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AutoPatcher also allows installation of some common additional software, registry settings, and patches for other Microsoft software, notably Microsoft Office. [ 1 ] AutoPatcher currently exists for Windows 2000 , XP , Vista , 7 , 8 , 10 and some server equivalents ( Windows 2003 and 2008 ).
The option to select a Pattern under the Background (9x/NT)/Desktop (XP) tab of Display Properties was removed. Users can only set a pattern with the Registry Editor. [9] The 3D FlowerBox, 3D Flying Objects, 3D Pipes and 3D Text screensavers have been updated to use Direct3D instead of OpenGL.
With Windows XP, the Start button has an updated appearance and is larger, making it faster to mouse over to it and click it.To help the user access a wider range of common destinations more easily from a single location, the Start menu was expanded to two columns; the left column focuses on the user's installed applications, while the right column provides access to the user's documents, and ...
The registry editor for the 3.1/95 series of operating systems is RegEdit.exe and for Windows NT it is RegEdt32.exe; the functionalities are merged in Windows XP. Optional and third-party tools similar to RegEdit.exe are available for many Windows CE versions. Registry Editor allows users to perform the following functions:
WIN.INI is a basic INI file that was used in versions of the Microsoft Windows operating environment up to Windows 3.11 to store basic settings at boot time. By default, all font, communications drivers, wallpaper, screen saver, and language settings were stored in WIN.INI by Windows 3.x.
Tweak UI started as a control panel applet available for download on Microsoft's website, released shortly after the release of Windows 95.It was originally written by Raymond Chen and later included in Microsoft's PowerToys collection, a set of tools developed by Microsoft's Shell Development Team.
Microsoft also released PowerToys for Windows XP Tablet PC Edition [39] and Windows XP Media Center Edition. [40] A set of PowerToys for Windows Media Player was released as part of the Windows Media Player Bonus Pack (for Windows XP), consisting of five tools to "provide a variety of enhancements to Windows Media Player." [41] [42]
A simple registry tweak/hack also exists for allowing the Windows XP version of Windows Movie Maker to natively import/edit DVR-MS files. [3] Some early freeware applications which convert the files can be found from third parties such as at The Green Button.