Blackbox For Windows

Blackbox are alternative replacement shells that allow you to interact with your operating system in much the same way as Windows Explorer. Blackbox dispenses with some, or many, of the graphical features of Windows Explorer. For example, you won't find icons in Blackbox menus, nor will you be able to drag menu items to reposition them. Generally speaking, you will find a Blackbox environment appears spartan and minimalistic compared to a normal Windows interface. Blackbox has a few different varieties that different slightly from one another my favorite is bbLeanless it's a ultra minimalistic blackbox build which does away with a lot of unessary tidbits saving memory footspace. If your a performance nut like myself then bbLeanless should be your blackbox build of choice. The only part of it I altered was menu file to include my quickmenu shortcuts something I strongly recommend every do as it really hinders your productivity otherwise.

OS Customization

OS Customization is things you do to change the look or feel of a operating system in this case I'll be covering customizing Windows XP operating system. There's basic re skinning of the built in windows explorer.exe gui itself via a program such as windows blinds and then there's more advanced methods that involve replace the explorer.exe shell with a alternative shell which in many or most case provide tangible performance benifits, but also provide a different overall user interface feel for better or worse. Alternative shells come in many flavors.