Totalidea Software has released a program called TweakVI which will let you customize Windows Vista without the need to dig through the registry. They do have a free version available that has the ability to tweak several different features but they also have subscription-based versions that you can purchase for one year at a time.
Here is an overview of what the software can do:
Activate hundreds of hidden Windows Vista settings, clean your registry, activate system and software restrictions, display detailed system information, create a 256 MB RAM drive, protect your privacy, clean your harddrive, manage TrueType fonts, improve your internet connection, optimize your CPU, optimize your RAM, manage system updates, and much more …
If you are like me you will want to checkout what the difference is between all of the versions. Unfortunately you can only compare using this chart because they do not have a trial version of the Premium and Ultimate editions (and the free version is cleverly named Basic).
I thought about downloading TweakVI but I’m not sure if I will really find it useful. I already seem to like Vista the way it is but I’ll be considering it.
These programs are always useful in some way, mainly to fix something, but boo on Totalidea Software for capitalizing on software that hasn’t even been released yet. Someone do the world a favor and make a free version that can change all the same settings to go along with my free Vista RC1.
I’m sure someone will come out with a piece of software that is just as extensive as their’s but they are just trying to make some money before those other people try to enter the market.
I would expect to see something released by the Vista team after it is officially released. Kind of like what happened with XP.