Sure you say XP looks bad but it doesn't look bad after you mod the forget out of it.
Folders are Blacked out because they contain lots of Beta,Prototype stuff that people won't stop bugging me to have, such as Direct X10 ported back to XP, Aeroflip ported back to XP, and once I port back certain Superbar features from Windows 7 that too.
Also lots of Project Whistler beta files and Project Longhorn files, google is for that use it if your curious.
Also it doesn't just look good, It performs beyond my expectations but I have another computer that has the same specs loaded with windows 7 and I beat it by 5 minutes to boot and open chrome(A special program was used to auto load chrome).
If you want it, sorry but it involves editing sit in the registry and removing unneded stuff like Internet Explorer.
As for the console, that's normal I see it all the time.