSM672 , SiSM672MX
· File Size: 14,751KB
· Support OS: Windows 7

Download: SiS UniVGA5 graphics driver for Windows 7 5.26

Quick Restore Maker, a smart 1-click freeware app for creating a System Restore Point in Windows 7 & Vista.

Normally, to create a system restore point, you have to, via the Control Panel, open the System Protection box and then open the System Restore utility (rstrui.exe) to create a restore point.

Quick Restore Maker allows you to create one in a single click. The restore point so generated is named as ‘QuickRestoreMaker Generated‘ point.

Simply download and extract the content on the zip file and place the program folder in your Program Files folder and the shortcut of its exe file to your Start Menu.

Now anytime you are trying out a new software or are tweaking your system, click on the icon to create a restore point first.

It has been tested on Windows 7 & Vista, but may work on other Windows versions too.

Download: Quick Restore Maker 2

Network Activity Indicator for Windows 7 displays the old ‘two monitors’ icon in Windows 7 that flashed blue to show network activity on the System Tray.

Unlike the original Windows XP utility (that has individual indicators for each interface), this program indicates outgoing and incoming network packets on all available interfaces.

This utility is released as freeware.

Download: Network Activity Indicator for Windows 7 1.2