June 25, 2007

Windows Vista - Powertoys

Tweak Vista with TweakVI for Vista

Many windows users are used to the Tweakui goodies of PowerToys and utilities as such. It seems Windows Vista has been left out? Users are wondering where is the free tweaking utility for Vista? You might have gone to a 3rd party tweaking tool already, if you havent and are still waiting for Microsoft to release its official PowerToys for Vista, you can get some relief now.

New “unofficial” powertoy released

On Microsoft Technet there has been a new "unofficial" release of a PowerToy for Windows Vista
Once You Know, You Newegg - Called Elevate Command PowerToy. Essentially it allows you to run as administrator programs and command prompts. This gives you the proper privileges in case you are getting UAC issues when running simple commands or accessing certain system files in Windows Vista.

Click here to download the PowerToy directly
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June 13, 2007

Vista Compatibility tool

Microsoft has launched the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment tool.
You can download the version 2.0 Beta version now. The assessment tool allows you to see how much effort it will take to migrate from your Windows XP hardware to Vista by testing the hardware and device-driver capability of PCs against the OS.

Microsoft claims that "Through use of the detailed inventory data, the tool will assess and report whether the computers can run Windows Vista, where to find drivers for devices on the computers, and provide recommendations for hardware upgrades, where appropriate."

One major issue with compatibility is not only drivers and software, but the video card hardware demand Vista requires if you want use the eye candy effects and the Aero look

To download the tool you will need a Windows Live or Passport log-on and register for using the tool.

If you are curious to see what are the features in each version of Windows Vista, I have listed them here for you. [ Feature List ]

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