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Lifehacker's "Complete Guide to Windows 7" lists XdN Tweaker

http://lifehacker.com/5386953/lifehackers-complete-guide-to-windows-7

Yeah, it's near the bottom. Just do a search for "xdn".

This is the third time XdN Tweaker was mentioned on Lifehacker (which is one of the 1,000 sites in the world, and in the top 400 in the USA).

On the same day the Lifehacker page went up, I was contacted by someone from Italy named Giulia Giunta regarding publishing XdN Tweaker on the CD they include with the magazine "Computer Bild Italia".

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upcoming XdN Tweaker

I'm still working on the next version. I was planning on several new things. Something to hide the "Libraries" in Windows 7, something to enable the Regional themes and wallpapers in Windows 7, an improved AutoRun disabler, something else I forgot, and also a link to a nice Logon Screen background changer.

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programming madness!

"XdN Directions"

an update to a program i made *6 years ago* ...

XdN Directions

it sits in the tray and gives you quick access to address forms to look up something on Google Maps.

yeah, i *guess* you could just open a browser, then open a bookmark. but this program is for someone who may look up a lot of addresses.

the original program i made was because i worked with several people (mostly nurses) who needed to look up addresses a lot. i thought it was a pretty good idea to have a big shiny icon for them to go to get some forms for address entry.

this new program does what my old program did, and a bit more. it sits in the tray, out of the way, and will keep the address info filled in even if the "X" is hit to send it back to the tray.

its also easy to enter data. just double click the tray icon, start typing, and hit Enter for each field. focus is given to the first address box, and the Enter key takes you to the next one and so on, until at the last address box it then opens your web browser window and hides itself.

the permanent page link for the program will be:
https://xenomorph.net/?p=486

my XdN Tweaker program has also been updated to 0.8.6.2, with some new tweaks for XP/2k3

https://xenomorph.net/xdntweaker/

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running Vista? anyone want to try this?

i just uploaded a Vista-specific XdN Tweaker

0.8.5.0 is posted on my XdN Tweaker page

- remove Media Player items off right click menu
- add Windows 2000 style user account manager to Control Panel
- remove "SendTo" from right click menus
- remove ATI CCC from Desktop right click menu
- disable Zip/Cab folders
- add "Take Ownership" to right click menu
- disable UAC
- force Vista to treat all folders the same
- remove "- Shortcut" text when making new shortcuts
- change tcp/ip settings
- increase/reset folder views
- put Menu bar on top in IE7
- remove Search bar in IE7
- disable Windows Mail splash screen

all items have an on/off toggle to enable/disable all changes.

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updated xdn tweaker

i released an updated version of my XdN Tweaker program today. this version has some minor interface improvements, some new OS detection stuff, and a Windows Server 2003 specific tweak that turns off the annoying prompt on shutdown that asks for a reason for the shutdown.

you can download the latest version of XdN Tweaker from HERE.

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