Free XP add-on downloads

[chrishoggy]

Just a few links with free extras from MS for XP
Photo and imaging.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...o/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d.../photo_ie.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...y/default.mspx

Security
http://www.windowsonecare.com/purcha..._cid=mscom_win
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx
https://fss.live.com/
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...ty_center.mspx

Fun stuff
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...p/default.mspx

[Gary Richardson]

Managed to totally screw up my display using TweakUI to customise something fairly minor (long time ago now and I can't remember what it was, only that it took me about 2 hours of work to rectify it), so I treat the power toys with a touch of cauition.

[chrishoggy]

Must agree, TweakUI can cause problems. It is for advanced users, who don't mind having the odd issue or 2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9
Also note that some XP add-ons require .net framework 2.0 . This is better installed via windows updates, by selecting custom updates from the Windows update site menu

[Frank Lopes]

Just curious...

Since we are talking about XP add-ons, and Ms has a "ClearType Tuner",
has any of you seen much difference between "ClearType" aliasing and standard smoothing?

Ms claims this is how different it could be:

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/...er/compare.gif

[chrishoggy]

Well I never bothered with it before, but just tried it. Using the Wizard, I set it up for the cearest possible settings. All it did was make my fonts look 3D, with a blue/geen shaddow around all fonts. So I just switched it off I'm happy with how it looked before

[Frank Lopes]

On a CRT or LCD?

Originally Posted by chrishoggy

Well I never bothered with it before, but just tried it. Using the Wizard, I set it up for the cearest possible settings. All it did was make my fonts look 3D, with a blue/geen shaddow around all fonts. So I just switched it off I'm happy with how it looked before

[chrishoggy]

It was on a Samsung A10 Laptop Tried it on an old LCD monitor (on work box), and it did clear it up a bit, but not a vast amount.