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Vista Start Menu Vista Start Menu (VSM) is the convenient alternative to the plain Start menu you find in Windows XP and Windows Vista. The program uses your cognitive abilities, including visual memory, reflexes, etc. While it is easily ... understandable for beginners, VSM is also great for experienced users. Vista Start Menu is is safe because it does not change your system settings, thus making it easy to install, as well as simple to remove. Go ahead and try replacing your Start menu right now! http://www.vistastartmenu.com Everything Everything is a fast folder-and file-name search engine ... (view more)

Seadragon Microsoft Live Labs' Seadragon aims to change the way we use screens, from wall-sized displays all the way down to cell phones, so that graphics and photos are easily browsed regardless of the amount of data or the bandwidth of the ... network. http://livelabs.com Vista Visual Master Vista Visual Master is a free application that will help you to customize your Windows Vista easily. With a clean and simple interface it brings you an All-in-One set of powerful and neatly classified tools, settings and tweaks. http://www.ghacks.net Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of ... (view more)

Windows System Control Center Windows System Control Center is a free, portable program that allows you to view, execute and organize utilities from various system utility suites. WSCC is only an interface, and you'll need to download and install ... the utilities separately. Alternatively, WSCC can use the http protocol to download and run the programs. http://www.kls-soft.com Viorb Vista Start Orb ViOrb automatically replaces your start button with one that looks the same as Vista's start orb. Thus, you can get the Vista feel and look for Windows XP; just download ViOrb, extract the ViOrb ... (view more)

Tiny Watcher The way Tiny Watcher works is pretty simple: basically, it starts by taking a snapshot of important parts of your Windows system and then it tracks changes. When a change is detected, you are notified. For example, you will be notified ... if a program puts itself in the startup lists of your machine, or if files are modified/created in your Windows directory, etc. http://www.donationcoders.com Vista Start Menu Vista Start Menu is the convenient alternative to the plain Start menu you find in Windows XP and Windows Vista. The program uses your cognitive abilities (visual memory, ... (view more)

Softperfect Network Scanner SoftPerfect Network Scanner is a free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS and SNMP scanner with a modern interface and several advanced features. It is intended for both system administrators and general users who are interested ... in computer security. http://www.softperfect.com Vista Services Optimizer Vista Services Optimizer is a tweaking utility that can improve your Windows Vista performance and security by tweaking Windows services in an automatic and a very safe way. Vista Services Optimizer also enables you to tweak Windows Vista services manually. http:// ... (view more)

Microsoft testers will get their hands on the second major update to Vista next week. It's expected to get a public release in the first half of 2009, with the firm apparently anxious to have it out before Windows 7 hits stores. The update will be ... in the form of Vista Service Pack 2. A service pack is a collection of updates issued at one time to make the updating process simpler. It's not connected with the Windows Update system which concentrates purely on security issues. Microsoft had previously been keeping quiet about Service Pack 2's release schedule, but a posting on its blog for ... (view more)

Shoot Shoot is a speech recognition program that translates your voice commands into arbitrary keystrokes, and is perfect for commanding AI buddies in your favorite flight simulator or first person shooter! Forget about having to memorize all those ... keyboard shortcuts, now you can just say what you want to happen. http://clans.gameclubcentral.com Vista Services Optimizer Vista Services Optimizer is a free tweaking utility that can improve your Windows Vista Performance and security with a simple mouse click. Vista Services Optimizer also enables you to tweak Windows Vista services manually for ... (view more)

URL Gather URL Gather helps users save and manage Internet bookmarks when neither Internet Explorer nor Firefox bookmarks are convenient. It simplifies the collection and management of your sites by allowing one to easily organize URLs according to ... different categories as you want. http://www.zqware.com Vista Sprint With Vista Sprint, users are able to improve system performance through a series of manual steps that can make Microsoft's newest operating system faster than the still-popular XP. http://www.senjenworld.com Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of Bob Helmer at ... (view more)

Despite the short-lived Seinfeld commercials and the ongoing ad blitzes , customer demand for Windows XP over Windows Vista has again prompted Microsoft to extend the Windows XP lifeline . Microsoft stopped selling Windows XP on June 30 of this ... year, but Windows XP is still available at some retail outlets, including Amazon.com while supplies last. Larger PC manufacturers can't directly sell Windows XP anymore -- except on ultra-low-cost machines -- but they can sell Windows Vista Ultimate and Windows Vista Business machines with Windows XP discs in the box or they can do a 'factory downgrade ... (view more)

Taskix Taskix, a brand new and exciting program from the technical geniuses at lifehacker, conveniently enables taskbar reordering with a small footprint. http://lifehacker.com Vista Annoyances Resolved Tired of Windows Vista headaches? Granted, ... they're sometimes worse than a migraine in rush-hour traffic. 'Vista Annoyances Resolved' helps the Microsoft faithful with practical working solutions to resolve some of the new operating system's most common problems. http://www.tweakguides.com Today's fresh software picks were provided courtesy of Bob Helmer at Shell Extension City. Please note ... (view more)