While Microsoft is keen for us to move to Windows Vista, we've got other ideas. With a brand-new service pack and a slew of useful add-ons XP works better than ever. Here are 50 tools that can extend XP's useful working life still further.
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Picasa to Flickr
This plug-in for Picasa is free, handy and platform-independent. It uses a simple Java applet to let you zip files from the popular image editor directly to the equally popular Flickr photo-sharing service.
The Filter
Your party starts in 15 minutes and you've forgotten to create a music playlist. No problem. Seed this iTunes and Windows Media Player add-on with a handful of tunes you like. Not only will The Filter generate a killer party soundtrack, but it will dredge up hot tracks you'd forgotten were in your collection.
EvilLyrics
This free download gets rid of the junk code that accompanies most lyrics search results by looking for lyrics in the background whenever you play a song in iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media Player or another media player. The results aren't perfect, but they're on target more often than not.
ffdshow
Dodge the hassle of juggling multiple video formats by turning to this versatile plug-in, which supports most video players and provides all the video codecs you're ever likely to need.
Plugin Galaxy
This collection of free effects and filters for Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro offers a range of warping and blurring effects, plus handy features such as a 'page curl' for image corners, all accessible within a single convenient interface. Plugin Galaxy is $70 (£35) to buy, but you can try it out for free.
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Comments
Ron Graves said: My mistake - if you close the donation request FireFTP appears
The Watcher said: Hey Ron Ill give you a dollar This article is really useful more please
Ron Graves said: FireFTP is NOT free You can download it but it wont run unless you make a donation first This apparently can be as little as 1 but its not a freebie so why is it here
Ron Graves said: I dont know which Firefox addons Woodburner had problems with but those Ive looked at gave me no problems at all
woodburner said: I tried to download several of the Firefoxaddons but on each occasion I received the message Microsoft can not find the associated file was this not checked before you published article
Regmon said: My sincere apologies if there are 50 Free Tools but I never got to them through all the Anti-Vista stuff and still believe that such tactics will put off potential customers far more than encourage them
The watcher said: there are 50 free tools but seems odd to make people read 9 pages of anti Vista first
Regmon said: This sort of false description of an article probably does more to discourage customers from buying the mag than anything else If you have 50 Free Toolsby all means shout it from the rooftops If you haventdont tell ouright lies
Hanea said: Just Another Anti Vista article I am really sick of these type of articles Especially when they try to promote other OSs between the lines Leopard I stopped reading at page 9 because I got bored from waiting for the great 50 free tools for XP I just shutdown reading this Guys be objective and try to bring a real benefit for your readers not just dump the anti Vista content templates that I have been reading all over the web The same thing every where Come on Move over I am using both Vista and XP and happy with them the most Every one has a place for me but not Leopard neither Ubuntu
Rob said: Nine pages of anti Vista then some XP stuff and not even the best free tools for XPWaste of time
Catweazle said: Theres a bit of a typo in this article - it says speaking of Vista downgrade to XP Clearly it should be Upgrade to XP