This is based on a future Windows enhancement, it's 100% free, doesn't seem to have any spyware and doesn't hog resources. I thought some of you might enjoy this. http://www.desktopsidebar.com/index.html
If you use software such as Object Desktop from Stardock software, you can do some of the wild things that are shown at www.wincustomize.com. For example, here are some desktop themes you can have : http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=31 Some of them make Windows look nothing like Windows.
I tried this thing a while back (or perhaps something just like it -- I don't remember). Couldn't stand it . . .