6 Great ‘Hidden’ Applications Inside Windows XP

OK, this time I want to share my experiment results after exploring my system32 folder that located inside Windows folder. And I had found 6 great (I call it “great” because those 6 softwares have great functions and I hope you agree with me and why I call it “hidden” because Windows XP doesn’t put the shortcuts in Start Menu so there are not many people to know about those softwares). OK, I will share it for you…

And here are my chosen software lists and maybe these list are old softwares but if you use them you’ll get better respond or benefits.
1. Windows Media Player 6.4
Yup, this is a old player maybe you’re using it on Windows 2000 but I think you’ll get better speed with it but with the old ‘cloth’, you know it…. if you’re a person that priority the function you may choose it, you can open it with click Start – Run menu and type mplayer2 in textbox

and Windows Media Player will opened (figure-2).

Yes, I know maybe you think why doesn’t using the Windows Media Player 11? On several computers, Windows Media Player 11 run too slow and of course if you choose to run Windows Media Player 6.4 you will get better speed.

2. Winchat
You can open it through Start – Run menu and type winchat in textbox

and then Winchat will opened with its simple form.

You can use Winchat likes winpopup. So, if you search “winpopup looking” software on Windows XP, use Winchat. To connect to other computer just click Dial button on toolbar and just choose or type the computer name.

And don’t forget to check the Network DDE and Network DDE DSDM in Windows Services first, if those services is in stop status, just start it (Start Network DDE DSDM first then Network DDE). I had been wrote an article about how to start and stop the Windows Service too, then make sure that your friend’s computer has open Winchat too.

3. Netmeeting
If Winchat works on local area network only, Netmeeting works on internet connection. To open it just clicks Start – Run menu and then type conf in textbox.

If you’re run it for the first time, you will asked to set the configuration (figure7 – figure15)

after you set it then Netmeeting will opened.

And if you want to connect it to other client/computer click Dial button and Find someone window will show up and you just choose the user that listed there.

4. Private Character Editor
If you want to make your own character you can use this software. To open it just click Start – Run menu and then type eudcedit then click OK button,

and Private Character Editor window will opened,

and if you want learn more about this software, check this my article.

5. IExpress
This a compression tool software that made by Microsoft, you can create cabinet files with it, to open it click Start – Run menu and then type iexpress then click OK button

and IExpress software will opened and if you want to learn more this software, click here.

6. Clipbook Viewer
This software will helps you to view the contain of your clipboard, to open this software you can click Start – Run menu and then type clipbrd then click OK button.

If you has copy something before, you will see the text that copied to clipboard at this software.

But if you get Clipbook Viewer is empty, try to copy a single file to test it (press Ctrl-C key to copy it).

With Clipbook Viewer you can manage the clipboard contain, such as to delete contains of clipboard.

Hopefully, this article can help you…
(article no:0084)

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