• Utilities tools help you improve the performance of your Windows operating system.portable pc image by Albo from Fotolia.com
  
  Windows is a computer-operating system released by Microsoft. As of 2010, the latest incarnation of this operating system is Windows 7. Windows utility tools allow you to tweak the performance of your operating system or networks, including client-server networks. Although most of these tools are free, you will have to purchase some of them.
  
  

ServTerm 1.0

• This tool is for Windows 32-bit systems. It is a freeware program, which means that you can use and share this program without having to pay a licensing fee. This is a Windows Sockets (winsock) Application Programming Interface (API) program, which gives instructions to the Windows network software on how these programs should connect to network services. This tool is specifically for Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) systems, and it helps you diagnose and fix any issues that you are having with client/server communications. Other features of this tool include the ability to make a duplicate of your server to see how data is transferred over your network. You can either run this tool in the server or client mode.
  
  

EnhanceMySe7en

• EnhanceMySe7en is for improving the performance of your Windows 7 program, allowing you to run diagnostics on your Windows registry. You can also use this tool to check on available disk space and for defragmentation, which involves releasing the space trapped between processes and applications after you remove an application. Defragmentation also helps free up disk space, giving your system more memory to work with. This tool also features a hard-drive monitor, which helps you keep track of the health of your hard drives. EnhanceMySe7en uses a graphical user interface (GUI), which helps you run commands uses wizards, radio buttons and checkboxes as opposed to writing commands. There is a free version of this program, but the pro version costs $29.95 as of 2010.
  
  

PC Tools Performance Toolkit 2011

• PC Tools Performance Toolkit 2011 is a performance tool kit that allows you to correct items in your Windows Registry. You can also use this tool to look for lost or accidentally deleted files. If the program finds these files, it will fix and/or recover these files. Other features of this tool include the ability to delete your Internet history to increase privacy and backing up any files that the program repaired. With this program, you get free technical support, and PC Tools offers a 30-day money-back guarantee. This program costs $39.95 as of 2010.