Microsoft PowerToys - the tool EVERYONE needs

New features appear in Windows almost all the time, but for various reasons they may not always become standard functions that will come with the system out of the box. In this video we consider the evolution of Microsoft PowerToys: the official collection of free applications created by Microsoft for power users, learn what it is and how to use it, and figure out what PowerToys is in 2024. 0:00 - Intro 0:05 - Recap 0:26 - Brief introduction 0:59 - What are we going to do in this video? 1:28 - When was the first version released? 1:37 - How did PowerToys originally ship out? 1:47 - Who originally created the first version of PowerToys? 2:03 - Windows 95 PowerToys 4:30 - My review of the first PowerToys 4:48 - Fun fact 5:20 - Windows 95 KernelToys 6:37 - Windows XP PowerToys 9:34 - Fun fact 2 9:45 - Further Development of Windows XP PowerToys 10:10 - Utilities not included in PowerToys 10:33 - Microsoft closing PowerToys 10:48 - Years later... 11:13 - ...they're suddenly remembered 11:31 - What is PowerToys now? 16:59 - Windows (NT) Resource Kit 17:50 - Conclusions 18:44 - Titles, acknowledgements 18:58 - End