1 - why is the date 1978? [DOPUS window]
My Amiga 500 would do that after every reboot
UNTIL I put in an adram540 I think it was, which had a working battery and/or RTC on it.
edit - 1 more opinion...
The only place that drab solid gray color would be on my desktop, would be ONLY in a 3Dmodeler program, but the brush-metal look looks ok in the dock area.