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A few years ago I created a quick utility to simply bring together all the various configuration tools that are included inside Windows itself. The problem is that there are actually all these built-in tools and utilities but finding them sometimes require you to search or discover them by accident. The tool I created simply provides an easy way to get to a lot of them. Even in Windows 7 not everything is located in one place – especially the more ‘advanced’, older or legacy tools – e.g. ODBC settings. Additionally I added something simple to simply ‘list’ the installed .Net versions as well.

A quick summary of what it contains:

System

Control panel
Manage computer
System config
Registry editor
Performance monitor
Scheduled tasks
Locale

Regional settings
Date and time

.Net

List versions
Disable Explorer GAC view

Hardware

Device manager
Install hardware
Remove hardware
Power options
Disk management
Removable storage
Settings

Keyboard
Mouse
Display
Sound
Printer

Software

Add & remove programs
Default programs
Windows components

Services

Services
IISAdmin
Component services
ODBC

Security

Security centre
Firewall settings
User accounts
Policy
Local security settings

Connections

Network connections
Create share
Shared folders
Map network drive
Disconnect network drive
Internet options

Looks

Taskbar properties
Fonts
Folder options
Display themes

I’ve now simple recompiled the utility and created a very simple installer for it (one for x86 and one for x64)

x86 – https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20983/WindowsCommandCentreSetup.msi

x64 – https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20983/WindowsCommandCentreSetupx64.msi

I’ve tested it on Windows 7 and it use to work on Vista/XP as well. Unfortunately I cannot guarantee that it will work properly on Windows 8 if at all. All it requires is the base .Net 2.0 framework to work.