here are some screenshots of my customized windows xp with active desktop*. the system is highly reshacked ( about 250-300 dll and exe + programs ). icons are altered (ie: caption 'DIR' or 'A6' etc) but mainly removed from everywhere except from the tray and some "tree-based" windows like mmc.exe snap-ins. *( using bunch of javascripts / vbscripts to get drive informations, quicknotes, scheduler, date and more... )

the visualstyle made by me also. no public version.

main system informations:
system: windows xp eng (sp3)
shell: explorer
font used everywhere: standard 07_55 Caps (edited) similar to haxcorp
tray icons: simple 2 color icons. made by me
desktop: html + current background picture: tank by feng zhu (edited)
context menu > shortcuts menu: grigri's contextaware
visualstyle: own VS
shellstyle: own shellstyle
windows folder size: at the moment it is ~590 MB (With compressed Attributes).

cpu: amd sempron at 1500 mhz
memory: 1024 mb
video device: gef3 ti200

some of my frequently used programs:
instant messenger: miranda im (With icq and msn plugin)
mail client: popcorn 1.87
browser: firefox 2.0.0.4 (Before that i used IE6 for 9 years)
alternate notepad: notepad 2
media player: media player classic 6.4.9.0 (ffdshow.ax)
music player: foobar 2000 v0.9.4.2 ( since 2007 )
torrent client: utorrent

ofcourse all the programs are reshacked and / or customized.

sometimes i change the background color and the background image.
but that's all i change.

clean desktop and contextmenu


my computer window and control panel category view


active desktop quick message input field


user account window, taskbar properties and run dialog


add / remove programs, fax and image viewer, display properties