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From: ~~Alan~~ on 6 Feb 2010 09:59
While supporting a user on her new Dell laptop running Windows 7, I noticed
two things, a Macintosh style application launch toolbar and a desktop
background similar to what is seen if you mouse over to the Show Desktop in
the lower right of the screen.

I recently acquired in a raffle, a Vostro 220 that I quickly installed
Windows 7 as a clean install from Vista. Where can I find these two items
if you know what I'm talking about.

Thanks,
~alan


From: William R. Walsh on 6 Feb 2010 10:21
Hi!

The application launcher is very likely to be a product of StarDock,
known as ObjectDock.

(WARNING: I don't know how reputable StarDock.com is, nor have I ever
used their software directly. I've only seen it in use from time to
time. You would do well to examine the software thoroughly to be sure
it is something you want to use. There, you've been warned.)

As far as the desktop goes, someone could have always borrowed a
desktop background from the Macintosh. They're not in any special
Macintosh specific format. I've used Windows-provided wallpaper on the
Mac and Mac OS-provided wallpaper on Windows.

(Therefore, at least in theory, the two have cancelled each other out,
resulting in no wallpaper at all being in use.)

William
From: ~~Alan~~ on 6 Feb 2010 10:33
This is the default wallpaper with a dell computer.

~alan


"William R. Walsh" <wm_walsh(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1eb1abec-aacd-4c5a-876f-0de4aaded548(a)b10g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi!
>
> The application launcher is very likely to be a product of StarDock,
> known as ObjectDock.
>
> (WARNING: I don't know how reputable StarDock.com is, nor have I ever
> used their software directly. I've only seen it in use from time to
> time. You would do well to examine the software thoroughly to be sure
> it is something you want to use. There, you've been warned.)
>
> As far as the desktop goes, someone could have always borrowed a
> desktop background from the Macintosh. They're not in any special
> Macintosh specific format. I've used Windows-provided wallpaper on the
> Mac and Mac OS-provided wallpaper on Windows.
>
> (Therefore, at least in theory, the two have cancelled each other out,
> resulting in no wallpaper at all being in use.)
>
> William

From: Christopher Muto on 6 Feb 2010 12:06
~~Alan~~ wrote:
> While supporting a user on her new Dell laptop running Windows 7, I
> noticed two things, a Macintosh style application launch toolbar and a
> desktop background similar to what is seen if you mouse over to the Show
> Desktop in the lower right of the screen.
>
> I recently acquired in a raffle, a Vostro 220 that I quickly installed
> Windows 7 as a clean install from Vista. Where can I find these two
> items if you know what I'm talking about.
>
> Thanks,
> ~alan
>
>

dell has been shipping 'home' machines with something they call 'dell
dock' that provides a similar look to the mac osx bar.
it can be downloaded for free. you can find it on http://www.delldock.com/

if you installed windows7 using a dell branded windows7 dvd then you
will find the dell proprietary wall paper in the folder
\windows\web\wallpaer\dell the same pattern is available in 10 different
colors. in windows 7 changing the wallpaper is done under
start-controlpanel-apperanceandpersonalization-desktopbackground.
to change the welcome screen, locked screen, or login screen wallpaper i
suggest searching the internet for a utility called
win7logonbackgroundchanger.exe as it is easier/safer than manually
editing the registry.
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