Pros:  None

Cons:  None

Other Thoughts:  Whether we are talking about XPize Full or Lite the problem with this Shell Enhancement is that it is currently, and has been for a while now, hopelessly out of date.

WHY? Because, to put it bluntly, there's tons of free stuff out there on the Web which are way better - both in terms of overall visual style and impact on your system configuration - which , as far as XPize Lite is concerned, I'll grant you that, is not too heavy.

Let me give you just one example though: the original look of the XP taskbar and start button. They obviously suck and they suck so much that as soon as they could most XP users rushed to get a Vista visual style, just to get rid of them.

Now, XPize doesn't deal with this issue, it never has.

But there is a simple solution to this problem. Get a Theme Patch, tailor-made for your XP version, and the smallest Vista visual style for XP there is, VistaZ4.

Download the zip file from Belchfire, unzip it, copy the tiny folder and paste it into WINDOWS/Resources/Themes. NOW, right click on your desktop, click on Properties,click on the Appearance tab of the Properties dialog box and select VistaZ4 from the dropdown menu.Click on Apply, wait for the skin to take, and then click on OK.

You are done. You now have a nice round start button and a sleek clean taskbar. I also use
Sarbyx TrayClock with the SBGS skin, but that's just me.

If then you want to add all sorts of "bells and whistles" (icons,folders,startup and shutdown screens etc.) you of course are free to do so.

I know I don't. But that's just me, again.

P.S. - The zip file for VistaZ4 is a mere 1.84 MB. Get it at:

http://www.belchfire.net/index.php?automodule=downloads&showfile=6000

UXTheme Patcher and Sarbyx TrayClock are both available here at FreewareFiles.