Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP Tablet PC - Overview & Demonstration

A couple years ago, we took a look at Microsoft PowerToys - a collection of tweaks and enhancements to Windows designed for power users. This time around, we're exploring the version designed specifically for XP Tablet PC Edition!
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[@nightbirdds]

Fun Fact: Microsoft's handwriting works perfectly for exactly One person. It was trained on Jerry Pournelle's manuscripts. So, it worked absolutely great for him. RIP Jerry.

[@jastahooman]

RIP

[@hello_I_like_to_do_stuff]

RIP@@jastahooman

[@hello_I_like_to_do_stuff]

RIP

[@hello_I_like_to_do_stuff]

RIP

[@hello_I_like_to_do_stuff]

RIP

[@NoahClevinger]

Late night Michael MJD videos are always a vibe!

[@kevinwong_2016]

Yep

[@BinkersGaming]

Yep Love chilling and watching his vids durring the day and the night

[@CubeAtlantic]

y e s, ime they're kind of mediating, & 100% nostalgia to even watch :D

[@Gamblesgarage]

Perhaps you could call it… mjdness? I’ll see myself out…

[@cableTVarchive]

They're great.

[@endlesswanderer1753]

I don't know the tech behind touch pads/letter recognition, but I know the Nintendo DS did it by recognizing the stroke order of each letter/number. Rather than detecting the 'shape' of the pixels you drew, it was detecting how many strokes in each direction you made to make the letter. That's why in Brain Age or similar games, sometimes you'd write a letter differently from how the DS expected, and it would generate an entirely different letter. However, you could mess with it because of this. You could make three tiny, quick marks in the correct motions, and it would generate an A. Or, you could make a long, continuous drawing, but as long as you did it in the basic 'strokes' of an R, you could make it detect a picture of a cat as the letter R. The speedrunning TAS community has messed with this, making bots draw complicated artworks in Brain Age's math test, but getting every single answer correct. If you want to see this in action, look up the AGDQ 2016 Brain Age TAS. It's incredible.

[@ramboti6402]

Most likely because that's how you write kanji in japanese (so most likely also applies in chinese) because there is a stroke order "top to bottom left to right"-really really oversimplified. There are dozens of rules so yeah,with latin letters we have a lot less problems

[@shibolinemress8913]

"Recognising the stroke order" reminds me of when I took one semester of Japanese in college (so back in the Dark Ages 😉😀). The teacher would watch our hands very closely when we had to copy kana or kanji, and figuratively slap our wrists if we got the stroke order wrong. 😅. Nintendo being a Japanese company, I have to wonder if there was some sort of accidental connection going on there! 😅

[@eDoc2020]

If you press the pen and hold it in place the system won't register it as a left click right away because if you hold long enough it will do right click instead. Presumably the hold tool will disable this delay, making it possible to press and hold on a scroll arrow. This doesn't help much with a standard scroll bar where you can drag the slider but does for a "spin box" control where you only have the two arrows.

[@arjendizon4835]

, c

[@SagBobet]

MJD: I think it's bugged out Also MJD: 9ive tablets ice cream often

[@Tetriser]

Best comment I've ever seen

[@AjinkyaMahajan]

I am amazed, especially with the physics sandbox, create your own font, and add words to dictionary tools. Man, this device came in 2005. Today most of the features of this are common on any touchscreen tablet/laptop, but it's beyond what I can imagine. Love to see your videos Cheers✨✨

[@BenState]

See what an F16 can do? Check out when it was made.

[@ccalhoun3908]

@@BenState a f16 fighter jet?

[@nin10does19]

Hard times fell upon me just yesterday, but I found this upload to be immensely gratifying. Thanks for the upload as usual, MJD!

[@vitamins-and-iron]

you became trapped under a falling concrete grandfather clock?

[@nin10does19]

@@vitamins-and-iron I forgot I even commented this, and for the most part I cannot remember the context of the comment... but thanks for the laugh today!

[@gutter_onion7855]

Nice collection. This is TOTALLY just unfinished projects, that didn't make it to final build, like you said. There's ZERO polish, and I love it.

[@AtulVinayakS]

I feel really bad for Michael getting judged for his handwriting by a 2000s era OS.

