Microsoft

Windows XP PowerToys

I always found that the Microsoft PowerToys to be very useful, but you never really hear about them. Hence, here is my review of the Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP.

Microsoft PowerToys is a set of programs provided by Microsoft for the Windows operating system. PowerToys are not integrated into Windows since they are released after the public release of a Windows operating system. They are also not under technical support because they do not undergo the same rigorous testing that the operating system components do.

Installing Windows XP on the Fujitsu Amilo Li3710

My Amilo originally came with Windows Vista installed, which in my opinion was a terrible operating system, and Windows 7 is no better. I want to use applications, not the OS, and Microsoft increasingly does not understand this concept. I was happy with Ubuntu as the sole OS running on the machine for a time, but later found that I did actually need to run some Windows specific applications that did not run well in Wine (i.e. Steam).

Windows Phone 7

Windows Phone 7. It’s a new operating system for phones.

“Windows Phone 7 is easily the most unique UI in the smartphone race right now, and the real perk here is that it doesn’t just seem like an arbitrary decision to make things look different than other OSs — there is real purpose and utility to a lot of what Microsoft has come up with.” – Engadget

My last Windows phone was a while ago, when I was still in secondary school. It was the HTC Typhoon (Orange C500), and I absolutely loved it. Outlook is without a doubt one of the best applications ever produced by Microsoft in my opinion, and I used it to organise my whole life. Email, calendar, contacts and todo lists were all organised in Outlook, and with the C500, I could take them all with me.

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