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October 12, 1999
Web posted at: 3:41 p.m. EDT (1941 GMT)

by Max Green

(IDG) -- It's the small joys that count, and personalizing your desktop is a great way to enjoy your PC. We all know about screen savers and wallpaper, but how many of us have changed Windows' default icons? The files on this week's list can help you make your desktop your own, and most of them are free. They include icons of a Lego spaceship, Celtic art, rock stars, science fiction, and a garbage pail with a skull and crossbones. They're not all frivolous, though. Two programs on the list help you set alarms so you'll remember appointments. So give them a try! And remember, if you don't have an icon manager already installed, you need to download a program like Microangelo 98.

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Top 10 funky icon collections

1. All Icons: Check out this organized collection of more than 4000 full-color icons for Windows 95. Categories include cartoons, computers, games, rock stars, science fiction, holidays, art, animals, flags, folders, faces, sports, and war.

2. Celtic Icons: Whether you're Irish or just love the amazing intricacies of Celtic Art, you'll enjoy this collection of 76 icons that includes Celtic crosses, zoomorphs, spirals, knots, keywork, and more.

3. Game Icons: Use this collection of 77 game icons to replace those annoying shortcut icons Windows creates.

4. The Best Icons: This utility contains more than 5000 icons, including animals, computers, faces, games, guitars, holidays, movies, science fiction, sports, and cartoons.

5. Icoholics Anomymous: This collection of 1500 icons includes arrows, balloons, dragons, chess pieces, and more.

6. 3DFolders: This collection contains shaded folder icons in seven different colors, as well as every kind of system folder. The icons are best viewed in 24-bit color mode or higher.

7. Icon Phile: Choose from a variety of icons, including a Lego spaceship, a "splat" exclamation point, and a garbage pail with a skull and crossbones.

8. Frightcons: Here are 13 original icons created with Icondraw. Images range from "Click Here or Die" to a Mad-style grinning face.

9. Title Time: Want to make the date and time more prominent on your desktop? This free utility modifies your desktop environment by adding the date and time to the title bar of any active window. You can also set up to three alarms.

10. Icon Clock: This tiny digital alarm clock runs in the system tray. Set daily alarms and select a .wav file for the alarm sound. Other features include a stay-on-top option, a snooze alarm, and a calendar. This shareware has a $10 registration fee.