[@philtkaswahl2124]

This and the previous video kinda makes me want to install an XP shell for the Surface. Also, that asymmetrical "aughties cool" aesthetic of the that Art Tool's UI is so nostalgic.

[@meligarcia]

Dang that was fast. Literally a WEEK AGO you covered the experience pack!

[@animatorisbored1246]

This tablet is amazing! I genially didn't thought that a 2005 tablet could be this cool! Keep up the good work MJD!

[@brianturney7599]

I had one of the first motion computing tablets back in 2000-2001 when I worked at Microsoft. I loved it. I took it to all our meetings and wished it was touch screen. Funny fact I realized it was used later in the Stargate Series Stargate Atlantis. Dr Elizabeth Weir used one in nearly every episode.

[@thanusun]

I love these long format videos, please make more of them!!!

[@thanusun]

Don’t listen to the above message. It’s a scam.

[@animerror]

TabletPC videos from Michael always cheer me up.

[@nguyenthienminh1443]

Finally! A video that isn’t uploaded at late night in my timezone!

[@wadmodderschalton5763]

Now all that's left for the PowerToys saga is the Windows XP Media Center Edition ones.

[@ElectricoGamez]

I hope a retrospective video on Internet Explorer is made soon... (still, great video MJD!)

[@pasquale78]

Windows XP Royale Theme was the best theme for XP, in my opinion. To the untrained eye, it's the same as the Luna theme, but different.

[@techmouse.]

34:40 Living proof music is a fucking scam. A person can just roll their head back and forth across that tablet and create something at least good enough for elevators everywhere.

[@lumine7653]

Thank you for an awesome video as always!

[@HunterTheKerbal]

keep up with these xp tablet videos i like learning about this stuff!

[@delinhaa]

always nice to see you upload Michael

[@CubeAtlantic]

snap, the obscure, & dope nostalgia in this video is just boosting-up a lot of memories of Windows X.P. bc i forgot the powertoys even existed.

[@blainepalmerza]

Awesome video, Michael!

[@PyledriverMG]

my dog chills out when she hears your voice lol. good content!

[@chrisrlillo]

the song you composed was actually a really nice melody lol

[@icannotbeseen]

Love the Power Paint one! I would love to try that on a modern laptop

[@Alexisadingus]

almost 300k! keep pushing!

[@tomypower4898]

Yes drama

[@yungsagegaming8577]

Yeah I was definitely thinking Hold Tool was just rolled into the 2005 version of the OS

[@NielsonLucas]

The PowerToys font maker ended up being revived as a Windows 10 UWP app.

[@MaskedGEEK]

35:00 - So are you quitting KZbin and starting your music career? 🎶🎵🎹🎹

[@nfistfu]

I think that a lot of this older software tends to recognize lowercase e's only when they start from the middle and go around rather than starting from the bottom and going up and inwards. I saw people having a lot of issues with lowercase e's in particular when games on the DS, cause I'd never have any issue cause I'd start from the middle but any time I'd give the game to someone who wrote e's the other way it would almost always mistake it for something else. The letter that I always had issues with myself was actually lowercase a, cause I would write it without the hook at the top and it would never get it right

[@andresbravo2003]

Woah, now that’s another kind for experiments.

[@theodoros_1234]

17:40 I guess in this case it doesn't matter, because tablet PCs (where this PowerToy will mostly be used probably) have an LCD screen.

[@mangamichael]

I love to watch these videos

[@peanutbutter2859]

i had an older version of one of these motion computing tablets, theyre fun to play around with and if you can find a lightweight linux version it works well for drawing

[@BOplaid]

Lightweight linux: Linux LITE

[@starleaf-luna]

@@BOplaid Linux LITE-weight

[@ethanchow9170]

18:00 tablet uses LCD which won’t burn so I suppose a static screensaver is ok

[@kaitlyn__L]

It’s much harder to do but it can still happen. I’ve got a near 15 year old LCD screen, which had the same file browser window sitting on it when I wasn’t doing anything else with it. Now there’s a weird scanline looking kind of effect on the portion of the screen where it was, when displaying other stuff. It doesn’t disrupt daily use - but then neither does other screen burn generally.

[@szajszka]

23:55 Now that you wrote the P and E together I can see why the computer messed them up XD

[@KerbalHub]

I didn't know PowerToys had a tablet version until now

[@PuffyRainbowCloud]

You know, if you wrote letters like "e" and "g" correctly it might give you a better time '^ ^ Entertaining video as usual!

