10 cool things you can do with TweakUI
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In the recent article 10+ PowerToys that can expand your control of Windows XP, we shared a list of feature-enhancing XP utilities. Among them was TweakUI, which deserves some special attention due to its sheer scope. From helping you customize Internet Explorer to controlling how the command prompt behaves, TweakUI includes dozens of features that often go unnoticed but that can be real timesavers. In this article, I’ll tell you about my 10 favorite TweakUI capabilities. Some are on my list because they make my life easier, while others are useful in the work environment.
1: Control panel control
The Control Panel Extensions element in TweakUI allows you to selectively enable and disable the display of individual Control Panel applets. This is useful when you want to allow users to retain relatively significant control over their desktops but want to limit some of the damage they can do on their own. Disabling Control Panel applets in this way only turns off the display of those applets. They are still available through other means, but not through the Control Panel itself. Figure A shows this tool in action. Figure B shows the results of disabling Control Panel access to the Main Control Panel applet, which allows access to the mouse and keyboard control items.
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