WINDOWS XP GOODIES
Agent components provide animated characters (Genie, Merlin, Peedy, Robby & "Custom") to appear during specific help or instruction. (Support FAQ)
Alt-Tab Replacement in addition to the icon of the application window you are switching to, you see a preview of the page.
Calculator Plus also performs many types of conversions.
ConferenceXP enables you to see & hear others in a virtual collaborative space, called a venue. You collaborate on an electronic whiteboard or PowerPoint presentation, send messages and more.
Feeds Plus is an Internet Explorer 7 add-on for RSS pop-up notifications.
FolderShare keeps important files at your fingertips - anywhere. All file changes are automatically synchronized between linked computers, so you always access the latest files.
GroupBar desktop tool offers enhanced window management capabilities in a taskbar-like setting. Through simple drag-and-drop operations on window tiles within the bar, users can create lightweight, transient grouping relationships that allow them to perform certain higher-level window layout functions on multiple windows at once.
Location Finder turns a regular WiFi enabled laptop, Tablet or PC into a location determining device without the addition of any separate hardware. Location Finder uses WiFi access points - or reverse IP lookup when WiFi is not available - to center and display the person's location on the Windows Live Local.
MapCruncher converts existing maps into an online format that’s easy to use as Virtual Earth. PDF and raster maps can be converted just by clicking on corresponding landmarks on the user's map. (Support: Website)
My Font Tool converts your handwriting into a TrueType font, making typed text appear written by hand.
Open Command Window Here adds an "Open Command Window Here" context menu option on file system folders, giving a quick way to open a command window.
Power Calculator graphd and evaluated functions as well as performs many conversions.
Scalable Fabric task management system. A central focus area, defined by you, contains windows that behave in the traditional way. When you drag a window into the periphery, it becomes smaller and continues to get smaller the closer you get to the edge of the screen. This makes it possible to keep windows open all the time, and change "minimize" to mean "return to the periphery". (Support: Website)
SUPPORT & TROUBLESHOOTING
Bootvis – Microsoft states this tool is not available, but they still “support it”. Bootvis “was” a performance tracing and visualization tool designed to help identify performance issues for boot/resume timing while developing new PC products or supporting software.
Change Analysis Diagnostic tracks Windows OS changes
COMDisable tool, views, disable or enable a list of available COM ports.
DebugView monitors kernel-mode and Win32 debug output on your local or networked TCP/IP computer.
Desktop Heap Monitor examines usage of a WIN32 subsystem that has an internal heap area known as "desktop heap". When running large number of programs, "Out Of Memory" error messages appear when you attempt to start new programs or try to use programs that are already running, even though you still have plenty of physical and pagefile memory available. (Support: KB126952)
DiskMon logs and displays all hard disk activity.
DLL Online Help Database – helps identify DLL version conflicts.
Fiddler is an HTTP Debugging Proxy which logs all HTTP traffic between your computer and the Internet. Fiddler allows you to inspect all HTTP Traffic, set breakpoints, and "fiddle" with incoming or outgoing data. (Support: HTTP Debugging)
Guided Help (depending on the problem) can automatically guide you through various steps to perform some diagnostic tasks yourself. (Support: How to . . .)
Kernel Memory Space Analyzer helps expert debugging engineers analyze crash dump files.
MDAC Component Checker helps you determine installed version information and diagnose installation issues with the Microsoft Data Access Components (Support: MDAC Website)
Memory Diagnostic tests the Random Access Memory (RAM) on your computer for errors. (Support: Users Guide)
Network Diagnostics for Windows XP tool (xpnetdiag) analyzes information about your network connectivity to help troubleshoot common connection problems. (Support: KB914440)
Portmon monitors and displays all serial and parallel port activity on a system. Advanced filtering and search capabilities make it a powerful tool for tracking down problems in system or application configurations.
