The word Tweak, in Italian can be translated with " modicare ", "set up", " make up ". The term Tweak, in computer science, therefore means making changes to a system or a program in order to personalize it and make it more performing . The programs or tools with the word Tweak in their title are tools for making adjustments to the system, moving those levers that, in theory, could not be changed. Sometimes, however, in a system like Windows some changes can bring a (slight) increase in performance and can be used to optimize the operating system or customize its use . With the release of Windows 8 first and Windows 10 then, several Tweak programs have spread that allow you to do a little bit of everything, from simple changes that can also be done from the control panel to hidden settings that could only be changed by the registry, up to automatic optimization tools.
In this article we see the 10 best free programs to make tweaks or tweaks to Windows 10 and Windows 7 and 8.1 .
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1) Winaero Tweaker is a tool that includes several tools to modify hidden options and system settings in Windows 7, Windows 8 and even Windows 10. The updated program is the most renewed and complete of this list.
2) Windows Ultimate Tweaker works well on Windows 10 without creating problems and without giving possibility to damage your pc. The settings and options are hundreds and it is impossible to list them all, so I leave you the "pleasure" of tinkering with this program for the many possibilities and levers on which you can act.
3) Computech Windows Tweaker is a program for those looking to hide or show drives, disable the firewall, disable USB, UAC, Remote RPC, Security Center, offline files and Action Center temporarily.
4) XdN Tweaker is another tweaking utility for Windows 7 that also works on Windows 10. In this tool there are hundreds of options and settings to be modified on the system as well as some useful tricks that also allow you to optimize Internet Explorer .
5) Windows Tweaker free is a program of hidden options to customize and optimize the system, which works on Windows 7, Windows 8 and even Windows 10. Its very colorful, clear and large graphic interface makes this tool among the easiest to use. use, even if only in English.
6) Simple System Tweaker allows you to increase Windows performance with automatic tweaking. It is an automatic tool, already configured with all the options selected, in which just press a button ( Apply ) to obtain what should be a complete optimization of the PC and an increase in Windows performance .
While you can scroll through the many configuration options, you can also just click the Apply Tweaks button to apply all the pre-selected and recommended changes. Before writing this article I personally tested the pre-selected tweaks on my computer and there were no problems, the computer turned back on and it works normally.
General Tweaks are interesting interventions to speed up Windows operations, some of which are known, others much less. In the Network Tweak tab there are changes relating to the TCP / IP protocol in order to improve the reception of data and the speed of downloads from the Internet . There is also a section regarding Tweaks on Windows Services where it is recommended to disable those services which, in 99% of cases, are useless and only waste resources. Finally, Visual Tweaks are ways to disable some superfluous graphic effects that consume memory by slowing down the computer.
7) 8Smoker Pro is another Tweak-rich program to customize and optimize Windows 8, with buttons for activating and deactivating the various options, rather clear and not difficult to understand and use.
Be careful only during installation to avoid the sponsor who accompanies 8Smoker Pro.
8) Enhance My 8 is the best known tool to modify Windows 8 and which contains a lot of programs for optimizing Windows 8 including registry cleaning, disk and obsolete files cleaning, disk defragmentation, l boot, information about the system hardware and many other functions related to the health of the computer. The same developer also has Enhance My Seven for Windows 7 (in the list of products on the site the download)
9) Tweak Me uses a system of check boxes to activate or deactivate which contain many tricks to modify the operating system. The categories of settings are type: Internet Explorer, performance, security, Windows Update and more. For each item, there is a description in English that must be clearly analyzed according to the case, by looking on the internet. However, most of the configuration options are understandable. Tweak Me is compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 8 and Windows 7.
11) GigaTweaker is an all-inclusive tool for optimizing, modifying and fixing Windows 7. There are a lot of options that can be activated divided into categories such as: Security, Permissions, Disks, Files, Visual Effects, Windows Explorer, Memory Management, system information and so on. It also allows you to create system restore points. It also offers a great function that normally is not present in other tweaking tools, that is, a chronology of all the changes that have been made through Giga Tweaker which, possibly, can be restored to their original values.
12) AeroTweak is a portable program to modify various Windows 7 settings, otherwise impossible to change.
13) Tweak Now Powerpack is a powerful tool (not free) that is used to modify every aspect of the Windows 10 and 7 operating system and the web browser.
By default the Windows Secret module is displayed which includes application tweaking, Control Panel, desktop and other things.
It contains many useful modules, such as the Disk Cleaner, Usage Analyzer, Registry Cleaner, disk defragmentation, Startup Manager, System Information, Ram memory optimizer, Track Cleaner, Utility to uninstall a program.
The good thing about this software is the ability to go back after any changes made so there is no risk of damaging your computer.
In my experience everything that these tools do can also be done manually, without downloading anything. The fact remains that many things would be complicated and these Tweak programs facilitate them a lot and allow, in some cases, to solve small errors or lead to increases in computer performance. In general, every single setting item must be checked on the internet in specialized forums and, if one of them creates strange blocks, then it will be immediately discarded.
Personally I have tried them on the fly but not in every feature and without enabling all the tricks and changes so I cannot say that all are better programs even if they are reported by many authoritative blogs both Italian and American. Their use is not recommended for everyone; if your pc is fine and you don't have the passion of a "geek" or a computer geek, it is not worth doing anything and it is better to ignore these tools.
If instead you want to try to get more from your computer then you can use these Windows tools full of tricks and hidden settings, always paying attention to what you do (even if it is almost impossible to do damage with such commercial tools).
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