Among Windows 7's features, the taskbar overhaul is probably the feature  in Microsoft's upcoming OS that has aroused the most interest. Well,  you won't have to wait for Windows 7 anymore - Winstep Xtreme has just  been released, and brings with it the most interesting and useful  features of the new Windows 7 "Superbar" into the XP and Vista world!  Winstep Xtreme is a superb collection of utilities and desktop  enhancements that will change the way you work with Windows forever!  Want your computer to look like NeXT, KDE, a Mac or something from a  William Gibson novel? Then download Winstep Xtreme and expand your  horizons! Winstep Xtreme features the following applications ...
NeXuS  - a system of attachment, which is ideal for super fast access to your  most used applications. You can have a huge number of panels, and they  may be hiding other menus. When they are not used, you can hide them  behind screen edges, so they do not occupy space on the display.
WorkShelf  - is tabulated panel, which is best suited for complex organizational  tasks such as document management, URL, movies, work projects, etc. If  the panel is placed on top of your program, then WorkShelf - is all that  is at the bottom.
NextSTART - a system of menus, which take care  of managing all your tasks. Menus are great for quick access to  frequently used files and system commands that are not available in the  file system or which are not recognized by the user graphical  representation. You can create any kind of on the menu, and hot spots  NextSTART you can open a menu with all of these super-fast access with  the mouse.

Part of the job control NextSTART allows you to  efficiently organize and manage running processes and windows. Using  nothing more than a simple drag and drop, you can rearrange the objects  in your toolbox, so that all corresponding documents will be combined  (which makes them easy to find) and where you need them, and not where  they decided to install the Windows operating system .
Modules,  widgets, gadgets, doclets, desklety and all the other words describe one  thing - mini applications that typically operate on your desktop and  provide a variety of information about your system, weather, etc.
Winstep  Xtreme has the following modules: talking atomic clock, cart, e-mail  checker, weather monitor, the program display of CPU, network and memory  meters and an impressive program of Wanda Wanda. New modules are added  constantly.
Winstep Start Menu Organizer Pro-version - program to  clean and more user-friendly organization of the Start menu. The more  time passes since the installation of Windows, the more programs you  install on your computer, and sooner or later there comes a time when to  find the program in the Start menu, it becomes hard. One possible way  out of this situation - sort of programs on functional purpose.  Unfortunately, Windows does not provide such an opportunity, but it can  be done using the Winstep Start Menu Organizer.
Nexus Ultimate - A  good tool to quickly launch applications, monitor the weather and  system data. The panel is made in the style of Mac OS. Flexibility to  configure, but it is not difficult to configure. There are a variety of  skins.
To accommodate the required application or a folder on the  panel by dragging the appropriate icon with the mouse. Allows you to  create multiple docking panels, each of which will provide access to a  specific set of applications. Panels can be stacked, in this case, when  the cursor is displayed corresponding submenu or an extra set of icons.
To  date, Nexus Ultimate - it's one of the most powerful, attractive and  multi-docks, which has not only all of its features, but also includes  widgets, when you hover over effects, skins, support for drag-and-drop,  as well as a reflection of labels, background blur , support the task  list and more. Absolutely Very versatile, Nexus Ultimate allows you to  download hundreds of wallpapers from the Internet, and is fully  compatible with the background pictures of other docks.
Features Winstep Xtreme:"The complete change in appearance with themes
"Adding new panels, widgets and gadgets on the desktop
"Built-in utility for organizing and cleaning" Start "menu
"Support for Windows Vista and Windows 7
"The unlimited flexibility and extension of the desktop
"Reduce clutter on your desktop
"Adding the Windows 7 Taskbar in Windows XP or Vista
"Full support for multiple monitors
"Allows you to drag and drop icons in the Object Explorer pane, Winstep
"Support for PNG, TIFF and ICO files icons for panels
"The ability to use hotkeys
"Multilingual interface with support for Russian language
NextSTART:
An  incredibly powerful replacement for the Windows Start Menu, System tray  and Taskbar. It is, of course, fully skinnable, with a wide range of  themes supplied with the package and many hundreds more available  online. NextSTART is also far more than just a pretty face - offering  fully configurable menus that can 'float' anywhere on the desktop and  which may be called up with a simple mouse button press, a hotkey  combination or simply by 'bumping' the edge of the screen with the mouse  pointer. NextSTART also offers built-in file browsing and task  management, supports full drag-and drop both to and from the menus and  includes many other amazing features - including full theme integration  with other Winstep Xtreme applications.
WorkShelf:
A skinnable  multi-page tabbed desktop replacement, quick program launcher and  document organization tool. Can be used as a simple 'dock' positioned  anywhere on your screen, or can alternatively be resized to almost full  screen size - offering a quick and efficient way of launching  applications, accessing recent documents, managing your internet  connections and much more!
NeXuS:
A multi-level dock system,  NeXuS sits front and center, providing super fast access to your most  frequently used applications. Flexible options allow it to dock or float  anywhere on the screen, providing a myriad number of "On Demand"  possibilities. From it's generous use of situational context sensitive  menus to it's advanced Drag-n-Drop support, NeXuS is not only easy to  use - it's a joy!
Modules:
Winstep Xtreme features useful  "Modules" such as a Talking Digital / Analog Clock that synchronizes  your time with time servers on the internet, a Recycler, a CPU Meter, an  Email Checker, a Weather Module, a Net and RAM Meters, a 'fortune  cookie 'reader and more forthcoming ... Modules can be displayed  'in-shelf' among other objects, inside NeXuS docks, in the NextSTART  Startbar or as free-form/free floating objects on your desktop!
Winstep Start Menu Organizer Pro:
The  Winstep Start Menu Organizer is an application designed to help you  organize and clean your Windows Start Menu. Over time, as more and more  applications get installed, the Start Menu can get so cluttered that you  end up spending a lot of time simply trying to find the program you  want to run. This is where the Winstep Start Menu Organizer comes in: it  allows you to quickly group your Start Menu shortcuts into a specific  set of categories (eg Utilities, Internet, Office, etc ...) thus making  finding what you are looking for a lot easier and much, much, faster!
FontBrowser:
Have  you ever needed to preview a range of fonts at various point sizes?  FontBrowser is the simplest method - inspired by the font panel from the  NeXTSTEP OS, FontBrowser is one of those utilities that will make you  wonder how you ever managed without it!
NextSTART, WorkShelf and  NeXuS are far more than just three related applications - they are  designed to integrate seamlessly with one another - change the theme in  one application and the other applications will automatically change to  match. Likewise WorkShelf and NeXuS can use the current NextSTART theme  to skin their context menus. NextSTART menus can also be launched from  docks or from the shelf. In addition, a vast number of superb themes are  available online in this archive sites.