The user Perception of the design and default theme of Windows 7 is mainly positive. Every operating system on the other hand has users that love to customize the design by installing new themes and changing system files which often results in a unique design that does not look like all the others out there.

We have covered some tools from basic Windows 7 personalization, over replacing the Windows 7 start menu to customizing the Windows 7 logon screen in the past that can be used to replace standard Windows 7 design elements.

Start Orb Changer is another program in that category. It allows the Windows 7 user to replace the orb image and animation that is used to power up the Windows 7 start menu.

The portable software is compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 7. It comes with eight sample orb designs (the first is the original Microsoft orb so that the user can revert the changes back to that orb) that can replace the original design by Microsoft.

It is possible to search on the Internet for additional orb designs. All the user needs to do to replace the existing orb is to start the application, select change orb and pick another orb design.

Windows 7 Start Orb Changer can be downloaded from the developer’s page at Deviant Art. (via Blogs DNA)