Defraggler is a new utility I discovered recently, and it comes from the same folks who make CCleaner. One of the big benefits of this application is that it lets you select files or folders to defrag, not just the entire drive. I have used it on several Vista machines, and the defrag […]
January started the year off great, and going in to February, submissions to the .dream gallery just keep getting better and better. We have several .dream creators starting to make quite a name for themselves, and I am still very excited for what we will see throughout the year.
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I read this PressPass article this morning from Microsoft. Apparently Microsoft plans to reduce the prices on several versions of retail editions of Vista with the launch of SP1.
“Since its release, Windows Vista has seen solid sales through the first year of availability, primarily through the sale of new PCs. Stand-alone retail sales, while not […]
This past Sunday I discovered a trojan on my main desktop PC. Later on that day I discovered it had also made its way to my laptop. It had disabled some Windows applications, and just to be on the safe side I decided to just back up my data, and restore a disk image with […]
Stardock has released Tweakvista 1.1. TweakVista has become one of the most popular tweaking tools for Windows Vista. It lets users safely “tweak” various Vista system settings to let users get Vista running to their desired preference.
TweakVista 1.1 is merely the first step on the journey to let users start tweaking Vista themselves. […]
CursorFX is a free program that allows users to customize their mouse cursors in ways far beyond what Windows is capable of doing on its own. CursorFX is the replacement for CursorXP which only ran on Windows XP systems. CursorFX runs on both Windows Vista and XP, and updates the Windows mouse cursor engine to […]
For almost the past year, animated wallpapers on Vista have been exclusive for Vista Ultimate owners. Stardock DeskScapes was released soon after which brought some amazing enhancements including dynamic and triggered wallpapers, the new .dream format, and more.
The first beta of DeskScapes 2.0 has arrived for Object Desktop users. DeskScapes 2.0 will run on any […]
Stardock released WindowBlinds 6.02 yesterday. WindowBlinds allows users to completely change the looks and feel of both Windows Vista and XP by applying new visual styles.
WindowBlinds 6.02 is a maintenance release designed fix some reported bugs, improve skin changing speed, and add support for MyColors themes.
Users can purchase an enhanced registered version which adds additional […]
I recently showed you some really cool Christmas cursors for your desktop, so this week I thought I would give some recommendations for holiday logon screens for Windows Vista. The logon screen is what you see when you logon and logoff your Windows desktop.
It’s very easy to change and create your own logons using […]
TweakVista 1.01 was released this week. TweakVista is an enhancement application that allows users to easily and safely configure and tweak Vista to their personal needs. This is especially useful for more casual users as making changes can simply be rolled back so users don’t have to worry about disabling their computer.
Some of the features […]
