The stark, cleaned up look of the Windows XP interface is raising eyebrows. Companies that counted on icon advertising will need to look to elsewhere.

Operating systems should be invisible according to some, yet Windows XP is anything but. Visually, it's Microsoft's most innovative OS since Windows 95, making more use of graphics than ever.

You can make the folder icons through the Windows XP operating system larger within your computer's advanced display settings, which can be accessed through a context menu.