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XdN Tweaker 0.6.2

I just uploaded XdN Tweaker 0.6.2.

There are some minor changes from 0.6.0, including a new option to add/remove the ATI Catalyst Control Center item from the Windows Desktop right-click menu.

You can view the Change Log on the XdN Tweaker page.

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XdN Tweaker Released

i'm making an official announcement regarding the release of a little program i've been working on.

XdN Tweaker is the current name of the program. i started creating it as just a way of messing around with Visual Basic. right now, it works with the registry and makes a few tweaks and/or changes to a system running Windows XP (with the .NET Framework 2.0 installed).

you can download it here:
xdn_tweaker

here are some screen shots of the program (click the thumbnails to get larger images):

you can find different builds of the program in my VB section: programming/vb, and read the change log here: xdntweaker

i started working on the program back in 2003 with Visual Basic 6. later, i started over with Visual Basic .NET 2003. just recently, with the release of VB 2005, i ported the program over to that and have continued working on it.

its not meant to compete with other tweaking programs, as it obviously has far less options. i just wrote it to see if i could.

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Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2005 Express, free!

Microsoft has just released Visual Studio 2005 Express for free (free to download for the next year).

Visual Studio includes applications such as Visual Basic and Visual C# (C "Sharp"), which are used to create Windows applications.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/

A Microsoft program manager put things a bit more clear than what the VS Express site states:
"Until November 7, 2006, we are promotionally discounting the downloadable versions of Express to free. This doesn't mean that the product turns off after a year, but rather that as long as you download the product before November 7, 2006, you can get it for free and you can use it forever."

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updated xdn tweaker

jan 28th edit - the Reset Folder button in the Tweak program will cause it to crash. the program is expecting a non existent DLL to be in a certain location. i have the button currently disabled until i learn how to write some different registry routines. :(


i have a new version of my XdN Tweaker now. it's up to an amazing two features!!

you can grab it here

here a screen shot:

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