Newsletter Archives
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WA2L/WinTools — hot-rodding Windows!
FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT
By Deanna McElveen
Hot-rod enthusiasts like to have cars with features that the factory models don’t have. Geeks like us like to have computers that can do things that a stock install of Windows doesn’t normally allow.
The open-source toolbox WA2L/WinTools, by Swiss developer and fellow geek Christian Walther, will give you the ability to customize Windows and make it do way more for you. It won’t let you airbrush flames on the hood or add wheelie bars, but it will let you make Windows work the way you want it to work.
Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (19.13.0, 2022-03-28).
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Freeware Spotlight — Autorun Organizer
BEST UTILITIES
By Deanna McElveen
Making breakfast. Washing the dog. Getting a haircut.
If you have time to do any of these while your computer finishes starting, you may need Chemtable Software’s free Autorun Organizer. It’s one of those programs I would gladly pay for, but they won’t take my money.
Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.47.0 (2021-12-06).