What do you guys think of these powertoys?

[Guest Danger_Duck]

I've never used powertoys before and have in fact just heard about them.

Before I even try something though(software-wise), I like to hear others'

experiences. So:

 

1. Any known bugs/difficulties using them?

2. Have they been useful to you?

 

Thanks!

 

 

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.

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: What do you guys think of these powertoys?

 

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:05:01 -0700, Danger_Duck

<DangerDuck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I've never used powertoys before and have in fact just heard about them.

> Before I even try something though(software-wise), I like to hear others'

> experiences. So:

>

> 1. Any known bugs/difficulties using them?

> 2. Have they been useful to you?

 

 

 

In my view TweakUI (I don't personally find any of the others

particularly useful) should be seen as essential tool for everyone.

It's extremely easy to use, and there are no problems with it.

 

Note that TweakUI doesn't do anything you can't do without it. It's

essentially nothing but a special-purpose user-friendly registry

editor. But if you can do something with TweakUI, rather than editing

the registry directly, it's always a easier, safer way to accomplish

it.

 

 

> 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.

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

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[Guest JS]

Re: What do you guys think of these powertoys?

 

TweakUI is a very useful tool and is relatively safe for most users as they

don't need to use the registry editor or other less obvious methods to make

changes to Windows.

 

SyncToy v1.4 (Not the 2.0 Beta which still has bugs and taking forever to go

gold) is a simple and effective file backup utility.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E0FC1154-C975-4814-9649-CCE41AF06EB7&displaylang=en

 

JS

http://www.pagestart.com

 

 

"Danger_Duck" <DangerDuck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:9F2D1229-9DEF-415D-B1A3-3E3CACF0B39E@microsoft.com...

> I've never used powertoys before and have in fact just heard about them.

> Before I even try something though(software-wise), I like to hear others'

> experiences. So:

>

> 1. Any known bugs/difficulties using them?

> 2. Have they been useful to you?

>

> Thanks!

>

>

> 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.

[Guest ju.c]

Re: What do you guys think of these powertoys?

 

They're all excellent.

 

 

ju.c

 

 

"Danger_Duck" <DangerDuck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:9F2D1229-9DEF-415D-B1A3-3E3CACF0B39E@microsoft.com...

> I've never used powertoys before and have in fact just heard about them.

> Before I even try something though(software-wise), I like to hear others'

> experiences. So:

>

> 1. Any known bugs/difficulties using them?

> 2. Have they been useful to you?

>

> Thanks!

>

>

> 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.