It’s official, spring has sprung! And, there’s no better time to discover more AMAZING things you can do with Windows XP. Starting next Tuesday, April 22, Windows XP users will be able to download four FREE Windows XP Creativity Fun Packs directly from Microsoft.com. These special spring-themed Fun Packs are loaded with great extras that can help you to be even more creative while enjoying the built-in digital media and communications capabilities available in Windows XP.

The Windows XP Fun Packs contain great extras for:
Windows Media Player 9 Series
A blogging plug-in, 3-D Alchemy Visualizations and 3-D Picture Viz with spring-themed backgrounds for Windows Media Player 9 Series.

Windows Movie Maker 2
Six new video titles, 3 music tracks, 5 music transitions and 50 sound effects for Windows Movie Maker 2.
Digital Photography and Web Browsing with Windows XP
15 new greeting card templates for those special springtime occasions including Mother's Day, Father's Day, Weddings and graduation.
Five new title slides for Photo Story, a feature included in Plus! Digital Media Edition –a digital media enhancement pack for Windows XP.

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Download: Windows XP Creativity Fun Packs (Tuesday, April 22)
View: Create With WindowsXP

Some of the cool things you will be able to do include: setting your favorite music tracks to new visualizations specially designed for Windows Media Player 9 Series; creating your own video screensavers with your favorite music and video clips; customizing home movies with the latest Mother's Day and graduation themed sound effects, titles and music using Windows Movie Maker 2; creating customized greeting cards with your digital photos for Mother's Day, Graduation, Father's Day, Weddings and even adding a springtime related Favorites list to your Internet Explorer 6 browser.

Windows Movie Maker 2 Cont.
*15 new greeting card templates for those special springtime occasions including Mother's Day, Father's Day, Weddings and graduation.
*Five new title slides for Photo Story, a feature included in Plus! Digital Media Edition – a digital media enhancement pack for Windows XP.
*Over 70 Favorites that connect users to a broad range of websites containing useful information for springtime and beyond. These sites can help you to find the perfect gift for Mothers’ Day, buy a digital camera, plan a hike, start a garden, get a start on baseball season and much more!

Windows XP Power Toys
*A Video Screen Saver Power Toy allowing you to play any Windows Media Video file as your Windows XP Screensaver.
*Automatic Desktop Wallpaper Changer Power Toy.



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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by DarkLordSouron on 20 Apr 2003 - 08:38
link is down [URL=http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/experiences/]Here's Another Link[/URL]
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by warr on 20 Apr 2003 - 08:49
movie maker.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by Voodoo on 20 Apr 2003 - 08:49
Download: Windows XP Creativity Fun Packs (Tuesday, April 22)
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by fdiaz2day on 20 Apr 2003 - 08:54
The page cannot be found for the first URL. ...sorry just notced the date said Apr. 22 ...so, this means it won't be available till Apr 22?

Last edited by 18848 on 20 Apr 2003 - 09:08
(3 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by Voodoo on 20 Apr 2003 - 09:14
yep thats correct, MS kindly gave us advanced notice on this one
Quote this comment #5.1 Posted by Phoenix_25 on 20 Apr 2003 - 12:06
You mean MS kindly gave [b]WinInformant[/b] advance notice on this one.
Quote this comment #5.2 Posted by Zolk on 20 Apr 2003 - 12:08
This news was sent to several Windows news sites (including mine), not just WinInfo.
Quote this comment #5.3 Posted by Voodoo on 20 Apr 2003 - 14:03
[neoquote=#5.1 by Phoenix_25]You mean MS kindly gave [b]WinInformant[/b] advance notice on this one. [/neoquote] No I dont, You think MS only gives there info to Wininfo? Would u like the email?
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by fdiaz2day on 20 Apr 2003 - 10:51
Okay, thanks alot for passing it along to us...
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #7 Posted by DjmUK on 20 Apr 2003 - 11:54
hmm, I know this isn't a constructive comment...but, if I was 6 years old then maybe I'd find a purpose to this "fun pack", otherwise - what a waste of time & resources, M$ could do so much more than this irrelavant software.
Quote this comment #7.1 Posted by Zolk on 20 Apr 2003 - 12:10
Just because you find no use for these downloads, it doesn't mean less tech-savvy users won't as well.
Quote this comment #7.2 Posted by JaggedFlame on 20 Apr 2003 - 12:38
This is stupid. First, you hear people going "OMFG M$ DOESNT RELEASE ANY UPDATES OMFG NOOBZ", and then you hear people complaining because they [i]do[/i] release updates. If you really have something you want to see in the OS, go to their suggestion page. Don't just sit here and complain.
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #8 Posted by lwebster on 20 Apr 2003 - 12:25
for sure, for the average home user these little toys will be a great and welcome addition. Most people on this forum probably know where to get the same style toys but much more proffessional and powerful - but to joe average and his son this will keep them entertained for hours - i think its nice Microsoft releases things like this - it obviously isnt for us, its for families and stuff. Get off Microsofts back and congradulate them for once for giving those people something that will get them more into their computers.
Quote this comment #8.1 Posted by JaggedFlame on 20 Apr 2003 - 12:39
If the experience of the geeks at my school is any base, I don't think it's quite a good idea to get people [i]more[/i] involved with their computers.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #9 Posted by hardgiant on 20 Apr 2003 - 13:38
So like where are the downloads at ?
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #10 Posted by Liestman on 20 Apr 2003 - 13:43
Geez.. if your going to tell us about something.. Put up a stupid link that works!
Quote this comment #10.1 Posted by thornz0 on 20 Apr 2003 - 14:03
read the date
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #11 Posted by lwebster on 20 Apr 2003 - 13:52
It doesent come out til the 22nd. Dont know why they've put a link up unless thats going to be the link on the 22nd.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #12 Posted by Liestman on 20 Apr 2003 - 13:56
Well, for dumb...
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #13 Posted by ~~NeYo~~ on 20 Apr 2003 - 15:15
[b]WOW!!!![/b] ... Awesome! haha, What a time to be a XP User!!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #14 Posted by memodude on 20 Apr 2003 - 16:17
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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #15 Posted by madjo on 20 Apr 2003 - 16:44
==edit== stupid post
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #16 Posted by rh387 on 20 Apr 2003 - 23:51
gotta find a way to get it to work with server 2003
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #17 Posted by Xion on 22 Apr 2003 - 11:45
Well, it is the 22nd for the last 12 & half hours and still no go!
Quote this comment #17.1 Posted by Andrew T on 22 Apr 2003 - 13:12
[neoquote=#17.0 by Xion]Well, it is the 22nd for the last 12 & half hours and still no go! [/neoquote] Depends which country you live in - me, I am in Australia and in fifty minutes or so it will be the 23rd
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #18 Posted by memodude on 22 Apr 2003 - 14:10
Well, Microsoft is in PDT (Pacific Daylight Time), just like me, so its 7:09 AM on the 22nd and no packs.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #19 Posted by RedCoat999 on 22 Apr 2003 - 15:16
still nothing
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #20 Posted by Zero_Tolerance on 22 Apr 2003 - 15:36
the link doesn't work, you gotta go to the main page it directs you to, then navigate from there .. or use this one. and or backtrack http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/experiences/downloads it works nicely..
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #21 Posted by chorpeac on 22 Apr 2003 - 17:06
Still nothing here...waiting for the link to work....
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #22 Posted by RosUFO on 22 Apr 2003 - 17:53
It's Working!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #23 Posted by chorpeac on 22 Apr 2003 - 21:08
excellent finally....damn timezone differences..
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