Four Programs you didn’t know existed on your computer
Most of us are very familiar with Windows XP and have explored almost all the programs that come default with XP. Here are four programs you most probably didn’t know existed on your computer.
Private Character Editor
There is an accessory program called the Private Character Editor included with Windows XP that is quite obscure and little-known. It is used in conjunction with the Character Map and provides a way to create your own fonts or logos.
How to open
To open the program, go to Start-Run and enter eudcedit
iExpress
IExpress is a technology designed to simplify creation of a setup program. Using the step-by-step IExpress Wizard, you can create self-extracting files that automatically run the setup program contained inside. IExpress technology automatically removes the setup files after installation, saving the user time and frustration. So now you know how to create your own installers !
How to open
To open the program, go to Start-Run and enter iexpress
Dr. Watson
Dr. Watson for Windows is a program error debugger. The information obtained and logged by Dr. Watson is the information needed by technical support groups to diagnose a program error for a computer running Windows. A text file (Drwtsn32.log) is created whenever an error is detected or a program crashes, and can be delivered to support personnel by the method they prefer. You also have the option of creating a crash dump file, which is a binary file that a programmer can load into a debugger.
How to open
To open the program, go to Start-Run and enter drwtsn32
Media Player 5.1
Yes Media Player 5. You probably have Windows Media PLayer 10 or 11 installed but the fact is even if you upgrade your media player, version 5.1 will remain on your system.
How to open
To open the program, go to Start-Run and enter mplay32
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May 13, 2012 at 11:20 pm
Miss.Andrea Borman.
I have installed WMP5.1,Mplay32 from Windows XP on my Windows 7,windows Vista and now on Windows 8. I did this just by copying the Mplay32 program file found in Windows/system 32 on Windows XP onto Windows,system32folder on Windows7,Windows Vista and windows 8. And WMP5.1 is now running on Windows 7,Windows Vista and Windows 8. But WMP 6.4,Mplayer2 the other media player does not work on Windows 7,windows Vista or Windows 8,only on Windows XP. Andrea Borman
April 15, 2012 at 12:14 am
Miss.Andrea Borman.
I have installed Mplay32(media player 5.1 from Windows XP) on my Windows 7. And it is working on Windows 7 without any problems. I did this by copying the file from my Windows XP computer onto my Windows 7 computer.I have tried it on Windows 8,and Mplay32 is working on Windows 8.
I have also installed the Windows XP Sound Recorder on both Windows 7 and Windows 8,the same way by copying the program files over from Windows XP. It is possible to run most Windows XP programs on Windows Vista,7 and 8 this way. But you must have a Windows XP computer in order to copy the files from. Andrea Borman.
July 21, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Web design
Nice post! Thank you so much!
April 11, 2010 at 5:26 pm
Thor Berrry
drwtsn32 not on windows 7 :(
August 29, 2009 at 11:13 am
ManlyJack
you will also have Media player 6.4 available by start -> run mplayer2 -> enter
June 13, 2009 at 10:03 am
DanielRemains
Sadly mplay32 doesn’t work on Windows 7 :(
October 30, 2008 at 4:28 am
Bash Bosh
Thank you for sharing!
Very nice list :)
August 7, 2008 at 9:16 pm
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July 18, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Niyaz
Great list.
I did not know about the first two.
March 23, 2008 at 12:28 am
divyam
Well, actually i knew all of them and i’m just a student!!!
March 11, 2008 at 7:52 am
Sandeep Bali
Interesting :D
February 15, 2008 at 7:18 am
garigolleo
:mrgreen: the reason why ms still packages media player 5 is because so it can be used in web apps and in conjunction to streaming whatever over the internet. they figure its compatible with just about any software so its a universible media app. :idea: :lol:
February 9, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Hesham
Hi its perfect …
February 8, 2008 at 12:24 am
Mike
Thanks !!! Didnt know about the media player.
February 7, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Praneeh
Nice one i knew 2 of them
February 7, 2008 at 4:51 am
chuks ugoji
i think you should do more research and make your findings available to us
February 6, 2008 at 4:39 am
chuks ugoji
you ‘ve done a good job there
February 3, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Steve
Would love to know if there are any tricks on figuring out why VISTA boots so Slowly.
January 30, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Justin
interesting post….to bad i have a MAC!! suckers haha, no but i do run paralells so i use XP for somethings
January 17, 2008 at 5:41 am
Jim Lockwood
Very nice. I knew about the last two, but it’s nice to be reminded. The first two on your list are awesome. Thanks for the tip. Now to think of fun ways to use them.
January 16, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Web Design Romania
Last one doesn’t exists in Vista :)
January 16, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Naveen
Media Player 5.1 is interesting one. Others I know. Good post.
January 13, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Keith
Nice list…than :shock: :shock: ks.
January 13, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Alfred
This article was written for Windows XP, thats the reason the mplay32 does not work on Vista
January 13, 2008 at 9:41 am
DarkMantle
:shock: All work in Vista 64bit except for mplay32 (no surprise since it has the 32 in the name)
January 13, 2008 at 9:35 am
Grey
Neat.
Why would ms still package wmp 5.1? I’m temped to say spiteful things but that wouldn’t be constructive now would it.
January 13, 2008 at 5:01 am
Geena Robeson
Knew about all of these.
January 13, 2008 at 4:51 am
Nark0tik
Nice post, works with vista too :cool:
January 13, 2008 at 4:56 am
Steve
Great tool and yes it does work with Vista….nice.
January 12, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Maxine
A :lol: great post! Most helpful.
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January 12, 2008 at 8:22 pm
millions2007
please hurry and up give me some more :twisted:
January 12, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Manoj
Thanx a lot. :cool:
January 12, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Djordje Mijailovic
Thanks for iExpress!
:)
January 12, 2008 at 6:07 am
Redbeard
meh I knew about them. But then again, I’m a geek.
January 12, 2008 at 4:02 am
Joe
:grin:
Nice post
Nice post
Really nice post…….
January 12, 2008 at 1:59 am
klaue
oh wait.. postet to fast.. diddn’t see that those should be included in winXP. i’m sorry, ignore last post.
still knew 3/4 :P
January 12, 2008 at 1:55 am
klaue
knew all of them (or at least alternative programs to do the same)
if i made such a list, my pics would probably be: visipics, autostitch, super (the one from erightsoft), wireshark, Security & Privacy Complete 3.0, EndItAll2, Sandboxie…..
January 12, 2008 at 1:43 am
Locke
Only one I didn’t know about was media player 5. Not that I want it but.. didn’t know it was there.
January 11, 2008 at 11:55 am
Nirmal
I didnt know abt the first 2 ones. Good post.
January 10, 2008 at 3:29 pm
kuanhoong
Yup, I didn’t realise the 3rd one.
Good find.
January 10, 2008 at 10:27 am
Techblissonline Dot Com
I didn’t know of the first one that looks interesting…lemme try it…
January 10, 2008 at 12:32 am
Alfred
Its actually a much bigger list thought I’d keep the rest for later, btw visit my new blog techieportal.com
This one gets updated one week after the posts appear on the new blog.
Gratz on reaching top 4000 blogs on technorati :D
January 10, 2008 at 12:09 am
Keith Dsouza
cool buddy, except for Watson I never knew other things existed , you might have done lots of digging to find them lol