Stardock is excited to announce the release of Tweak7!  Tweak7 is an application designed to help users meet their personal needs by configuring Windows 7 to improve and enhance performance.  Tweak7 was created with both casual and power users in mind.  Changes made can be easily rolled back using Microsoft own system-restore technology, so experimenting with different settings is harmless to your PC.

What’s new:

• Remove common, annoying dialogs – Windows is full of dialogs that are unnecessary.  Tweak7 lets you select and disable the most common ones.
• Move user directories – Windows sets the default location of all user documents and settings to the C drive.  Tweak7 allows you to move your files or any other user’s files to another location; even another drive.  This can greatly improve transportability and backup options.

Current features:

• Security (User Access Control) Management - Tweak7 has easy to configure security settings for managing the new security features of Windows 7. Other security settings can also be configured with one-click. If you've found some of the security prompts in Windows 7 getting in your way, Tweak7 offers relief.
• Start-Up Manager - See what programs are being launched on start-up (even ones that you may not be aware of) and quickly find out what they are doing and whether you need them. By utilizing the startup monitor built into Windows 7 to analyze problems; processes that take longer to start or shutdown are flagged for review.
• Recommendations - Automatically evaluate all aspects of your Windows 7 configuration with detailed, yet easy to understand, suggestions provided to help you get more control over your Windows 7 PC.
• Process Identification - Leveraging the community, users can read and create information regarding each process currently running. When a user clicks on a program name Tweak7 returns information about that process to help in deciding what to leave running and what to shut off.
• Performance Optimization - Tweak7 knows all the default services on Windows 7 and many of them are not needed for most people. Tweak7 can safely guide users through common user configurations to optimize performance and memory use.
• Internet Optimization - Tweak7 can improve your Internet surfing performance by changing the underlying Internet settings on Windows 7 to fit the capabilities of your PC.
• Cost of Use and Carbon Footprint Analysis - Tweak7 calculates the cost of running your PC. In addition a Carbon Footprint index is calculated. How "Green" is your PC?

Tweak7 is available with a subscription to Object Desktop, or stand-alone for $19.95.  More information is available at www.tweak7.com.