WinCustomize has announced a contest sponsored by Alienware where you can win a new PC and cash prizes.  All you have to do is create an Alienware themed .dream (animated wallpaper) and submit it to WinCustomize.  The contest runs until December 31st and winners will be announced soon after.

• Grand Prize - Alienware®  Area-51 7500 Desktop PC ($2,994.00 USD)
• 2nd Place - $1,000 Cash
• 3rd Place - $500 Cash

For full contest rules, prizes and information, head over to contests.wincustomize.com/alienware.

TweakVista 1.01 was released this week.  TweakVista is an enhancement application that allows users to easily and safely configure and tweak Vista to their personal needs.  This is especially useful for more casual users as making changes can simply be rolled back so users don’t have to worry about disabling their computer.

Some of the features include:

• Security handling
• Memory optimization
• Resource control
• Start-up Management
• and more.

A trial version is available for download, and TweakVista is part of the Object Desktop suite of desktop enhancements.

TweakVista (free trial | shareware: $19.95)

For more information visit the TweakVista home page.

If you are a user of Windows Vista Ultimate, then I’m sure you have heard about the “Ultimate Extra” which brings animated wallpapers to your desktop. DeskScapes was an enhancement released earlier in the years which extended DreamScene to support animated wallpapers that can be triggered by the time of day, and dynamically generated wallpapers, among other features.

Today, Stardock has announced Desk