PortQry Command Line Port Scanner is a command-line utility that troubleshoots TCP/IP connectivity issues by reporting the port status of TCP and UDP ports on a computer you choose. For details, see KB310099 and description. (Description of Microsoft Port Numbers & All Port Numbers)
Port Reporter logs TCP and UDP port activity on a local Windows system by running as a service logging which ports are used, which process is using the port, if the process is a service, which modules the process has loaded and which user account is running the process. (Description of Microsoft Port Numbers & All Port Numbers)
Port Reporter Parser Tool is a log parser for Port Reporter log files. Port Reporter Parser has many features that can help you analyze Port Reporter log files.
Process Explorer shows information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.
Process Monitor shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity.
"Decades" Auto Playlist Pack include dozens new auto playlists to organize your music by decades—from the 1940s through the new millennium.
Device Manager Software Development Kit (SDK) works with devices that support the new Media Transfer Protocol (MTP).
GAMING
3 Degrees connects people into a small group, so you can do fun things together. Throw animations to each others' desktops with winks. Listen together to a shared playlist created from music that you own with musicmix.
Carioca Rummy Card Game is a fun form of Contract Rummy popular in Argentina and Chile.
Game Voice Share Talk strategy to your teammates. Talk trash to your opponents. Game Voice brings the power of voice to games, whether you're online, on a LAN, or offline. (Support: How to . . .)
Match-Up! Similar to the game "Concentration", test your memory and matching skills while racing against the clock.
SafeDisc – When running a restricted user account with fast user switching under Windows XP, some games will not start correctly. The game requests that the original disk be placed in the drive, even if it is already present.
XBox 360 Controller & Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows XP & Windows Vista & Windows XP 64 & Windows Vista 64 (Support: Documentation)
All Microsoft Free Game Demos
HARDWARE
Fingerprint Reader - DigitalPersona Password Manager 2.0 (Support: How to . . .)
Keyboard - IntelliType 6.1 for Windows XP & Windows Vista and Windows XP 64 & Windows Vista 64
Mouse & Trackball - IntelliPoint 6.1 for Windows XP & Windows Vista, Windows XP 64 & Windows Vista 64 (Support: How to . . . ) -- New Habu Mice
Webcams - LifeCam 1.21 for Windows XP & Windows Vista
SCREENSAVERS & THEMES
4 the Dogs (Patas) - Four themes with "mans best friend."
BlueScreen of Death Screen Saver (BSOD) Who say's Microsoft doesn't have a sense of humor?
Brazilian Beaches (Praias do Brasil) - Four of Brazil's famous beaches: Florianopolis, Buzios, Jericoacoara e Fernando de Noronha.
Brazilian Carnival Three types of parties according to regions: Olinda, Salvador and Rio de Janeiro.
Chinese New Year Theme Pack 2006.
Christmas Theme.
Creativity Fun Pack PowerToys automatically select images for your Desktop or Screen Saver.
Portuguese Discoveries Theme Pack produced in cooperation with Protugal's National Library - Ministry of Culture.
Ree Ree Khao Sarn, the traditional Thai children's game includes colorful wallpaper,icons and animated screensaver with sound, demonstrating children play.
Royale Noir: "Secret" internal Microsoft XP Theme.
San Fermín Desktop Theme is specifically designed for the Spanish speaking community.
Security Screensavers two screen savers remind us of basic security practices -- Ten Immutable Laws of Security, & Ten Immutable Laws of Security Administration.
Thème Québec.
TimeDimension Screensaver futuristic "clock" by Brazilian designer Hans Donner
Valentine's Day Screensaver celebrates (duh) Valentine's Day.
Video Screensaver includes sample movie footage of countries all over the world.
Windows XP Screensaver.
Windows Vista Theme for Windows XP.
Winter Fun Pack 2004 for Windows XP Installer.
Winter 2006 TechNet Scripting Games Screensaver.
World of Warcraft Skin for Media Player 10 - Blizzard's official World of Warcraft skin.
Xbox Screensavers, Desktops & Media Player skins.
Zune Desktop Theme.
