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Windows only: SkiniTunes solves some of the deficiencies of iTunes’ mini player, adding album covers, lyrics, instant ratings, and a few other nice features. The $5 pro edition, however, locks down the global hotkeys. More »

Windows only: If you like mixing up your desktop wallpaper, but not enough to keep a dedicated application running and chewing up system resources, 100dof Wallpaper Rotator will shuffle your wallpaper at boot time. More »

Reader chaebi69’s heavenly desktop combines a well chosen wallpaper with a few common tweaking tools to create a beautiful, ethereal workspace. More »

Over at Maximum PC, I (Adam) have written up a guide to customizing your Windows desktop, complete with my favorite tools for tweaking and streamlining Windows. Lifehacker readers are no strangers to desktop customization, so let’s hear more about your favorite customization tools in the comments.

If you’ve considered dual booting Windows 7 with XP or Vista but all you really want is some Windows 7 eye candy, reader Dato’ Fazly’s Windows 7-like XP desktop might be right up your alley.  The desktop consists of the Vistart skin (from deviantART), then employs a tutorial from AskVG for installing a custom SevenVG Refresh Theme. At the time of this writing, the AskVG link was broken, so you may want to try the Google Cache version if you’re not having any luck.

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