I just found a way to view raw files directly as thumbnails in your windows xp folders. wow this saves so much time. take a look.

http://www.microsoft.com/prophoto/downloads/codecs.aspx

I also spent some time on http://www.microsoft.com/prophoto they have some need stuff on there. For Microsoft, who would of thought

Does this work with all versions of xp?

i think so. i have xp usa verson with the 2.0 update installed