Tweak Out your System...

A couple of weekends ago, I went through the process of re-installing my System again.

One of the programs I realize that I just can't live without installing is TweakUI. It comes as part of the PowerToys that is available for Windows XP. This is what they say about it:

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Tweak UI
This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more.

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Well, that's pretty much what it does. The key things that I change are:

• The Favourite location, although I'm trying to do this via Group Policy


• The My Music location, again, I'd like to do this via Group Policy at some point


• The shortcut icon


• On some systems, I even use the auto-logon feature


• The menu speed, I like it to be a little faster


• The thumbnail size, for pictures, this is key for those digital photo people out there


• The slide show speed. sometimes, 5 seconds is just too slow, I like 2.5 seconds honestly


• I'd like to change the places bar, but for some reason, Office doesn't utilize this, so it's not that useful


• Finally, the templates, what you see when you right click and choose "New"

It's gotta be custom baby!