It's no doubt X-Setup Pro is a powerful utility. But this does not mean that it can only be used by power users. Instead, it includes many features to be as user friendly as possible so everybody can use it.
Using X-Setup Pro Wizards you can change your system in a step-by-step process - that's as easy as A-B-C. If you prefer to go with X-Setup Pro Classic, that's no problem at all: By using an Explorer-like layout and the famous back and next buttons (you already know from your Internet browser) navigation between plugins is very simple.
X-Setup Pro is the most complete tweaker ever available: over 1,900 hidden functions (for Windows, Internet Explorer, Instant Messaging, Office, Explorer appearance, Server options, Network settings, Security...) can be controlled with some simple button clicks!
X-Setup Pro covers all types of options and has many useful features - for more information please read the rest of this section or browse to the authors hompage link.
X-Setup Pro is a nice tool that is not yet another Windows Hacker; it is the ultimate tool for black belt system tuning and tweaking.
From simple boot options up to server settings and hardware settings, internet settings or Office options, X-Setup Pro allows you to change more than 1500 (!!) settings with some simple button clicks. This makes X-Setup Pro the most complete hacker/tweaker ever available!
Because these settings change often and fast, X-Setup Pro uses plug-ins - they are very small (2-4 kB) so updating them is easy too. X-Setup Pro can even download updated or new plug-ins directly from the X-Setup Pro web site. Best of all, you can always view the source for any plug-in! And with the also available information inside X-Setup Pro SDK you can even create your own plug-ins or wizards and use them in X-Setup.
Although it offers lots of features, X-Setup Pro is extremely easy to use. It has an Explorer-like look and the famous back and next buttons you already know from your Internet browser. Plus, X-Setup Pro offers wizards that assist you when changing the configuration - there has never been an easier way to hack your Windows!
For network administrator X-Setup Pro can be a huge help. Simply turn recording on, change the settings you want and it generates a *.REG file on the fly that can be deployed to thousands of computers without installing X-Setup Pro. You may also chain-install X-Setup Pro.
You can resize the plugin area inside X-Setup Pro Classic to any size you wish to. No more is the text not fully displayed or is the area not big enough to display all items correctly. Simply use the sliders on the left or at the bottom of the plugin and make the area as big or as small as you want.
If you often change the same settings, you can easily define Favorites for as many plugins as you wish. With Favorites, you simply pick the item from the Favorites menu and X-Setup Pro will directly active it.
Because you can do a lot, but not everything with X-Setup Pro, it includes a configurable Programs menu that can easily be expanded. It brings a lot of useful programs links build-in, but you can add, remove or add whatever you want.
Wherever you might look for X-Setup Pro, it will be there. By default, it creates a link in your Programs folder as well as inside the Control Panel. You may choose to add it to your Quick Launch bar too. And once it is installed, you can easily create a link to the different X-Setup applications on your desktop.
Even with all the features it offers, it is clutter free: X-Setup Pro is ready for your wishes in about five seconds and needs only at about 10 MB RAM. It does not install any automatically launched "helper" apps like many other programs. If you exit X-Setup Pro, it is gone and there's nothing running in the background that would bog down your system.
Features:
1. Covers and works on all available Windows 32-bit platforms: Windows 95, Windows 98 (SE), Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server
2. X-Setup Pro is the most complete "hacker" ever available: more than 850 hidden functions can be controlled with some simple button clicks (e.g. Windows, Internet Explorer, Instant Messaging, Office, Explorer appearance, Server options, Network settings, Security...)
3. By using an Explorer-like layout and the famous back and next buttons (you already know from your Internet browser) navigation is very simple.
4. It's extremely easy to use: With wizards you can change your system in a step-by-step process - that's as easy as A-B-C
5. With Record Mode activated, nearly all changes from a plug-in or wizard are recorded to a REG file. This file can then be easily applied to thousands of machines without needing to install X-Setup Pro on them.
6. If you often change the same settings, you can easily define Favorites for as many plug-ins as you wish. With Favorites, you simply pick the item from the Favorites menu and X-Setup Pro will directly active it.
7. With Version History, it's easy to determine the changes between the different versions of X-Setup. It will exactly tell you which plug-ins have changed and with a click, you will jump directly to that plug-in.
8. Clutter free: X-Setup Pro is ready for your wishes in about five seconds and needs only at about 5 MB RAM. Also, it does not install any automatically launched "helper" apps like many other programs. If you exit X-Setup Pro, it is gone and there's nothing running in the background that would bog down your system.
9. With the Search function you can easily search all plug-ins for the setting you are looking for. If you think you found what you are searching for, just click on it and X-Setup will directly activate that plug-in for you.
10. Because you can do a lot, but not everything with X-Setup Pro, it includes a configurable Programs menu. X-Setup Pro brings a lot of useful programs links with it, but you can also define your own.
11. X-Setup Pro can also write a very detailed log file that includes every change it has made to your configuration and you can choose where to store this file.
12. Because the settings X-Setup Pro controls change often and fast, it's entirely driven by plug-ins. They are very small and don't have a user interface, instead they use the user interface of X-Setup Pro. Using this technique, X-Setup Pro is infinitely extensible and expandable and you can even integrate your own plug-ins or wizards.
13. X-Setup Pro includes Automatic Updates that allows you to download the newest plug-ins directly from our server to your X-Setup Pro installation with some simple clicks - you don't need to download and unzip any files to stay updated.