[@sda2911]

“Touched on” 0:12 get it?? Because it’s a touch screen??

[@tristontherailfan]

Hardy har har

[@K3v1999]

Just tried the font tool under Windows 11, still works ^^

[@RealTheCrasher8]

Pure MJDness

[@FlyboyHelosim]

Some of these are pretty neat.

[@SiobhanIsntShane]

The hold tool might be for different tablets that have different pens that work differently.

[@Windows7601]

You should also make a video on the Education pack for Tablet PC Edition

[@kaitlyn__L]

Wacom bundled something very similar to “Hoop Strategy Game” with their early Bamboo tablets, with a ball, but there were more obstacles and sound effects and animations. Edit: ew, the way the pieces lazily rotate and don’t snap to each other very easily in “Puzzle Game” really bothers me for some reason. Also this naming scheme and some of those settings panels really give “unfinished cancelled betas to pad out the pack” vibes for sure. Power Paint is surprisingly powerful though. But the UI needs some work. I can see why they just slightly spruced up the edges of Win98 paint for XP, but it’s neat they were working on something more powerful for a time. Layers, granular brush settings and pressure sensitivity would have all made some basic painting programs redundant if management had put the work into finishing it.

[@alphapuggle]

I think it's rejecting your "e"s because you're writing them "backwards" from what is normally written. Try starting from the inside of the "e" and see if it picks it up

[@mattjw16]

Will this run on a regular installation of Windows? If so, I wonder if it would run on modern Windows!

[@ChloeKenobi]

I strive to embrace the mjdness in my life.

[@Stiky_Piston]

To be honest windows XP tablet PC is actually kind of cool

[@frozendude707]

9:40 I think it may be choking on that you are not using any of the standardized ways of writing g and e, it may not be something teachers in the US cares about nowadays, we do have keyboards and cheap automatic printers after all. Doing stuff like analysis of writing requires some baselines to compare to, so you likely have to write it in a way and speed that is expected.

[@salamiwallnut]

I am watching this video in the sauna. I am looking forward to seeing some cool tweaks

[@davinp]

The Math Input Panel came bundled with Windows 7. Also, some Tablet PC accessories under the folder Tablet PC in accessories

[@IanVerhagen]

Love this channel

[@Sir_Uncle_Ned]

They were VERY optimistic with that external display one.

[@alteriwnet5805]

I love the tablet!

[@stevenjlovelace]

This video is pure mjdness.

[@_DogoTheSpamtong]

Dang I'm gonna need an album for that music.

[@harunonline]

Dear Mr. Michael MJD (even the my Android keyboard learned your name 😁), thank you so much for showing us these things. As someone living in Turkey, my dear country (😏) where such things are not heard, I have been watching your videos with my little learned English for a few months and I have heard from you for the first time that there are even tablets made with Windows XP TPCE. It's the first time I've heard of many such admirable topics from you (and some other KZbinrs). It is a great luck that you live in places where such things happen right away. Also, can you try everything in this video on Windows 10 or 11? It'll be pretty fun. You will return to the Tablet PC Edition section after this trial. Say what? 😅

[@Izdl_]

@UCG-b0eRLwonDFfcdpS6x-3Q what the hell man that's not nice

[@Izdl_]

@UCG-b0eRLwonDFfcdpS6x-3Q what is wrong with ur ign, it says ur ign is anon anon

[@harunonline]

@@Izdl_ I do not understand what you mean. Are you telling me something right now?

[@LKBRICKS1993]

Great video so exiting to watch.

[@techshibe137]

I LOVE YOUR CONTENT MJD!!!!!!!!!!

[@luvmyh0nda]

It is probably glitching because of the backward-method for writing the 'e'

[@Kitsudote]

28:14 so Microsoft invented 3D touch decades ago, they just didn't realize it's usefulness. Classic Microsoft :)

[@normalizedaudio2481]

These were fun.

[@CAR912b]

23:50 - I'm a bit annoyed they didn't have the quote as "...one small step for a man..." (note the missing "a"). 39:43 - you just recreated the 2012 Olympics logo in 5 seconds, and for less than $800,000,

[@DaveAdams222]

OMG, HAHAH! You drawing your lowercase E's from bottom to top like that gives me anxiety!

