Hidden XP Utilities

Deep inside Windows XP there’s all sorts of forgotten tools and utilities, some of which were carried over from earlier versions of Windows, or left behind by the developers. Here is a few for you to be getting on with and all you have to do is type the name in Run on the Start menu (without the quotes of course). Most of them are undocumented, though a few of them have some Help files which might help you figure them out but as always you use and try them at your own risk

charmap the Windows Character Map, the place to look for unusual characters

eudcedit create or modify your own characters

perfmon versatile system monitor, everything you wanted to know about your PC

progman the old Windows 3.1 Program Manager (removed by SP2)

rasphone remote access phonebook, used to manage dial-up networking

telnet ancient PC to PC remote command and communications system

winchatâ communications tool for exchanging messages over a network

Tags: communications_tool, developers, help_files, left_behind, old_windows, phonebook, program_manager, quotes, remote_access, sorts, sp2, system_monitor, versatile_system, Windows, windows xp

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