Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP updated

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    Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
    Updated: November 1, 2005


    PowerToys add fun and functionality to the Windows experience. What are they? PowerToys are additional programs that developers work on after a product has been released.

    Note: We take great care to ensure that PowerToys work as they should, but they are not part of Windows and are not supported by Microsoft. For this reason, Microsoft Technical Support is unable to answer questions about PowerToys. PowerToys are for Windows XP only

    Important
    If you installed PowerToys prior to April 23, 2002, you must uninstall your old PowerToys before installing the versions available here.


    PowerToys only work with U.S. English regional settings.

    Current PowerToy options:

    Color Control Panel Applet
    Professional-level photographers and designers know that getting consistent, accurate color from file to screen to print and beyond is a requirement for great results. This new tool helps you manage Windows color settings in one place.

    SyncToy
    With new sources of files coming from every direction (such as digital cameras, e-mail, cell phones, portable media players, camcorders, PDAs, and laptops), SyncToy can help you copy, move, and synchronize different directories.

    RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer

    Are you a serious photographer? Now you can organize and work with digital RAW files in Windows Explorer (much as you can with JPEG images). This tool provides thumbnails, previews, printing, and metadata display for RAW images. Download or learn more.

    ClearType Tuner
    This PowerToy lets you use ClearType technology to make it easier to read text on your screen, and installs in the Control Panel for easy access.

    HTML Slide Show Wizard
    This wizard helps you create an HTML slide show of your digital pictures, ready to place on your Web site.

    Open Command Window Here
    This PowerToy adds an "Open Command Window Here" context menu option on file system folders, giving you a quick way to open a command window (cmd.exe) pointing at the selected folder.

    Alt-Tab Replacement
    With this PowerToy, in addition to seeing the icon of the application window you are switching to, you will also see a preview of the page. This helps particularly when multiple sessions of an application are open.

    Tweak UI
    This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more.
    Version 2.10 requires Windows XP Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2003.

    Power Calculator
    With this PowerToy you can graph and evaluate functions as well as perform many different types of conversions.

    Image Resizer
    This PowerToy enables you to resize one or many image files with a right-click.

    CD Slide Show Generator
    With this PowerToy you can view images burned to a CD as a slide show. The Generator works downlevel on Windows 9x machines as well.

    Virtual Desktop Manager
    Manage up to four desktops from the Windows taskbar with this PowerToy.

    Taskbar Magnifier
    Use this PowerToy to magnify part of the screen from the taskbar.

    Webcam Timershot
    This PowerToy lets you take pictures at specified time intervals from a Webcam connected to your computer and save them to a location that you designate.

    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
     
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