Optimize Windows easily with FreshUI

Posted on May 1, 2008 at 5:11 am

Possibly not known to most end users out there, there are actually many useful and hidden Windows settings that one can use to configure and optimize the Windows operating system. Optimizing Windows allows you to achieve increased Windows performance, remove unwanted / annoying Windows options, protect system settings and more.

However, most of us are easily turned off by the complexity of having to edit the Windows registry, use the unfriendly Administrative Tools, install mind-boggling system tools etc., just for the sake of a system optimization. To make it easier for most of us to optimize Windows, FreshUI is one of the best choices.

FreshUI offers a free, simple solution to configure and optimize a Windows based computer system. With FreshUI, every tweak can be done from a user friendly, graphical user interface. Once installed, FreshUI will automatically save your original Windows system configuration to make sure that you are able to return to it later, if the need arises.

To start optimizing your system, you need to navigate the system optimization settings that are listed in simple categories on the left pane of FreshUI’s interface. Once you have selected a setting to be changed, double click on its related option on the right pane to change it. To play safe, my golden rule is to change one setting at a time and see if it works.

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FreshUI Features

Simple, easy to use interface – no more manual registry editing etc. You can quickly know what a setting will do to your system because a description will show up on top of FreshUI’s interface once you click on any of the settings.
Huge amount of system configuration and optimization settings in 6 different categories:
1. Applications – optimization settings for Windows-based software such as Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, Notepad etc. For example, you can disable the ability to change a homepage inside Internet Option settings.
2. Windows Explorer – optimization settings for Windows drives, folders, files and search function. For example, you can hide the C: drive in Windows Explorer.
3. Hardware – hardware related optimization settings such as CPU, mouse, keyboard, printers and more. For example, you can disable Direct3D settings for your graphic card to prevent your children from being able to play computer games.
4. Windows Interface – optimization settings to change Windows’s interface such as Explorer interface, taskbar interface, Control Panel interface and more. For example, you can prevent access to the Control Panel to block unauthorized system changes.
5. Windows System – optimization settings to change system settings such as Windows startup/shutdown, Security, Network Settings and more. For example, a user can choose to change the default Windows boot up screen to another picture.
6. Covering Your Track – just like what the name says, this is where you can configure settings to protect your personal privacy. For example, you can instruct Windows to wipe out all Internet Explorer history on each Windows logon.
Save and restore your Windows settings with ease – useful to return to any original Windows setting in case things go haywire.

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Set a password to make sure that you are the only one that is able to command FreshUI.
Easy access to some of Windows system tools via the pull-down menu – Dr. Watson, File Signature Verification, System Configuration Editor and more.

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Support for 11 different languages.

FreshUI is free for personal, home use but be reminded that you need to obtain and enter the registration code from FreshDevice by providing them with your email address, so that you can use this product without any interruption. Overall, FreshUI is a fantastic, easy to use tool to configure and optimize Windows without having to worry about crashing your system with unfriendly tools such as the Windows registry editor. Try FreshUI today!

This is a guest post by Syahid A. from TechMalaya

Tags: freshui, optimize windows, configure windows, system optimization, windows optimization

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Comments

8 Responses to “Optimize Windows easily with FreshUI”

Madhur Kapoor said on : May 1st, 2008 at 12:00 pm

WOw thats a lot of cool features. Will try it right away.

akishore said on : May 1st, 2008 at 12:16 pm

Madhur, yeah it’s a very cool Windows optimizer and tweaker. I don’t know where Syahid finds this stuff, but it’s good!

Syahid A. said on : May 1st, 2008 at 8:52 pm

I’ve had my own *secret* ways. Hehehe. It’s definitely one of the best tool that I’ve found this month.

Nirmal said on : May 3rd, 2008 at 11:44 am

Looks like a cool software, is it available for Vista?

classact said on : May 3rd, 2008 at 12:53 pm

How does this product differ from TweakUI? Can you use both? If you make a change in FreshUI, will it affect the settings in TweakUI, and vice versa?

akishore said on : May 3rd, 2008 at 3:31 pm

Nirmal, it is not designed for Windows Vista, at least from what I read on the site, just Windows XP/2000/NT/ 98/95/Me.

Classact, both programs will let you modify settings, but there can only be one setting value at any given time, so if you change it with one program and then change the same setting with another program, the latest change will be the current value.