Free power toys for XP.

solly_2

You may already know of these Windows power toys but for those that don't.

ClearType Tuner (New)
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 (Updated)
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.


The image resizer is excellent for email or forum posting.

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Sorry to the mods if should be posted in Techie?

afro_2

Good post, I too recommend the image resize power toy.

Telling friends and family to resize picutures using a paint program doesn't help, its too much like hard work. But the plugin makes it easy to resize using a quick right click on a file, ideal for reducing the sizes for emailing!

ianonline

QUOTE: "PowerToys will only work with US-English regional settings"

Has anyone experienced any compatibility issues using UK settings?

amazingkitkat

thanks and i'll install it when i get back home

fishytom12

:T thanks going to give it a try

NMc106

Thanks a lot!

Will give it a try!

ianonline

ianonline wrote:

QUOTE: "PowerToys will only work with US-English regional settings"

Has anyone experienced any compatibility issues using UK settings?

So, does everyone intend switching to US settings or just wait and see what happens with UK settings?

solly_2

ianonline wrote:

So, does everyone intend switching to US settings or just wait and see what happens with UK settings?

Most of the progs work without US settings. The image resizer is the main prog I was recommending.

Have a go you can always uninstall.

ianonline

solly wrote:

Most of the progs work without US settings. The image resizer is the main prog I was recommending.

Have a go you can always uninstall.

Yeah, I'll give it a try.
Just thought it strange that they made a point of saying "ONLY" U.S. settings rather than "MAY NOT" work on non-U.S. settings, under the heading "Important Notes".
As you say, you can always uninstall - can't see it doing any permanent damage. Don't worry, I won't hold you responsible if my computer crashes or blows up or anything!!