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"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
news:ewRGHGyfIHA.5900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> TweakUI was not written by MS, it's not part of Windows, and MS
> doesn't support it:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx


Not entirely correct. TweakUI (and other powertoys) are written by
Microsoft programmers. Microsoft wrote them, Microsoft makes them
available, but Microsoft does not SUPPORT them. At many companies,
their employees write up utilities that are handy for their own use.
Often they might roll these up into a package that they make available
to their customers. I've often seen such packages show up for UNIX
(IBM AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, etc.). They are written by the company but
they are provided as-is.

If you use a hex editor on TweakUI.exe, you will see that Microsoft is
identified as the company, owner, and even has their Verisign cert
recorded.