| ActiveMac | Anonymous | Create a User | Reviews | News | Forums | Advertise |
|
|
|
User Controls |
|
New User |
|
Login |
|
Edit/View My Profile |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ActiveMac |
|
Articles |
|
Forums |
|
Links |
|
News |
|
News Search |
|
Reviews |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
News Centers |
|
Windows/Microsoft |
|
DVD |
|
ActiveHardware |
|
Xbox |
|
MaINTosh |
|
News Search |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ANet Chats |
|
The Lobby |
|
Special Events Room |
|
Developer's Lounge |
|
XBox Chat |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FAQ's |
|
Windows 98/98 SE |
|
Windows 2000 |
|
Windows Me |
|
Windows "Whistler" XP |
|
Windows CE |
|
Internet Explorer 6 |
|
Internet Explorer 5 |
|
Xbox |
|
DirectX |
|
DVD's |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TopTechTips |
|
Registry Tips |
|
Windows 95/98 |
|
Windows 2000 |
|
Internet Explorer 4 |
|
Internet Explorer 5 |
|
Windows NT Tips |
|
Program Tips |
|
Easter Eggs |
|
Hardware |
|
DVD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latest Reviews |
|
Applications |
|
Microsoft Windows XP Professional |
|
Norton SystemWorks 2002 |
|
|
|
Hardware |
|
Intel Personal Audio Player 3000 |
|
Microsoft Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Site News/Info |
|
About This Site |
|
Affiliates |
|
ANet Forums |
|
Contact Us |
|
Default Home Page |
|
Link To Us |
|
Links |
|
Member Pages |
|
Site Search |
|
Awards |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Credits |
 |
What would you like to see in Vista Power Toys? | |
|
||
| Time: 01:02 EST/06:02 GMT | News Source: ZDNet | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
|
Ed Bott writes: Microsoft has a long tradition of releasing power toys for Windows. These are invariably unsupported (although the batch written for Windows XP were pretty polished) and generally pretty darn useful. Power toys tend to come out when you least expect them, often starting out as a hobby project for a Microsoft programmer (Raymond Chen, author of the original Tweak UI, would be the first member of my Windows Hall of Fame). I suspect it takes some pushing to get Microsoft’s semi-official blessing and be released as unsupported code, so we might not see them until after SP1. | ||
|
Write Comment
Return to News |
Displaying 1 through 25 of 145 Last | Next |
The time now is
12:01:50 AM
ET.
Any comment problems? E-mail us |
| #1 By 65179 (221.128.180.156) at 3/20/2007 7:54:01 AM |
| A better calculator, address book/contact manager, a button+direct shortcut in Explorer for creating a new folder, and something like Automator. |
| #2 By 23275 (24.179.4.158) at 3/21/2007 3:12:50 AM |
|
Set focus controls for windows - especially Windows Media Center.
In 2002/2003/2004 versions of MCE, it was possible to place the MCE video window to full screen on one monitor - not just size it, while moving the mouse back over to another window and working normally in another display. This is no longer possible to do - WMC in Windows Vista seizes control of the mouse and it is impossible to play it in a full screen window on one monitor while working in another display. Microsoft made the change, I suspect, to prevent people from using screen capture software to make essentially losess/perfect copies of protected HD content. While I understand the intent and the argument for making it this way - it does SUCK and one more "Could have done - should have done" item is taken away from us - again, because of thieves and torrent junkies. Here's why this is so needed - say you have a decent multi-core system and it supports HD HDCP content. It used to be possible to play that content on one screen and then using a wireless VGA/Audio/KB/Mouse transceiver, support a remote monitor, KB and mouse - pretty cool kit! While most remote resolutions supported are only 1024 x 768 and 4:3 [on affordable systems], it was possible to ship the primary PC desktop to any location I wanted - even adding multiple receivers. This made it possible to support some very discrete installs and silent operation of some very slick set ups - great WMC/MCE experience on large screens and great PC use on remote screens. <Yes, I know... Nvidia has some tools in its control panel, but they don't do nearly as good of a job as XP/MCE did>. |
| #3 By 61 (12.108.60.37) at 3/21/2007 9:25:20 AM |
|
#1, the better calculator is part of the XP PowerToys.
#2, you are requesting a feature change, not a PowerToy. Deinfately need a TweakUI for Vista, Vista eqivelant of the Virtual Desktop PowerToy, and something beyond (far beyond) Flip3D. |
|
Write Comment
Return to News |
Displaying 1 through 25 of 145 Last | Next |
The time now is
12:01:50 AM
ET.
Any comment problems? E-mail us |