[@Peterisgb]

I'm sorry to say but the issue with handwriting recognition is your writing. The software with good writing works perfect, I remember using these types of things back in the day on xp all the time.

[@dragonic_ragecore]

What a musical masterpiece lmao, I think a certain Australian Musical Man, *cough* Dankpods *cough* needs to take a look at that.

[@sillystev0n]

The Calculator utility is very similar to what the Math Input Panel was, so maybe this was a precursor to that program. I could be totally wrong though… Great Vid as always!

[@MichaelMJD]

Thank you!

[@Mario583a]

Good video MJDress.

[@HunterTheKerbal]

ah yes mjDRESS

[@buddhavskungfu]

Wish I had MS Press

[@roddyst.jamesofkensington2320]

That was a good video Michael! Keep on and you will hit 1M Subs soon!

[@VSigma725]

I recently got a Gateway branded M1300 tablet that had its hard drive blanked and I can't figure out how to reinstall the OS because it cannot boot an external USB or FireWire optical drive, do you have any ideas?

[@KaiCheetah]

the background music when he's playing pool is from The Black Cat in VRChat 😂

[@EntitledLynx756]

Can you make a new Wii soft modding guide

[@krzysztofpiskorz5876]

Wow, I was in two minds between Windows XP or 7 tablet (want something cooler to fix older mobiles), if windows 7 doesn't have such cool stuff, I'll buy XP one and pack it to brim with stuff from your last 2 showcases.

[@King-qc7mu]

Idk if its been said before but im pretty sure the programs arent recognizing the lowercase E you draw is because you write it backwards, i used to do the same before my teacher taught it out of me haha

[@ricksandstorm]

26:52 you should have switched the theme to use the font! :D

[@Ribeanie]

That's certainly an interesting angel

[@TanjoGalbi]

I don't blame the handwriting recognition, I totally blame your handwriting. It's all over the place; letters written in non standard ways, mixed case and varying sizes in the word. It's no wonder it found it hard to read! lol

[@xWaLeEdOoOx]

MJD FOR OSCARS

[@tom2089rr]

It happened! 🤯

[@sledgehammer_floatzel]

I'm convinced this video gave me luck. For context, in mid 2021 I caught a shiny luvdisc in pokemon Y. I went to show my sister, but my game crashed, and I lost it. I've been hunting for one ever since, and at about 5 minutes in, I ran into one!!!

[@BlakeKDM]

Please do a video on Windows 7 touchpack

[@BrynGriffithsVideo]

"Next up is maze game" *_WAR FLASHBACKS_*

[@old486whizz]

"that's not a p" - but you're clearly drawing a P... An e starts in the middle and goes anti-clockwise... Edit: lol ;)

[@kaitlyn__L]

But a P doesn’t start from the bottom either! It starts from the top left and doubled back on itself after the bottom of the tail

[@old486whizz]

@@kaitlyn__L probably why it registered a couple as "r" in the video. Although I see no point in doubling back up on the P and start at the bottom (especially lowercase p).

[@urijahkeshka]

We might not know the secrets of the universe until we can un-code the symbols of Michael's MSPress letters and MJD-ness

[@denava6068]

You should try to run ReactOs on that thingy

[@archimes]

Michael nib made us a cool video today

[@arnothomsen620]

@37:19 Letter z is forbidden in Europe if you write it you would go into jail

[@duckrinium]

how do you ban the letter? :/

[@arnothomsen620]

@@duckriniumI know it from the news

[@theodoros_1234]

25:22 I think you just created a doctor's handwriting font right there

[@lord_hormiga]

Michael mjd Could the tablet be installed windows 7?

[@justinlira1841]

10 years ago I bought 2 of these tablets at a yard sale

[@Jorje15gaming]

Where can I download the wallpaper?

[@SetariM]

In this video, we see Michael MJD have a big epeen about his handwriting

[@Patrick-vv3ig]

Download link for the MSPress font is where???

[@rickybhattacharya6]

Looks like Mike is operating the Media Center Edition of Windows XP.

[@davinp]

The PowerToys on Windows 10 & 11, you don't have to download several separate exe files because it is all in one file

[@LONEWLF]

Will it run Windows 11