Enjoy :)
Agent components provide animated characters (Genie, Merlin, Peedy, Robby & "Custom") to appear during specific help or instruction. (Support FAQ)
Alt-Tab Replacement in addition to the icon of the application window you are switching to, you see a preview of the page.
Calculator Plus also performs many types of conversions.
ConferenceXP enables you to see & hear others in a virtual collaborative space, called a venue. You collaborate on an electronic whiteboard or PowerPoint presentation, send messages and more.
Feeds Plus is an Internet Explorer 7 add-on for RSS pop-up notifications.
FolderShare keeps important files at your fingertips - anywhere. All file changes are automatically synchronized between linked computers, so you always access the latest files.
GroupBar desktop tool offers enhanced window management capabilities in a taskbar-like setting. Through simple drag-and-drop operations on window tiles within the bar, users can create lightweight, transient grouping relationships that allow them to perform certain higher-level window layout functions on multiple windows at once.
Location Finder turns a regular WiFi enabled laptop, Tablet or PC into a location determining device without the addition of any separate hardware. Location Finder uses WiFi access points - or reverse IP lookup when WiFi is not available - to center and display the person's location on the Windows Live Local.
MapCruncher converts existing maps into an online format that’s easy to use as Virtual Earth. PDF and raster maps can be converted just by clicking on corresponding landmarks on the user's map. (Support: Website)
My Font Tool converts your handwriting into a TrueType font, making typed text appear written by hand.
Open Command Window Here adds an "Open Command Window Here" context menu option on file system folders, giving a quick way to open a command window.
Power Calculator graphd and evaluated functions as well as performs many conversions.
Scalable Fabric task management system. A central focus area, defined by you, contains windows that behave in the traditional way. When you drag a window into the periphery, it becomes smaller and continues to get smaller the closer you get to the edge of the screen. This makes it possible to keep windows open all the time, and change "minimize" to mean "return to the periphery". (Support: Website)
SUPPORT & TROUBLESHOOTING
Bootvis – Microsoft states this tool is not available, but they still “support it”. Bootvis “was” a performance tracing and visualization tool designed to help identify performance issues for boot/resume timing while developing new PC products or supporting software.
Change Analysis Diagnostic tracks Windows OS changes
COMDisable tool, views, disable or enable a list of available COM ports.
DebugView monitors kernel-mode and Win32 debug output on your local or networked TCP/IP computer.
Desktop Heap Monitor examines usage of a WIN32 subsystem that has an internal heap area known as "desktop heap". When running large number of programs, "Out Of Memory" error messages appear when you attempt to start new programs or try to use programs that are already running, even though you still have plenty of physical and pagefile memory available. (Support: KB126952)
DiskMon logs and displays all hard disk activity.
DLL Online Help Database – helps identify DLL version conflicts.
Fiddler is an HTTP Debugging Proxy which logs all HTTP traffic between your computer and the Internet. Fiddler allows you to inspect all HTTP Traffic, set breakpoints, and "fiddle" with incoming or outgoing data. (Support: HTTP Debugging)
Guided Help (depending on the problem) can automatically guide you through various steps to perform some diagnostic tasks yourself. (Support: How to . . .)
Kernel Memory Space Analyzer helps expert debugging engineers analyze crash dump files.
MDAC Component Checker helps you determine installed version information and diagnose installation issues with the Microsoft Data Access Components (Support: MDAC Website)
Memory Diagnostic tests the Random Access Memory (RAM) on your computer for errors. (Support: Users Guide)
Network Diagnostics for Windows XP tool (xpnetdiag) analyzes information about your network connectivity to help troubleshoot common connection problems. (Support: KB914440)
Portmon monitors and displays all serial and parallel port activity on a system. Advanced filtering and search capabilities make it a powerful tool for tracking down problems in system or application configurations.
