Are Windows XP power toys a joke?

[Tracky110XP]

well Microsoft put together for us a collection of different power toys, some from the past made to work in windows XP, others, well best discribed as bad copying job from linux.

http://microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

post your feed back on the power toys, the good the bad and the ugly.

my opinion after 3 days of use.

Tweak UI
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My long lost friend

I love this tool, and the changes that they made to it, it\'s easier to use then it was before.

The only thing that I can point a finger at is that it is now on the start menu by defualt, I know I can change it, but I liked it better in the control panel. In the words of Adam Sandler \"Are you too good for your home?\"
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Virtual Desktop Manager
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WOW 4 desktops to use, but then i started to use it.

The entire time while using this power toy I\'m thinking how bad of a job they did, if you must have this install Linux instead.

The wallpaper is the same on all desktops, boring!
The preview is ok, but it doesn\'t update like i wish it did.
Then just minimizing all the windows between the different desktops, I was disapointed.

all-in-all this doesn\'t even hold a candle to Linux
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I havn\'t had time to use any other power tools yet, but please keep this on the windows XP power toys NOT on how Microsft is the devil and Linux rules all.

Thanks for your time.

--Tracky110XP--
--W2k Technician--

[Tracky110XP]

well i have had another day to install the other power toys and get my first look at them.

Open Command Window Here
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Well this is nice, but over all I don\'t think that i will ever use this. With the command prompt I perfer just to drag and drop the programs if it is in an differnt location.

Power Calculator
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This took a while to get use to, but after that it was ok, I perfer to stick with my TI 89 calc, but the power toy is free.

Task Switcher
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this is different with a preview window of what it available in the alt+tab combo. nice, this is one that i would install and never come back to again. if you are a keyboard junky i would try this out for a little.

Image Resizer
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well this is just that, i don\'t like how it is limited, but they do give a custom size available for you. not much to this one, I really have no opinion on this one.

Taskbar Magnifier
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this one is not for me, i have fine vision, so this kinda anoyed me more then anything.


the HTML Slide Show Wizard and the Webcam Timershot i have not used yet but hope to soon.