Here’s one for my Windows buddies. Wait, do I have any Windows Buddies? Oh yes, the gamers, thats right! To the point, do you hate it when windows keeps popping up little irritating tool tips and notices right in the middle of your spreadsheet or email, or when one of your applications slows right down because another application took system priority? Well then try Tweak UI, an essential tool from Microsoft for customizing Windows, is one of several unsupported tools from Microsoft that make up PowerToys. It 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.

With it, you can set your system to log you on automatically at start-up, complete with password entry; set Windows to let applications steal focus or not; and specify how Windows should group applications on the taskbar when the grouping feature is enabled: less-used applications first, applications with the most windows open first, or grouping any applications with at least a specified number of windows open.

You can download TweakUI from www.microsoft.com (search for PowerToys).

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