Win 7 tweak programs

Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 includes the Windows Defender SmartScreen service for years that prevents users from accidentally browsing to known malicious and fake phishing websites. While Microsoft Edge is a great browser and has many very strong security features, Microsoft understands that many people choose to use Google Chrome. As such, Microsoft still cares about the security of the web browser that you use because after all, the web browser remains to be the number one attack vector to infect your PC.

It happens every few months. My operating system drive runs out of space, and I must begin the hunt for things to delete or move to another drive. Unlike other power tools for Windows, Tweak7 automatically prompts enhancement recommendations, offering easy "one click" updates to otherwise complex configuration changes. Tweak7 is also safe to use. By utilizing Microsoft's system-restore technology any changes you make can easily be rolled back.

You can freely experiment with different settings without disabling your computer. Download our free trial today to test drive the new and improved Tweak7 utility.

Security - Tweak7 has easy to configure security settings for managing the new security features of Windows 7. Windows 7 has been well received both critically and on the street. Check out these five applications that tweak Windows 7 and customize it to your heart's content.

A stock Windows 7 installation a fairly pleasant place to work, judging from our readers' reports. Even so, a little tweaking of its behavior, looks, and other features lets you optimize and personalize that desktop. Check out these five great tools for doing so. The "God Mode" in Windows 7 isn't quite like a video game God Mode—alas, no infinite laptop battery life or unlimited bandwidth—but it is a pretty nifty hack, and doesn't require any new installations.

Create a new folder on your Windows desktop, save it with the name God-Mode. That's the real power of the Windows 7 God Mode—it takes all the toggles you have to dig through the control panel menus and sub-menus to get to, and puts them right in one master list. It's worth trying out God Mode just to see settings you may not have even been aware of.

The Windows registry is a treasure trove of tweak-friendly variables and values. You shouldn't muck around in it blindly, but by reading up on specific variables, you can tweak all manner of things that slightly irk you. Stroll through registry here at Lifehacker to read up on all sorts of neat tricks, like how to speed up the Windows 7 taskbar, customize the login buttons, and tweak Aero peek. While you're learning about the registry, you'll want to check out our guide to the registry and registry cleaning.

If you're not comfortable directly editing your Windows registry, we'd advise you to check out some of the other Windows tweaking applications in the Hive Five. Many of the settings they provide are just a neat graphic interface for the variables hidden in the bowels of the registry.

Windows 7 Manager doesn't do anything that you can't do with various pieces of freeware or registry tweaks, but it does roll together dozens of functions into a unified, simplified interface. Not only can you tweak the GUI of Windows 7 but you can also tweak your boot routines, find duplicate files, securely erase files, retrieve and backup software keys, and more. Windows 7 Manager comes with a 15 day trial, so you can pit it against the free options in today's Hive before shelling out your hard-earned cash.