They look like home made gizmo's to me, I've seen a few sites that make them. I have a few of them on my machine. They've dragged them to the top. I hate Stardock, they always lock up my computer. Listed in the Internet "page3- Personalizing Vista- Customizing Classic Start Menu" by Brain Dump. You might find something useful there. Sincerely, Celestra P.S.--- I was reading part of a book called "Windows Vista Tips and Tricks in Easy Steps (In Easy Steps) By Stuart Yarnold. It talks about Windows Interface, Skin Themes, the 3rd Party Windows Blinds, The Bugs In the Downloaded Themes, which can cause havoc on your computer. There's another book which sounds promising "Vista: Find Your Favorite Features and Discover the Possibilities" by Joli Ballew and e. Slack and Windows Vista Sidebar Your Visual Blue Print for developing cool gadgets for windows OS, Then you can try Tweak Vista.Com.....................