14. You can view the source code of ANY plug-in directly from X-Setup Pro, before the the plug-in is allowed to change anything. This way, you can always see what the plug-in will do.
15. It is wherever you need it: either in Start -> Programs or Settings -> Control Panel
16. Contains an detailed explanation how to install it on a network share - entire setup only takes five seconds in this case.
1. Search function
With the Search function you can easily search all plugins for the setting you are looking for.
Because X-Setup Pro includes so many settings the search dialog allows you to search for plugins just by typing in a few hit-words. This facilitates finding particular settings later if you only remember their functionalities but forgot where they have been located.
It also allows you to search inside the source code of a plugin. This is especially useful if you have discovered a nice registry hack in a magazine and simple want to know if X-Setup Pro already offers a plugin for this.
If you think you found what you are searching for, just click on it and X-Setup will directly activate that plugin for you.
2. Display filter
The display filter reduces the number of plugins shown in the tree view showing only plugins that match your query. Simply click on any plugin to use it. With one click yu can reset the display filter.
3. Seek & Tweak
Seek & Tweak is designed to for just one purpose: It should enable you to quickly locate a setting. The Classic mode uses a hierarchical display of settings, while Seek & Tweak only offers you an input box to enter your query. For details about searching see Search functions.
Sometimes it is simply faster to enter a search term instead of going through an organized layout of settings. Using Seek & Tweak is straight forwarded: Enter a search term (like in this screenshot "login domain") and hit Enter or click on the Search button. Seek & Tweak will then search all plugins offered by X-Setup Pro if there is a setting matching your request.
When Seek & Tweak is able to locate a matching setting, it will display it on the left side, ordered by how often your search term was found. Just click on an entry and start tweaking!.
4. XML Plugins
Because the tweaks X-Setup Pro controls change often and fast, it's entirely driven by plugins. They are very small and don't have a user interface, instead they use the user interface of X-Setup Pro. Using this technique, X-Setup Pro is infinitely extensible and expandable and you can even integrate your own plugins or wizards with the freely available Software Development Kit (SDK).
X-Setup Pro uses XML (eXtensible Markup Language) for all main files it supports: plugins, wizards and translations. This file format improves X-Setup Pro in several ways.
First, everybody that has some understanding about XML files, is able to understand X-Setup Pro files as well. Also, it is much easier to add new elements to X-Setup Pro files, without fearing that this will break compatibility. Secondly, the XML tags X-Setup Pro uses are very simple, so it is intuitive to understand what the file is all about and it's easy to make your own customizations if you wish to.
5. Restore any change you made with X-Setup Pro
Each time a change from a plugin or wizard is made, X-Setup Pro saves the old setting to a file. No matter of this a system plugin/wizard or a custom made plugin/wizard, X-Setup Pro is able to perform this for any item.
With the Restore Log Player, you can then restore the changes the plugins have made in one step. A classic example of this is that you change 20+ settings in one step without rebooting. On next boot, suddenly there is a setting in effect that you don't expect or simply don't know where you turned it on.
Just start Restore Log Player, select the point in time you know where everything was still working and hit "Restore". All changes you have made are then reverted in one step.
6. Registry loading
A very common problem appears as soon as several people use the same computer:
You (as the super user) might want to lock other users from certain functions; however you do not want your own account to be locked down. Or, you make changes for a different user, for example another user might not want some feature of the new Start menu Windows XP offers, however you want to keep the new Start menu with all its features.
X-Setup Pro can solve this problem by using "Load user registry".
7. Recording
With Record Mode activated, nearly all changes from a plugin or wizard are recorded to a *. REG file. This file can then be easily applied to thousands of machines without needing to install X-Setup Pro on them.
8. Automatic updates
X-Setup Pro includes Automatic Updates that allows you to download the newest plugins directly from our server to your X-Setup Pro installation with some simple clicks - you don't need to download and unzip any files to stay updated.
Also, during setup of X-Setup Pro, a simple update check can be performed that will simply compare the version of X-Setup Pro you want to install with the latest available version and only requires a browser.
Once X-Setup Pro is installed, you can use Automatic Updates to keep it up to date. Automatic Updates require an internet connection to retrieve updates and works independently from your browser. For example, if you are required to use a proxy server to access the internet, you need to configure it within Automatic Updates (File - Options).
It will normally retrieve its updates directly from the X-Setup Pro website, but can be configured to retrieve updates from 3rd party websites as well.
9. Safe tweaking
With Safe Mode activated, X-Setup Pro will ask for your permission for any change a plugin might want to do. If you do not agree, the change will not be done.
10. Bootable CD support
Usually, when a computer running Windows XP does not start anymore, it's time to say goodbye and start from scratch. This is especially annoying when the start-up error comes from Spy ware, a different tweaking-application not working correctly or something like that. You know how to fix the problem, but simply have no chance to access the system.
X-Setup Pro and BartPE give you the tools to access a misbehaving computer, even if you can't start it any more.
11. Portable on USB and U3
A lot of people nowadays use several computers like the PC at work, your own private computer and the computer of your spouse. If you wish to tweak settings on each of them you are normally forced to install X-Setup Pro on each of them.
12. Scripting
X-Setup Pro includes a lot of functions that are executed inside a plugin. All of these functions (see the entire list) make hard tasks very easy and can save you a lot of time. Plus, we can also undo nearly any action done by these functions with the Restore Log and have security features like the Save Mode (you will be asked before a change happens) build-in.

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