Unrelated to alternate shells, but you might want to try an alternate theme in XP. I recently changed to "Zune" theme and am mostly happy with it.
I think I got it here: <http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3F1WKJHS> but there are official sources, e.g., <go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=75078> Regards, Sheri
