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These 8 plug-ins totally change the way you use the Windows XP MCE. They provide you with the additional features and since most of them are free so there is nothing to lose. (1) MCE Customizer 2005 (FREE) This application specially for MCE 2005 and lets you do some tweaking with your OS. You can change the skip-forward and the skip-backward intervals, raise or lower TV padding and choose different names for your recordings. You can also hide or show start menu items and there are more features which will help you to fully customize your MCE. – MCE Portal Basic (FREE) This provides you with an interface with all the portals and provides information regarding TV shows, personalized news, RSS feeds, movie timings and even a daily horoscope. – mceWeather (FREE) With this application there is no need to hang out of the window to check out the weather before you start a camping trip. mceWeather adds real-time weather data to the MCE interface and also shows you an updated forecast. You can also check out the weather in any part of the globe before starting an adventure trip. (2) MSN Remote Record (FREE) Forgot to set up a recording before you left for vacation? No problems you can just head to a web connected PC and with this application you can schedule the recordings from anywhere in the world. All you need is a .NET Passport Account which is also available for free. – My Movies (FREE) This application indexes your movies, download the MPAA rating, actor info and all that you want before starting to enjoy your movie and all that just when you insert a DVD. – myTV ToGo ($30) Using Windows Media Player to copy YV shows and movies to a portable handheld device is a boring task and you usually get bugged up doing that. But this application from Proxure makes it a image and enables you to copy your favorite content to an iPod, PSP or any of your hand held portable Media Device. – TVTonic (FREE) With this killer application you can subscribe to any video podcast like CartoonCow and many more. The main difference in this application is that it downloads videos to your computer before playing them instead of streaming them. This is done to ensure that the videos run smoothly and on full-screen. – Yougle (FREE) This application brings videos for all major online video sites such as YouTube and Google Video to your couch.