Archive for the ‘Windows Vista’ Category
Monday, August 11th, 2008 |
Bandwidth Vista is a modern bandwidth meter, informative and intuitive to use. Whether you are looking for network problems or simply want to test your network speed. Bandwidth Vista monitors all your connected interfaces at once including dsl / adsl connections, wireless router throughput and ethernet connections and holds a history of data transfers which can be viewed down to the last hour. This dynamic bandwidth meter also indicates the countries of remote computers that are connected to your system and maps them for you - quite an eye opener! Included is an Email Alert service, Voice Alerts, Ping Server Tool and a World map linked to Google Maps tracking each connected program on your system - This program shows real time transfers, including the percentage of your network in use and some nice graphs too. You can maximize Bandwidth Vista or you can keep it to one side while continuing your browsing or work. You can also minimize it to the tray. This software has a handy tray icon which keeps you informed of transfers as they are sent and received.
Bandwidth Vista 2 Requires the Microsoft .NET 2 Framework. Compatible with XP and Vista.
Download: Bandwidth Vista 2.1
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Monday, August 11th, 2008 |
If you’ve lost your product key, this is very difficult to recover if you will just look for it at your registry.
WinGuggle is a small application that can get your Windows Vista Product Key easily. No Installation is needed, Just unzip the archive and launch the application.
Features:
· Get Windows Vista Product Key (CD Key)
· Change OEM Logo and Information
· Change Performance Information and Tools OEM Logo
Download: WinGuggle 1.5
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Friday, August 1st, 2008 |
There are many reasons why you wouldn’t want your operating system connect to Microsoft’s server, be it for practical reasons, be it suspicion or simply idealism. Based on the source-code of the award-winning xpy (version 0.9.8), Vispa allows you to easily tweak your Windows Vista for better privacy and security, even system performance. Do a few clicks rather than finding the write registry keys or program settings.
The only recommendation I can give is not applying settings without vague knowledge of what you’re doing. Not every setting is desired in every environment. Vispa is no tool for beginners, just a more convenient way of tweaking your operating system.
Important: Some antivirus software might report Vispa as Spyware or a Trojan. Vispa is an executable written and compiled using NSIS, false-positives are unfortunately quite common among NSIS compiled programs. The NSIS development team is aware of this situation and constantly works with software companies to solve such issues.
Download: Vispa 0.2.8
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 |
Tune UAC - A small, easy application to configure the User Account Control settings in Windows Vista
Tune UAC reads your current UAC settings and displays the results accordingly in the initial screen.
Available features are,
1) Turn on/off User Account Control,
2) User Account Control behavior for Administrators,
3) User Account Control behavior for Users, and
4) Prompt for Secure Desktop
Download: Tune UAC 1.0.0
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Monday, July 21st, 2008 |
Vista4Experts is kind of a treat for computer experts who don’t want security center notifications, User Account Control dialogs, automatic Windows Defender scannings, automatic update installations (which cause you to reboot your system if you don’t react quickly enough). People who want MSDN (or google) set as default search engine in the Internet Explorer search bar, who want the start menu power button to shut down the system instead of hibernating it, etc. These and many more fixes are included in Vista4Experts. All of these changes can be discarded, enabled or reversed. Vista4Experts is the first expert utility of its kind and works on every platform.
This is a free software and so it is given without warranties, this means the use of this tool is at your own risk.
Download: Vista4Experts 1.2.0.1
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008 |
Realtek 3D SoundBack restores audio effects, including surround sound, reverberation, and spatial effects, for legacy game titles when running on Windows Vista..
Download: Realtek 3D SoundBack 0.1 Beta
Posted in Betas, Drivers, Windows Vista | No Comments »
Monday, July 14th, 2008 |
Tweak and Optimize Windows Vista with Thoosje Vista Tweaker, the first 100% free professional tool to Tweak and Optimize Windows Vista!
It has some great features and over 50 tweaks that you can individually apply to tweak and optimize your Windows Vista Without having the knowledge of Windows registry and system settings.
Download: Thoosje Vista Tweaker 2.0
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 |
nVIDIA System Tools package for nForce 790i Ultra SLI, nForce 790i SLI, nForce 780i SLI, nForce 680i SLI, nForce 680i LT SLI motherboards.
