i only can say a big THANKS yes it's avedesk. the month plugin you talk about is vertical calendar for sysstats docklet. here are your replies: 1. http://kei-f.hn.org/AquaKidsStudio/vs_down...hinobi_V2.3.zip (i think this is what you're looking for) 2. XPize has nothing to do with avedesk. XPize replace system resources so your system icons, bmps and avis now look different. avedesk creates "desklets", similar to desktop icons but with more features. it also support "docklets" to show your temp, cpu, month and date, weather... 3. yes it has. it hardly depends on the amount of desklets you have. the config you can see on the desktop you linked, took about 17mb of system resources. you decide if it worths the result