Best changing windows start up

XP Visual Tools 1.8.7

CronoSoft

Finally a complete suite of Windows XP Desktop enhancement, XP Visual Tools is loaded with all you need to tweak your Windows XP Desktop. Now you can do anything you want, from changing transparency level of XP Start Menu and XP Taskbar to easy swapping between different Windows XP LogonUI or Windows XP Wallpapers and applying Windows XP Skins (XP Themes) to old programs.

Platform: Windows

Utilities & Drivers

Type: Shareware

Cost: $9.85 US

Size: 1715 K

Released: Apr 17, 2004

Download: http://www.cronosoft.com/files/xpvt.zip

Keywords: Windows xp themes, change xp wallpapers, change xp logonui, transparent xp taskbar, transparent start menu

Tweaking Toolbox XP 1.60

Windows-Help.NET

The utility for any serious Windows tweaker! Change hundreds of registry settings from WinXP, improving appearance and performance. Prevent others from changing your settings, increase Windows security. Administer all user accounts on your computer!

Platform: Windows

Utilities & Drivers

Type: Shareware

Cost: $29.95 US

Size: 953 K

Released: Oct 02, 2004

Download: http://www.rosecitydownloads.com/tweaking_toolbox_xp.exe

Keywords: Registry, changes, security, control panel, start menu

Tweaking Toolbox for Windows 3.1

Windows-Help.NET

Change hundreds of Windows registry settings, improving appearance, performance and functionality. Prevent others from changing your settings, increase Windows security. Lock down Control Panel applets, Internet Explorer options; disable certain dangerous file types from running. You can change Windows 98/Me system performance, by controlling the optimization of applications when defragmenting your hard drive.

Platform: Windows

Utilities & Drivers

Type: Shareware

Cost: $24.95 US

Size: 759 K

Released: Nov 16, 2004

Download: http://rosecitydownloads.com/ttw.exe

Keywords: Tweaking, tweak ui, utility

Bee Icons 4.0.2.1

ArcticLine Software

Tired of boring icons on your PC? Get Bee Icons, the best icon manager that will return the excitement to desktop by replacing standard icons. One click and you won't even recognize old desktop ? bright colors, eye-catching icons, groovy look.

Platform: Windows

Utilities & Drivers

Type: Shareware

Cost: $19.95 US

Size: 1803 K

Released: May 29, 2005

Download: http://www.beeicons.com/download_beeicset.php

Keywords: Windows 9x, 2000, ArcticLine, Bee, bee icons

Advanced Wallpaper Changer 2.1

AllMySoft

Advanced Wallpaper Changer is a high quality, free utility to manage your wallpapers. The program allows changing your desktop wallpaper at adjustable periods of time or on every Windows start up. Wallpaper images can be automatically changed in serial or random order. All popular file formats supported: JPG, BMP, GIF, etc. You can even set your own "playlists". Download and use it now.

Platform: Windows

Desktop Enhancements

Type: Freeware

Cost: $0.00 US

Size: 592 K

Released: Oct 17, 2006

Download: http://www.allmysoft.com/awc/awc.zip

Keywords: Wallpaper tools, wallpaper sequencer, wallpaper utilities, wallpaper, desctop

XP Icons 3.0

Camtech 2000

Give your Win98/Me/Win2k System icons the look of XP by changing your Start menu, Desktop, Drives, Folders and various file type icons to XP. XP Icons changes nearly 100 Win98/98SE/Me and Win2k system icons to the new Windows XP Icons Set.

Platform: Windows

Utilities & Drivers

Type: Shareware

Cost: $19.95 US

Size: 1579 K

Released: Feb 12, 2003

Download: http://camtech2000.net/Programs/xpicon30.zip

Keywords: Desktop, icons, change

WinMaster 1.6

Newave Inc. (FR.)

Large collection of tools to simplify the use of Windows in a wide range of domains from exploring disks, COMPLETELY uninstalling programs, changing startup picture, enhancing Windows interface (colors,appearance,wallpaper), acquiring documents from a TWAIN device, searching files, getting sys info

Platform: Windows

Utilities & Drivers

Type: Shareware

Cost: $32.39 US

Size: 1613 K

Released: Nov 23, 2000

Download: http://www.world-of-newave.com/archives/winmaster/wmaster.exe

Keywords: Acquire, start-up, find, search, file

Hydrogen: Quick Start 3.9

Dunn Solutions

Do you find your computer takes a long time to start-up? Hydrogen Quick Start can solve your problem. With Hydrogen Quick Start you can review and import your existing Window start-up settings and generate a Hydrogen Quick Start start-up script.

Platform: Windows

Utilities & Drivers

Type: Shareware

Cost: $19.95 US

Size: 489 K

Released: Jul 22, 2007

Download: http://www.dunnsolutions.co.uk/products/quickstart/QuickStart.zip

Keywords: Hydrogen: Quick Start, Start-up Script, Windows System Tools

XP App Wizard 1.1

Software Informatics Group

In many homes, more than one person uses a single computer. Windows XP allows each user to customize his or her Start Menu and startup applications. Unfortunately, it can be difficult and time-consuming to configure the Start Menu using the base Windows XP installation. The XP App Wizard provides an intuitive, easy-to-use interface that allows you to add or remove items to your Windows XP Start Menu user-by-user.

