Windows Power Toys for Windows XP

[Ablang]

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

Note:MS has taken great care to ensure that PowerToys operate 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.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

WINDOWS XP PowerToy choices: PowerToySetup.exe for XP

* 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.
* 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.
* HTML Slide Show Wizard
This wizard helps you create an HTML slide show of your digital
pictures, ready to place on your Web site.
* 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://threeclicks.com/powertoys.htm


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"In the future, my private life will be expressed solely through art."
-- Britney Spears

 

[Mel]

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

Note:MS has taken great care to ensure that PowerToys operate 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.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

WINDOWS XP PowerToy choices: PowerToySetup.exe for XP

* 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.
* 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.
* HTML Slide Show Wizard
This wizard helps you create an HTML slide show of your digital
pictures, ready to place on your Web site.
* 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://threeclicks.com/powertoys.htm

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.

 

[MLC]

Il Fri, 17 Jun 2005 12:34:51 GMT, Mel ha scritto:

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.

Have you tried it? I'd like to know if it makes some difference, having
already set clear type in the screen properties, effects.
(I'm on Win XP Pro)

 

[ceed]

Have you tried it? I'd like to know if it makes some difference, having
already set clear type in the screen properties, effects.
(I'm on Win XP Pro)

It makes a lot of difference on my laptop. Not so much on my CRT desktop
screen. So on all LCDs it is really helpful. Finally, if you happen to
hook your laptop or computer up to a large LCD TV it's almost a must.

 

[Mel]

Have you tried it? I'd like to know if it makes some difference, having
already set clear type in the screen properties, effects.
(I'm on Win XP Pro)

I installed ClearType Tuner back in January, and to tell you the truth I
don't recall how much of a difference it made to the readability of
text.

 

[MLC]

Fri, 17 Jun 2005 15:11:52 GMT

@ ceed and Mel:
thanks everybody for your feedback!
Maybe I'll try it me too, next week I'll get a new 17" LCD.

 

[Ablang]

I wish they made "Image Resizer" for Windows 98 and/or ME. There
doesn't seem to be another program on the planet that can do _batch_
re-sizing of picture files.


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"In the future, my private life will be expressed solely through art."
-- Britney Spears

 

[Pete]

I wish they made "Image Resizer" for Windows 98 and/or ME. There
doesn't seem to be another program on the planet that can do _batch_
re-sizing of picture files.

I've always used Irfan View http://www.irfanview.com/ to do batch resizing.

Peter

 

[Mel]

I wish they made "Image Resizer" for Windows 98 and/or ME. There
doesn't seem to be another program on the planet that can do _batch_
re-sizing of picture files.

PIXresizer is a photo resizing program to easily create web and email
friendly versions of your images with reduced file sizes. The reduced
files are saved in a different folder, so your original images are not
altered at all. PIXresizer offers several different resizing methods to
choose from and can automatically recognize image sizes to calculate the
best fit. In addition, it can convert between image formats (JPEG, GIF,
BMP, PNG and TIFF), rotate images, convert to grayscale and resize
multiple images in batch mode. A great companion for webmasters and
digital photographers.

Options/Features
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Simple four-step workflow
Easy 'Apply recommended' option to make it even more user friendly
works with single files as well as with multiple files all at once
option to convert between graphics formats (.bmp, .gif, .jpg, .png, and
..tif)
can be used to create thumbnails (takes one move on a slider)
smart ratio calculation (image proportions can be overruled by the user)
error logging (checks for corrupted images a. o.)

http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm

 

[Vic Dura]

I've always used Irfan View http://www.irfanview.com/ to do batch resizing.

Ditto. Very easy to use. Works well.

 

[Janice]

Ditto. Very easy to use. Works well.

I never knew Irfanview could do that. Took a little searching but I
found the setup for that feature under the Advanced options for batch
conversion. It will be enormously helpful for some projects I do.
Thanks.