Windows Power Toys
I was reading this E-book about how to optimize Windows XP when I stumbled upon something actually helpful. It was a link to some little Windows add-ons that help make some tasks easier. Good news, it's free and there's no verification of authenticity for your copy of Windows XP.
The two tools that I found most useful were the Image Resizer and the Alt-Tab replacement.
The image resizer enables me to resize my images to certain set dimensions with a simple right click of my mouse. Rather than opening up huge programs like Adobe Photoshop or the light IrfanView, I just right click on the pic I want to resize, select the resize option and choose what size I want it to be. It's simple, and effective. Quality isnt too shabby either. Good for resizing pics u wanna put on the web.
The Alt-Tab replacement is extremely handy. I believe it's something that the Mac OS had a huge upper hand over. Now the playing field is levelled somewhat. Ok, probably not. Anyway, most tech-savvy users like to switch between programs quickly using the buttons Alt+Tab. There wasnt much information that you could get from it. Now, with this add on, not only do you get a description of the program u want active, you get a little preview of what's on the program. It all shows in a little pop-up as below.
Good stuff, worth taking a look at.
Windows XP Powertoys.
The two tools that I found most useful were the Image Resizer and the Alt-Tab replacement.
The image resizer enables me to resize my images to certain set dimensions with a simple right click of my mouse. Rather than opening up huge programs like Adobe Photoshop or the light IrfanView, I just right click on the pic I want to resize, select the resize option and choose what size I want it to be. It's simple, and effective. Quality isnt too shabby either. Good for resizing pics u wanna put on the web.
The Alt-Tab replacement is extremely handy. I believe it's something that the Mac OS had a huge upper hand over. Now the playing field is levelled somewhat. Ok, probably not. Anyway, most tech-savvy users like to switch between programs quickly using the buttons Alt+Tab. There wasnt much information that you could get from it. Now, with this add on, not only do you get a description of the program u want active, you get a little preview of what's on the program. It all shows in a little pop-up as below.
Good stuff, worth taking a look at.
Windows XP Powertoys.
posted by Mike Ng at 10:43 PM
5 Comments:
Monkey...do you even read my posts? Maybe I should write an entry about you. Assuming that you can use my blog as an advertising base for yours, just because you linked my blog to yours.
Hey the numbers are in. Hits because of your site = ZERO!
Go spam some other place.
Mike, I think you have made an mistake. I have no intention to put any ads in your blog.
Also hope you can read the post carefully, that it is not ads about my blog. It is an effort for some blogger in Penang that trying to gather as many blogger as possible.
Yes, I did read your posts but I think it is not worth for me to continue reading.
If you are not interested to join the gathering, just ignore it. Or you can turn the comments column that only allow your team members to post comments. thanks
do you think people really need your blog to promote? It is so rude to called people monkey.
I don't see that penang podcast promoting his blog. Read that carefully...
I guess I over-generalized by calling your "notices" ads. Still, my comment box is meant for comments pertaining to my respective entries. I do not appreciate you placing notices there as even though it is not an ad, you're promoting something which I have no knowledge about on my own webspace. Thank you for acknowledging my request.
Hey, with it coming from Microsoft, you can never be too sure....
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