Personalize your Vista

It has been a long time since the releases of Vista, but few of us are still not able to figure out of how to personalize it to our taste. Two reasons for this, i) You can't tweak Vista like XP as the tools that worked for XP don't work for Vista ii) Microsoft also didn't release any tools regarding this. But, you need not worry; we are here to help you out.

Tweak VI: Tweak UI was extremely useful in customizing your XP, but this doesn't work with Vista and Vista also didn't promise in updating this. Similar to this there is Tweak VI that helps in personalizing your Vista. It is available in both the free and premium version. There are many gadgets, tools with this software. You can download from here. To know more information about this visit this site.


Winkey: Windows XP is liked by many due to its easy navigation through the shortcuts but these are not fully present in Vista like in XP. This can be achieved in Vista by using Winkey Software. Click here to install winkey software.

How to install Winkey?

• Right click on winkey software and choose properties.
• Navigate to compatibility tab.
• Select "Run the program in compatibility for", select "windows XP ( Service Pack2)".
• Click on ok.
• Double click on Winkey initialization file to install
To the maximum you can use shortcuts of XP in Vista, but the keys that work with Windows are disabled [:(]

Gadgets: Vista is well known for its gadgets. Gadgets make vista more appealing than other Windows OS. Though you get a limited number of gadgets by default, you can get more from Microsoft official site. Gadgets are available under various divisions like video players, mail & IM, Multimedia, Fun tools, games, search tools, friends...