5 Useful Windows XP Powertoys

Published at August 14, 2007   Filed Under Tools    

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Powertoys are small add-ons from Microsoft to tweak or enhance your windows XP experience. If you are a serious windows user then you should be using these and these can be downloaded from Microsoft for free. Here is a list of my favorite power toys to increase productivity.

Image Resizer:

You don’t need to open Photoshop for just resizing an Image, Image Resizer enables you to resize single or multiple images with just a right click. After installation you will see a resize picture context menu if you right click any image.
image resizer
Image: Image Resizer

Alt-Tab Replacement:

This will replaces the default alt-tab switch screen with better user interface, it adds a large thumbnail of the application you are selecting. This is quite useful if you open multiple browser windows and want to switch to the right one without searching for yourself.
alt-tab replacement
Image: Alt-Tab Replacement

Power Calculator:

Power Calculator has some nice features which are not there in the standard winxp calculator. With this powertoy you can do graphing, measurement conversions, trigonometry functions and other scientifique calculations.

power calculator
Image: Power Calculator

Tweak UI:

Tweak UI 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.

Webcam Timershot:

With this PowerToy you can take take pictures at specified time intervals from a Webcam connected to your computer and save them to a location that you designate.

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10 Responses to “5 Useful Windows XP Powertoys”


  1. TipsoSaurus
    August 14th, 2007 5:13 am
    Nice list there. I liked the tab replacement :)
  2. ram
    August 14th, 2007 6:19 am
    Yaah its a nice one, but i feel that its a bit slow compared to standard one
  3. sindhu
    August 14th, 2007 7:00 pm
    yaawwnn seen it. used it. microsoft had desktop arrangement thingy…forgot the name, it had a little snazzy effects to offer..
  4. Nirmal
    August 14th, 2007 9:55 pm
    I like the Image re sizer and the tab one.
  5. ram
    August 15th, 2007 1:13 am
    @ Sindhu
    You are talking about Virtual desktop manager i guess. I didn’t use it
  6. Shankar Ganesh
    August 15th, 2007 4:08 am
    I’ve tried all of these :D My favourites are the PowerToy Calculator and that TweakUI application. I love them. :D
  7. Vaibhav
    August 16th, 2007 8:41 am
    this is nice, i liked the tab replacement and power calc :D
  8. vaanika21
    August 18th, 2007 8:51 am
    I LIKIT THIS SAIT TAHNKS
  9. ram
    August 18th, 2007 1:27 pm
    Thanx vaanika21

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