January 31st, 2010 Software | comments_icon2 Comments

xpy and Vispa – tweakers for Windows

xpy_icon With Windows 7 being actually decent OS I cannot stay in denial of anything after XP. Some utilities I cover can be oldies that are no longer relevant to those using recent Windows versions.

xp-AntiSpy was one of such so I am making up for that with this post on xpy and Vista – set of Windows registry and file tweakers.

What it does

xpy and Vispa are two versions of same utility for XP (or earlier) and Vista (or later) respectively. They can perform number of registry, file and configuration tweaks and aim to make Windows more private, secure and perform better.

xpy_interface

Interestingly, unlike most apps of this kind, they offer some options unrelated to Windows itself – like disabling services that come with Apple and Google software.

Strong features

  • convenient setup-like interface (they are actually NSIS setup scripts);
  • able to restore previously made changes;
  • extensive set of command line parameters (launch with /help key for the list).

Downsides

This might be limitation of how apps are made but I’d prefer single utility that could discern Windows versions and offer sets of tweaks accordingly. Still both apps combined add up to whole 200KB and work without installation so it’s not much of a burden.

Overall

Tiny and scriptable utilities that allow to easily apply number of useful tweaks.

xpy home http://xpy.whyeye.org/

xpy download http://xpy.whyeye.org/download/

Vispa home&download http://vispa.whyeye.org/

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2 Responses to “xpy and Vispa – tweakers for Windows”

  1. The DataRat says:

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    “I cannot stay in
    denial of anything
    after XP”

    .

    How much have you used Vista, Rarst ? I’ve got it on two of my
    three machines, and have been quite pleased.

    Best as I can tell, Win-7 is just Vista II.

    After having used Vista for the past year (yes, I waited) it would
    be hard to give it up and go back to XP. I only keep XP on my Asus
    netbook.

    .

    The DataRat

    .

  2. Rarst says:

    @DataRat

    Not much, I had no reason or desire to. Now even less with Win7 release.

    Win7 is not Vista2, it’s what Vista should have been on freaking day one. Not two years and service packs later. :)

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