Tweak Vi is another Windows Vista Tweaking Tool that is available in three different versions. The so called basic version is free for everyone and has a reduced functionality compared to the premium and ultimate version. Tweak Vi is using plugins to tweak Windows Vista. The basic version offers 13 free plugins while the premium version offers 8 additional plugins and the ultimate version another 7 additional plugins compared to the premium version.

You can access many tweaks even in the basic version which makes the download worthwhile. Tweaks are divided into several different categories such as System Tweaks, Internet Tweaks and Visual Tweaks. Accessing those categories displays the available plugins and the ones that are not available. If you click on Visual Tweaks for instance you have access to three of the five plugins listed in that category.

You can access startmenu tweaks, font smoothing and desktop tweaks while Taskbar transluency and Customize the Desktop are not available. Each tweak opens a new page with sometimes more than 50 tweaks which can change various settings in Windows Vista.

The startmenu tweaks lets you for instance hide various folders (my pictures, my music) or remove options such as Shut Down or Log Off. It takes some time to evaluate all tweaking options in the various plugins but it really helps customize Windows Vista.

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