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Professional Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
Media Center Edition
Updated : September 25, 2008
Tablet PC Edition
Professional x 64 Edition 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 Related Links
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released . • .NET Framework 1 .1
Home Users
• Microsoft Experience Pack for
Students Note : We take great care to ensure that PowerToys work as they should, but they are
Tablet PC
not part of Windows and are not supported by Microsoft. For this reason, Microsoft
Small Businesses • 3 D Windows XP Screen Saver
Technical Support is unable to answer questions about PowerToys. PowerToys are for
IT Professionals Windows XP only and will not work with Windows Vista. • WUGNET Shareware Picks
Developers

Resources Important
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Using Windows XP • If you installed PowerToys prior to April 23 , 2002, you must uninstall your old PowerToys before
installing the versions available here. Color Control Panel Applet for
Downloads Windows XP
Support
• PowerToys only work with U .S. English regional settings.
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Expert Zone Current PowerToy options : 1472 KB
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Microsoft Update Color Control Panel Applet SyncToy PowerToy
Windows Marketplace Professional-level photographers and designers know that getting consistent, accurate color from file to
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screen to print and beyond is a requirement for great results. This new tool helps you manage Windows
Windows Family 821 KB
color settings in one place . Download or learn more .

SyncToy RAW Image Thumbnailer and

Viewer
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 Download page
synchronize different directories . Download or learn more . 47.7 MB

RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer

ClearType Tuner PowerToy
Are you a serious photographer? Now you can organize and work with digital RAW files in Windows
setup.exe
Explorer (much as you can with JPEG images ). This tool provides thumbnails , previews, printing , and
metadata display for RAW images . Download or learn more . 2 MB 5 min @ 28 .8 Kbps

ClearType Tuner HTML Slide Show Wizard

This PowerToy lets you use ClearType technology to make it easier to read text on your screen, and HTMLSlideShowSetup.exe
installs in the Control Panel for easy access .
416 KB 3 min @ 28. 8 Kbps

HTML Slide Show Wizard

This wizard helps you create an HTML slide show of your digital pictures, ready to place on your Web site. Alt-Tab Replacement

Taskswitch.exe
534 KB 3 min @ 28. 8 Kbps
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. Open Command Window Here

CmdHere. exe
Alt- Tab Replacement 514 KB 2 min @ 28. 8 Kbps
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

Tweak UI TweakUI.exe
This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user 147 KB 1 min @ 28. 8 Kbps
interface, including mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more .

Version 2. 10 requires Windows XP Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2003. Tweak UI for Itanium™-based
systems

Power Calculator TweakUI.exe

With this PowerToy you can graph and evaluate functions as well as perform many different types of 224 KB 1 min @ 28. 8 Kbps
conversions.

Power Calculator
Image Resizer
PowerCalc. exe
This PowerToy enables you to resize one or many image files with a right-click .
624 KB 3 min @ 28. 8 Kbps

CD Slide Show Generator

Image Resizer

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With this PowerToy you can view images burned to a CD as a slide show . The Generator works downlevel ImageResizer.exe
on Windows 9 x machines as well. 521 KB 2 min @ 28. 8 Kbps

Virtual Desktop Manager CD Slide Show Generator

Manage up to four desktops from the Windows taskbar with this PowerToy.
Slideshow . exe
548 KB 3 min @ 28. 8 Kbps
Taskbar Magnifier
Use this PowerToy to magnify part of the screen from the taskbar .
Virtual Desktop Manager

Webcam Timershot Deskman.exe

This PowerToy lets you take pictures at specified time intervals from a Webcam connected to your 550 KB 3 min @ 28. 8 Kbps
computer and save them to a location that you designate.

Taskbar Magnifier
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With this PowerToy you can view images burned to a CD as a slide show . The Generator works downlevel ImageResizer.exe
on Windows 9 x machines as well. 521 KB 2 min @ 28. 8 Kbps

Virtual Desktop Manager CD Slide Show Generator

Manage up to four desktops from the Windows taskbar with this PowerToy.
Slideshow . exe
548 KB 3 min @ 28. 8 Kbps
Taskbar Magnifier
Use this PowerToy to magnify part of the screen from the taskbar .
Virtual Desktop Manager

Webcam Timershot Deskman.exe

This PowerToy lets you take pictures at specified time intervals from a Webcam connected to your 550 KB 3 min @ 28. 8 Kbps
computer and save them to a location that you designate.

Taskbar Magnifier

Magnifier. exe
515 KB 2 min @ 28. 8 Kbps

Webcam Timershot
Manage Your Profile | Contact Us | Free Newsletter | RSS Feeds Timershot. exe
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