PortQry Command Line Port Scanner is a command-line utility that troubleshoots TCP/IP connectivity issues by reporting the port status of TCP and UDP ports on a computer you choose. For details, see KB310099 and description. (Description of Microsoft Port Numbers & All Port Numbers)
Port Reporter logs TCP and UDP port activity on a local Windows system by running as a service logging which ports are used, which process is using the port, if the process is a service, which modules the process has loaded and which user account is running the process. (Description of Microsoft Port Numbers & All Port Numbers)
Port Reporter Parser Tool is a log parser for Port Reporter log files. Port Reporter Parser has many features that can help you analyze Port Reporter log files.
Process Explorer shows information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.
Process Monitor shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity.
"Decades" Auto Playlist Pack include dozens new auto playlists to organize your music by decades—from the 1940s through the new millennium.
Device Manager Software Development Kit (SDK) works with devices that support the new Media Transfer Protocol (MTP).
GAMING
3 Degrees connects people into a small group, so you can do fun things together. Throw animations to each others' desktops with winks. Listen together to a shared playlist created from music that you own with musicmix.
Carioca Rummy Card Game is a fun form of Contract Rummy popular in Argentina and Chile.
Game Voice Share Talk strategy to your teammates. Talk trash to your opponents. Game Voice brings the power of voice to games, whether you're online, on a LAN, or offline. (Support: How to . . .)
Match-Up! Similar to the game "Concentration", test your memory and matching skills while racing against the clock.
SafeDisc – When running a restricted user account with fast user switching under Windows XP, some games will not start correctly. The game requests that the original disk be placed in the drive, even if it is already present.
XBox 360 Controller & Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows XP & Windows Vista & Windows XP 64 & Windows Vista 64 (Support: Documentation)
All Microsoft Free Game Demos
HARDWARE
Fingerprint Reader - DigitalPersona Password Manager 2.0 (Support: How to . . .)
Keyboard - IntelliType 6.1 for Windows XP & Windows Vista and Windows XP 64 & Windows Vista 64
Mouse & Trackball - IntelliPoint 6.1 for Windows XP & Windows Vista, Windows XP 64 & Windows Vista 64 (Support: How to . . . ) -- New Habu Mice
Webcams - LifeCam 1.21 for Windows XP & Windows Vista
SCREENSAVERS & THEMES
4 the Dogs (Patas) - Four themes with "mans best friend."
BlueScreen of Death Screen Saver (BSOD) Who say's Microsoft doesn't have a sense of humor?
Brazilian Beaches (Praias do Brasil) - Four of Brazil's famous beaches: Florianopolis, Buzios, Jericoacoara e Fernando de Noronha.
Brazilian Carnival Three types of parties according to regions: Olinda, Salvador and Rio de Janeiro.
Chinese New Year Theme Pack 2006.
Christmas Theme.
Creativity Fun Pack PowerToys automatically select images for your Desktop or Screen Saver.
Portuguese Discoveries Theme Pack produced in cooperation with Protugal's National Library - Ministry of Culture.
Ree Ree Khao Sarn, the traditional Thai children's game includes colorful wallpaper,icons and animated screensaver with sound, demonstrating children play.
Royale Noir: "Secret" internal Microsoft XP Theme.
San Fermín Desktop Theme is specifically designed for the Spanish speaking community.
Security Screensavers two screen savers remind us of basic security practices -- Ten Immutable Laws of Security, & Ten Immutable Laws of Security Administration.
Thème Québec.
TimeDimension Screensaver futuristic "clock" by Brazilian designer Hans Donner
Valentine's Day Screensaver celebrates (duh) Valentine's Day.
Video Screensaver includes sample movie footage of countries all over the world.
Windows XP Screensaver.
Windows Vista Theme for Windows XP.
Winter Fun Pack 2004 for Windows XP Installer.
Winter 2006 TechNet Scripting Games Screensaver.
World of Warcraft Skin for Media Player 10 - Blizzard's official World of Warcraft skin.
Xbox Screensavers, Desktops & Media Player skins.
Zune Desktop Theme.
Enjoy :)
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