Windows Vista looks cool – alot cooler than XP.  It’s sleek design is probably what attracts users the most.  I have to say, it is very pretty – but, I like things to be exactly how I want them.  I like to pick and choose my colors, and even the design and shape of my taskbar and start menu.  I like custom cursors, sounds, icons, backgrounds, etc.  I like everything on my computer to represent me and who I am, and I like to do it in style.  If you want custom EVERYTHING, like me, and you have Windows XP or Windows Vista, I have something to show you.

It’s a company called Stardock.  These people have come up with possibly the most wonderful programs I have ever used.  Using their products, you can change virtually anything on your XP/Vista machine.  Allow me to show you a few that I thoroughly enjoy.

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If you’re like me, you want the look and feel of your computer to represent you.  So, in that, maybe you want your Internet Browser shortcut icon on your desktop to be something else – a picture that you made. Or, you have a website and you want to make a favicon.ico icon to display next to the URL of your website in a web browser’s taskbar (just like FunkyTower does!) You may also want a custom mouse cursor to replace that boring arrow. If you’re like me, you took a picture of your hand in a “finger pointing” position to be your mouse cursor…but how do we take our pictures and make them icons and mouse cursors? Well I have two free programs you HAVE to see to believe: PixelToolbox, and @icon suhi.

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If you’re like me, you enjoy the new standard in design, from vector to 3D to photography. Woudln’t it be nice to have a fresh desktop background? Sometimes the one we have just sitting there can get old. Well, let me introduce you to a free app called Desktoptopia.

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