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A1ctl is a small Windows utility that gives Acer Aspire One users more control over their hardware. It’s inspired by eeectl for the Eee PC.

So what can it do?

Once installed, you’ll notice a small icon in your Windows system tray. Click on it and up pops a menu with options to adjust things like the fan speed, CPU usage, and the screen resolution.

In the screen resolution options, you can toggle between 1024 x 600, 800 x 600, and 1024 x 768. Since that last one is actually more pixels than the Aspire One screen can technically display, you can either use some downscaling action to squash 4:3 resolution to fit on the netbook’s 16:10 screen or scroll up and down a bit to see the top or bottom of your screen.

You can also use A1ctl to enable or disable the webcam, ethernet, or WiFi hardware.

via Blogeee