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Here’s the list made by www.blackviper.com

Whenever linux froze on my computer, i would normally try a CTRL+ALT+Backspace. If that didn’t work i had to reset the machine manually.
Well it seems there is a solution.
Read carefully:
Press and hold ALT+Print Scrn (SysRq) and then type REISUB
After you type the last letter the computer will reboot the right way.

A nice post here on instructables.com on how to build your own windows quake-like console.
You will need to install two utilities first, and their combination will lead to the final product.

I noticed that prototype (the javascript framework) changed their site look (although i haven’t had visited it for a long time, so i don’t know when this actually happened) and now they have a well made documentation available also for download as a pdf file or as chm file. They even have a firefox extension, a prototype library reference sidebar, that is dependent on another firefox extension devboi, which i personally don’t use.

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Even in the days of the old Windows 95, Microsoft released a set of programs that added extra functionality to the Microsoft operating systems. The PowerToys aren’t integrated into Windows from the release date of the OS because there is no technical support offered for them and they do not undergo the same rigorous testing that the operating system components do.
The PowerToys for Windows Xp aren’t included in a single installer, but in separate files, and many tools that were distributed with Windows 95 PowerToys are no longer part of Windows XP’s PowerToys as some functionality of the Windows 95 PowerToys has been incorporated into later versions of Windows, such as the ability to treat .CAB files like ordinary folders.

The Xp PowerToys overview:
* Alt-Tab Replacement Task Switcher – Replaces the simpler Alt-Tab switcher with a more visual one which shows live window previews.
* Background Switcher – Adds a slideshow tab to Display properties and allows automatically changing the desktop wallpaper periodically.
* CD Slideshow Generator – Generates a slideshow from photos burned to a CD.
* ClearType Tuner – Allows customizing ClearType settings to make it easier to read text on the screen.
* Color Control Panel Applet – Allows managing color profiles, changing color profile associations for devices, viewing detailed properties for color profiles (including a 3D rendering of the color space gamut).
* HTML Slideshow Wizard – Generates an HTML slideshow presentation.
* Image Resizer (Photo Toys) – Allows right-clicking on multiple image files inside Windows Explorer to batch resize them.
* Internet Explorer Find Bar – Adds a toolbar similar to the Find on this page function in Internet Explorer.
* ISO Image Burner – Burns ISO images to a CD burner.
* Open Command Window Here – Allows starting a command prompt from any folder in Windows Explorer by right-clicking.
* Powertoy Calculator – Calculator with support for functions, conversions and graphing.
* RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer – Provides thumbnails, previews, printing, and metadata display for RAW images from within Windows Explorer.
* Shell Audio Player – A Windows Media Player-based compact player which allows playing music from the taskbar.
* Super-Fast User Switcher – Allows Fast User Switching using the Windows key+Q combination without requiring to switch even to the logon screen.
* SyncToy – Allows synchronizing files and folders.
* Taskbar Magnifier – Magnifies part of the screen from the taskbar.
* Tweak UI – Allows customizing Windows XP’s user interface and advanced settings.
* Virtual Desktop Manager – Allows switching between four virtual desktops from the taskbar.
* Webcam Timershot – Takes pictures at specified time intervals from a webcam.

PowerToys that i like

• Open Command Window Here – This PowerToy adds an “Open Command Window Here” context menu option on file system folders, giving you a quick way to open a command window (cmd.exe) pointing at the selected folder.
• Tweak UI – This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more.
• Image Resizer – This PowerToy enables you to resize one or many image files with a right-click.
• Power Calculator – With this PowerToy you can graph and evaluate functions as well as perform many different types of conversions.

For the rest of them… i think the aren’t worth installing..