20 Vista Downloads to Tweak & Improve Your System San Francisco CA

There still aren't a lot of downloads out there that can really improve Vista, but we've found twenty real keepers that will allow you to tweak it and improve your experience with the OS.


1 . Local Companies

Microsoft Corporation
(415) 972-6400
835 Market St., Ste. 700
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Technologies, Inc.
(866) 992-2543
123 10th St.
San Francisco, CA
Streetline Networks
(650) 714-5528
995 Market St., 16th Flr.
San Francisco, CA
Tierra Technology
(415) 386-2866
833 Market St., 10th Flr.
San Francisco, CA
21Tech
(415) 355-9090
1390 Market St., Ste. 1202
San Francisco, CA
ClearKite
(866) 894-8090
355 Berry St., Ste. 240
San Francisco, CA
Speller & Company LLC
415-848-3022
795 Folsom Street
San Francisco, CA
MAAI - Media Application & Architecture Inc.
(415) 282-0419
PO Box 31636
San Francisco, CA
Propertyware
(415) 455-2400
575 Market St., Ste. 375
San Francisco, CA
International Business Machines Corporation
(415) 545-2000
425 Market St.
San Francisco, CA

2 . Introduction

Looking for software to get the most out of Windows Vista? As yet, there hasn't been a flood of great downloads designed specifically for Microsoft's latest operating system. But that didn't stopped us from searching high and low for the best free Vista apps available--and we've come up with 20 real keepers.

For your convenience, we've arranged them into four categories: System Tweakers; Startup, Log-On, and Boot Tweakers; Vista Component Tweakers; and Miscellaneous Tools. So if you've got Vista and you're longing to make it better, rev up your browser and start downloading.

System Tweakers

Want to bend practically every aspect of Vista to your will, from improving system performance to customizing the interface? Then try out the following six system tweakers. With them, you'll be the master of your own private Vista universe.

3 . Vista Smoker Pro

Vista Smoker Pro--click for enlarged image.If you're looking to juice up Vista's performance, give this tool a try. It's designed to help you optimize the way that Vista runs, from memory to hard disk operations to the basic interface.
Very little escapes this program's notice. Want to optimize Vista for game play? The GameBoost feature will shut down services and free up RAM and CPU cycles for you. You can also optimize your CD drive, improve your system's graphics performance, shut down unwanted services, and tweak Internet Explorer to your heart's content. If you dislike Vista's intrusive User Account Control feature, you can use this program to change UAC's behavior. Vista Smoker Pro even lets you remove arrows from shortcut icons on your desktop--talk about attention to detail!
If you don't want to get down and dirty with manual performance tweaking, let the Auto Tuner featuredo the job for you. One note of caution: It's a good idea to create a restore point before using this program; that way, if anything goes awry, you can return to an untroubled (albeit considerably slower) version of the OS.


Download Vista Smoker Pro.

4 . Systerac Tools for Vista

Systerac Tools for Vista--click for enlarged image.Your everything-including-the-kitchen-sink performance tool for Vista is this medley of utilities from Systerac. Among the tools bundled here are a memory optimizer, a disk doctor, a Registry backup program, a Registry optimizer, a shutdown scheduler, an Internet booster, a startup manager--and that's just the beginning. You'll also find a file shredder and a nifty tool that displays a complete list of all your hardware.
That's the good news. Now the bad news: Systerac was perhaps overgenerous in its use of nag screens that pop up whenever you want to use one of the program's features, urging you to make the buy. The trial is good for 14 days, but the importuning starts right away. If you can put up with it, however, you'll find that this a useful program.


Download Systerac Tools for Vista.

5 . Featured Local Company

Microsoft Corporation

(415) 972-6400
835 Market St., Ste. 700
San Francisco, CA

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