The NVIDIA System Tools installation package includes:
1. NVIDIA Performance Group (v6.02.08.01) add-on to the NVIDIA Control Panel
• nForce MCPs
– Enables system tuning and profiles for clocks, voltages, timings, and fans
– Includes support for Enthusiast System Architecture (ESA) components
– Displays detailed system information
• GeForce GPUs
– Enables GPU overclocking
2. NVIDIA System Monitor (v6.02.08.01) standalone application
• nForce MCPs
– Enables system monitoring for clocks, voltages, timings, and fans
– Includes support for Enthusiast System Architecture (ESA) components
• GeForce GPUs
– Enables GPU temperature monitoring
3. NVIDIA System Update (v2.00.41.05) add-on to the NVIDIA Control Panel
• Automatically checks for nForce and GeForce driver updates
• Adds ability to update your system bios
• Includes support to update firmware of Enthusiast System Architecture (ESA) components
Operating System: Windows XP 32-bit, Windows XP 64-bit, Windows Vista 32-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit
Download: nVIDIA System Tools with ESA Support 6.02
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Friday, June 27th, 2008 |
The Intel Graphics Media Accelerator graphics driver for Windows Vista is currently available for the following products:
Desktop Graphics Controllers
· Intel® G31 Express Chipset
· Intel® G33 Express Chipset
· Intel® G35 Express Chipset
· Intel® Q33 Express Chipset
· Intel® Q35 Express Chipset
· Intel® 82G965 Graphics and Memory Controller Hub
· Intel® 82Q965 Graphics and Memory Controller Hub
· Intel® 82Q963 Graphics and Memory Controller Hub
· Intel® 82946GZ Graphics Controller
· Intel® 82945G Express Chipset
Mobile Graphics Controllers
· Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family
· Mobile Intel® 945GM Express Chipset Family
Download: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator for Windows Vista 15.8.3 (32-bit) | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator for Windows Vista 15.8.3 (64-bit)
Posted in Hardware, Windows Vista | No Comments »
Monday, June 23rd, 2008 |
Cleanup Assistant is a set of 5 tools that help you keep a clean hard drive:
· Large Folder Finder
· Duplicate File Finder
· Drive Cleaner
· Privacy Protector (File shredder)
· Drive Wiper
Although Cleanup Assistant was built on and for Windows Vista, it still fully supports previous windows versions (XP/2000/2003).
Download: Cleanup Assistant 1.3
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008 |
Microsoft Origami Experience Pack is a combination of three programs that make your Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) running Windows Vista even easier to use. Upgrade your UMPC to Windows Vista, and then install Origami Experience Pack.
Origami Experience Pack contains these three programs for an Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) running Windows Vista:
Origami Experience
Access your music, videos, pictures, and favorite programs.
Sudoku
Play this popular game using a touch screen.
Touch Settings
Easily view and interact with the touch screen on a UMPC.
System Requirements
• Supported Operating Systems: Windows Vista
• Supported Hardware: UMPC
Download: Microsoft Origami Experience 2.0 | Microsoft Origami Experience Pack 1.0
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 |
Windows Search 4.0 (WS4) lets you perform an instant search of your computer. WS4 helps you find and preview documents, e-mail messages, music files, photos, and other items on the computer.
System Requirements
• Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 2; Windows XP Service Pack 3
Download: Windows Search 4.0 for Windows Vista | Windows Search 4.0 for Windows XP
Posted in Windows Vista, Windows XP | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 |
This download is a driver providing Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit support for Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi series of audio devices.
Download: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi series Vista Driver 2.18.0000 Beta (32-bit) | Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi series Vista Driver 2.18.0000 Beta (64-bit)
Posted in Drivers, Windows Vista | No Comments »
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 |
The Windows SideShow Managed Runtime 1.0 installs the runtime components that are required to run gadgets for Windows SideShow using the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.
System Requirements
• Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista Business; Windows Vista Enterprise; Windows Vista Home Premium; Windows Vista Ultimate
Download: Windows SideSHow Managed Runtime 1.0
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 |
iGetter is a full featured download manager and accelerator. With iGetter you can get the most out of your Internet connection (dial-up, wireless, cable, DSL, T1 etc.).
iGetter can greatly improve the speed of your downloads using segmented (accelerated) downloading. In addition it allows auto resume on broken downloads, queue filtering by various criteria, scheduling downloads for low traffic periods, auto redial on broken connection, auto hang-up and shut down on completion, and much more.
