Windows XP Utilities

Calculator
Microsoft Windows XP has built-in calculator. This calculator can perform as a scientific calculator too. Open Run Command and type “calc” without quotes and press enter.

Calculator

Calculator


Notepad
Notepad is text editor. You can write and text based files. Open Run Command and type “Notepad” without quotes and press enter.
Notepad

Notepad

ClipBook Viewer
This is clipboard memory viewer. When you copy anything it goes to clipboard memory. If you want to see that what is in clipboard memory then open this ClipBook viewer. Open Run Command and type “clipbrd” and press enter. You can also save clipboard memory in a file for future use or can remove clipboard memory from this viewer.

Clipboard

Clipboard


IExpress
This utility can make self extractable zip file or a compressed package of files. You can read about it in details at this link. Open Run Command and type “iexpress” and press enter.

IExpress

IExpress

Paint Brush
This graphical utility creates graphical files like BMP, JPG, GIF and TIF. It has awesome toolbox at left for graphical use like brush etc. Open Run Command and type “mspaint” and press enter.

MSPaint

MSPaint

Movie Maker
This is great utility from Microsoft. You can split any movie file. You can add effects in any movie file. Open Run Command and type “moviemk” without quotes and press enter.

Windows Movie Maker

Windows Movie Maker

Word Pad
This is a free and light version for word documentation. If you don’t have Microsoft Word license you can use this free utility. It doesn’t support full Microsoft Word’s features but it supports many Microsoft Word features. You can open any Word document in this utility. Open Run Command and type “wordpad” or “write” and press enter.

WordPad

WordPad