So you like your current setup on your Windows phone but are looking to add that extra oomph to give it just a little extra speed and fluidity? Well, look no further as I’ll share some of my favorite tweaks to help get your phone running as zippy as the processor can handle.

Most of these tweaks will not even require us to alter directly the registry. Instead, we will rely on various third party programs to do that for us. This will allow a method to record our changes as well as a quick way to “undo” anything you find unsatisfactory.

Oh and none of this involves over-clocking the processor—I’m just not a fan of that technique.

Regardless of your ROM build (custom or official), OS type, or device make, so long as you are running a Windows professional OS, you will be able to apply these changes. For the sake of audience reach, we will be using a Sprint Touch Pro 2 running a custom WM6.5.1 ROM.

 Read on for the only guide you’ll need as I reveal all I know on this topic.

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WisBar Advance 3 by Lakeridge Software

I have used Wisbar Advanced on and off for years now. It has been kind of a love / hate relationship at times as it has grown and progressed over the years. I love certain aspects of the program while finding others annoying. But I have not had a chance to try the self proclaimed new and improved version 3 out, yet, so I decided to give it try. If you are interested in giving your WM phone a unique and custom look, or think that having a cascading menu (like WinXP) might prove useful, or want to have complete customizing control of key features of the WM OS, then you might want to learn what I found out.

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