Platform: Windows

Utilities & Drivers

Type: Shareware

Cost: $15.00 US

Size: 598 K

Released: Feb 04, 2002

Download: http://www.swinformatics.com/products/xpappwiz/XPAppWizSetup11.msi

Keywords: Start Menu, Startup, User, Start Menu Organizer

12Ghosts QuickStart 7.10

12Ghosts Inc.

Mr. 'Q' of the application launchers. Unlimitted hotkeys and tray icons for each entry. Open programs, documents, websites, and special system folders like StartUp or SendTo, even registry keys, and has many more unrelated commands.

Platform: Windows

Desktop Enhancements

Type: Shareware

Cost: $29.95 US

Size: 1500 K

Released: Feb 02, 2005

Download: http://12Gee1.com/download/12quick.exe

Keywords: Launcher, application, start, taskbar, tools

fitW (fine tuning of Windows) 4.0.0.4000

UsefulUtils

The utility for fine tuning of Windows 9x/Me/2000/XP. More than 250 most necessary and often used options. Exists a possibility of saving and loading a necessary configuration, changing and uninstalling of program, changing of autorunning program, etc. Automatic determination of version of system. Depending on system's version, occurs the disabling of unnecessary parameters.

Platform: Windows

Security & Privacy

Type: Shareware

Cost: $15.00 US

Size: 193 K

Released: Jun 10, 2003

Download: http://mtsv.fromru.com/downloads/shareware/fitw_eng.exe

Keywords: Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP, WinGuides, RegEdit, Tuning, Optimize

Start Menu Fast 1.3.3

KutinSoft.com

Do you have many programs in your START menu? Do you have situations where you know the name of the program, but cannot find the program in your large START menu? If you can say YES, then you should try "Start Menu Fast" application.

Platform: Windows

Utilities & Drivers

Type: Shareware

Cost: $15.00 US

Size: 661 K

Released: Jul 21, 2006

Download: http://www.kutinsoft.com/downloads/StartMenuFastSetup.exe

Keywords: Name, menu, fast, booster

PDF Link 1.00

Traction Software

PDF Link software automates the process of applying text with external web links, removing, creating, changing and reporting. link types like: http, https, ftp, mailto, file are all supported. PDF Link contains many special features like removing all links, creating links based on text, adding new text links, changing links from text, changing links from current links, changing part of a link, link reporting and much more.

Platform: Windows, Unix, Linux, MS-DOS, Mac PPC, Mac OS X, Mac Other

Utilities & Drivers

Type: Shareware

Cost: $449.95 US

Size: 307 K

Released: Oct 11, 2007

Download: http://www.traction-software.co.uk/downloads/servertools/winpdflink.zi

Keywords: PDF, Link, Links, Linking

PDF Link SA 1.00

Traction Software

PDF Link software automates the process of applying text with external web links, removing, creating, changing and reporting, link types like: http, https, ftp, mailto, file are all supported.

Platform: Windows, Unix, Linux, MS-DOS, Mac PPC, Mac OS X, Mac Other

Business

Type: Shareware

Cost: $49.95 US

Size: 2497 K

Released: Jul 02, 2009

Download: http://www.traction-software.co.uk/downloads/PDFLinkSA.zip

Startup Programs Control 1.4

ApplicationBazar

When starting Windows, a number of other programs are also started. Some are necessarily, but the autostarting mechanism is used also by programs, which spy the computer. Finally is simple possible that some unused programs are started and use system resources. The Startup Programs Control allows you a simple handling and complete control of applications which starts with Windows.

Platform: Windows

Utilities & Drivers

Type: Freeware

Cost: $0.00 US

Size: 653 K

Released: Jul 06, 2009

Download: http://www.applicationbazar.info/StartupProgramsControlSetup.exe

Keywords: Startup menu control, start menu organize, strat menu organizer, startup menu, start menu programs

Settings Sentry 1.0

SpyBlocker Software

Protect your Internet Explorer Settings

Platform: Windows

Internet

Type: Shareware

Cost: $19.95 US

Size: 1216 K

Released: Nov 01, 2002

Download: http://www.spyblocker-software.com/SS.ZIP

Keywords: Home, settings, page, block, secure

Start Master 2.0

Yeahbit software Company

Sart Master: Allows you a simple handling and complete control of applications which starts with Windows. The controlled starting mode makes it possible to start the programs in a defined order and optionaly specify a delay between them.

Platform: Windows

Utilities & Drivers

Type: Freeware

Cost: $0.00 US

Size: 323 K

Released: Jul 20, 2009

Download: http://www.yeahbit.com/products/yeahbitfreetools/StartM.exe

Keywords: Manage your windows startup, speed up your computer

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