You may evaluate iGetter for as long as it is needed to decide if it suits your needs and if you want to purchase it. iGetter will show a shareware reminder dialog at every startup during this evaluation period.
Requirements: Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista, Mac OS X.
Download: iGetter 2.7.5
Posted in Mac OS X, Web/internet, Windows Vista | No Comments »
Monday, May 19th, 2008 |
In Windows Vista, Microsoft has decided to remove the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) for DirectSound and DirectSound3D. The HAL is the software layer that in previous Windows operating systems enabled an audio accelerator such as the Sound Blaster X-Fi to provide DirectSound3D applications with hardware accelerated audio. This enabled soundcards to perform tasks such as sample-rate conversion, mixing, 3D spatialization using HRTFs, filtering, and effects processing. Without the HAL, DirectSound on Windows Vista will be rendered in software with no advanced functionality such as EAX.
The audio changes in Windows Vista do not affect OpenAL however. For audio cards that feature ‘native’ OpenAL support, such as the SB X-Fi series of cards, there is no need to worry! Games that enable support for OpenAL will continue to run just as they do on Windows XP - with hardware accelerated audio and effects. A listing of OpenAL titles can be found at http://www.openal.org/titles.html.
Although OpenAL has arguably replaced DirectSound3D, particularly in many modern PC Games (e.g. Battlefield 2142, Doom3, Quake 4, Prey, etc.), there are hundreds of older PC games that support DirectSound3D and EAX technology. All of these games will sound empty and lifeless on Vista. As most DS3D games only enable 3D Audio and EAX if a hardware accelerator is present, most of these games will be reduced to a stereo output.
The good news is that the Creative ALchemy Project allows you to run your favorite DirectSound3D games on Windows Vista as the developers intended - with full hardware accelerated 3D Audio and EAX support! This is done by translating the legacy DirectSound calls into OpenAL. In order for this to happen, a couple of files need to be installed into each game directory. This is handled automatically by the ALchemy installer - but can also be performed manually by advanced users.
Download: Creative ALchemy 1.10.01
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Monday, May 19th, 2008 |
Windows Vista Language Interface Pack (LIP) for Windows Vista provides a partially translated version of the most widely used areas of Windows. After installing the LIP, portions of the text in wizards, dialog boxes, menus, Help and Support topics, and other items in the user interface will be displayed in the LIP language. The text that is not translated will be in English. You can install more than one LIP, so each user of the computer can display the user interface in their desired language.
Windows Vista Language Interface Pack (LIP) for English versions of Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Enterprise. Many Vista LIP languages are also available for Windows Vista Starter.
Download: Windows Vista Language Interface Pack 1.0
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Friday, April 11th, 2008 |
With IntelliPoint software, you can customize the unique features of your Microsoft mouse to fit your needs. Each mouse button including the wheel button can be reassigned to perform a command or keyboard shortcut such as Print, Close, or an application-specific function. You can also modify mouse settings, such as pointer speed and horizontal scrolling.
IntelliPoint even offers biometrics support for advanced identity management. If you have a Bluetooth mouse or keyboard, you will need to have Windows XP with Service Pack 2 installed.
The mouse software (IntelliPoint) is also available for the 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista.
Download: IntelliPoint 6.3 Mouse Software for Windows
Posted in Microsoft, Windows Vista, Windows XP | No Comments »
Friday, April 4th, 2008 |
Calling Number Delivery (CND), better known as Caller ID or CallerID, is a telephone service intended for residential and small business customers. It allows the called telephone equipment to receive a calling party’s directory number and the date and time of the call during the first 4 second silent interval in the ringing cycle.
Vista Caller-ID software seamlessly integrates with Microsoft Windows Vista to track and announce phone calls. It uses your Voice or Data MODEM and Caller ID service provided by your local phone company in order to identify who’s calling.
Vista Caller-ID is FREEWARE and very easy to use, normally requiring very little user setup.
Download: Vista Caller-ID 1.0.7
Windows Vista
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