Comments on: Scared of the Windows registry? WinSecret makes tweaking easy!

By: Joe Brazzeal

Joe Brazzeal — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:25:23 +0000

Not for us Windows 2000 users. I’ll keep looking, though.
Used a similar program years ago when I had Windows ME or 98 SE. Thanks anyway, Karl!

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Get Your Computer Startup Under Control With Autoruns | MakeUseOf.com — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:45:25 +0000

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By: Karl L. Gechlik

Karl L. Gechlik — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:28:02 +0000

Thank you for the kind words Bill!

By: Bill Mullins

Bill Mullins — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:00:45 +0000

Hey Karl,

Thanks for giving this old tweak freak another FREE one to play with. Reading your article convinced me to give this one a try. Nice article – well done.

By: AskTheAdmin | Karl Gechlik

AskTheAdmin | Karl Gechlik — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:41:34 +0000

I did not see that as an option. Here is a link to the registry mod needed to do this…

http://www.theeldergeek.com/change_text_on_xp_start_button1.htm

By: raj

raj — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:59:42 +0000

How can I change the name “start” in the start button in windows xp using WinSecret Professional ?

By: Aibek

Aibek — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:54:04 +0000

Same here… FREE, no strings attached…. the only thing it costed me is 3.9 MB on my bandwidth. I’ll let my ISP handle that.

By: AskTheAdmin | Karl Gechlik

AskTheAdmin | Karl Gechlik — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:14:15 +0000

I downloaded this joint for the low low price of $0… Zippo… Zilch…Nada

It is free there is no scheme attached to it and if there was would MakeUseOf post it?

I think not!

By: diverdan

diverdan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:08:05 +0000

that licensing scheme crap isn’t for this application. winsecret pro is listed in their freeware section.

lol @ those something for nothing schemes.

By: Laurence

Laurence — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:05:13 +0000

Hey thanks karl! Most useful.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:47:19 +0000

“We show you how to make use of free applications!”

It’s not really free: you either pay $35 up front, or you jump through hoops with “advertising partners” (kind of like those stupid “free iPod” schemes). I’ll pass.