diff -up kdebase-workspace-4.2.0/plasma/applets/kickoff/core/models.cpp.kio_sysinfo kdebase-workspace-4.2.0/plasma/applets/kickoff/core/models.cpp
--- kdebase-workspace-4.2.0/plasma/applets/kickoff/core/models.cpp.kio_sysinfo	2008-11-19 11:18:14.000000000 +0100
+++ kdebase-workspace-4.2.0/plasma/applets/kickoff/core/models.cpp	2009-02-26 15:09:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ QStringList Kickoff::systemApplicationLi
     KConfigGroup appsGroup = componentData().config()->group("SystemApplications");
     QStringList apps;
     apps << "systemsettings";
+    if (QFile::exists("/usr/share/kde4/services/sysinfo.protocol"))  
+        apps << "/usr/share/kde4/services/sysinfo.protocol";
     apps = appsGroup.readEntry("DesktopFiles", apps);
     return apps;
 }
diff -up kdebase-workspace-4.2.0/plasma/applets/kickoff/core/systemmodel.cpp.kio_sysinfo kdebase-workspace-4.2.0/plasma/applets/kickoff/core/systemmodel.cpp
--- kdebase-workspace-4.2.0/plasma/applets/kickoff/core/systemmodel.cpp.kio_sysinfo	2008-11-19 11:18:14.000000000 +0100
+++ kdebase-workspace-4.2.0/plasma/applets/kickoff/core/systemmodel.cpp	2009-02-26 15:04:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -245,17 +245,32 @@ QVariant SystemModel::data(const QModelI
 
         KService::Ptr service = d->appsList[index.row()];
 
-        switch (role) {
-        case Qt::DisplayRole:
-            return service->name();
-        case Qt::DecorationRole:
-            return KIcon(service->icon());
-        case SubTitleRole:
-            return service->genericName();
-        case UrlRole:
-            return service->entryPath();
-        default:
-            return QVariant();
+        if (service->name()=="sysinfo") {  
+            switch(role) {  
+            case Qt::DisplayRole:  
+                return i18n("System Information");  
+            case Qt::DecorationRole:  
+                return KIcon("hwinfo");  
+            case SubTitleRole:  
+                return "sysinfo:/";  
+            case UrlRole:  
+                return "sysinfo:/";  
+            default:  
+                return QVariant();  
+            }  
+        } else {  
+            switch (role) {
+            case Qt::DisplayRole:
+                return service->name();
+            case Qt::DecorationRole:
+                return KIcon(service->icon());
+            case SubTitleRole:
+                return service->genericName();
+            case UrlRole:
+                return service->entryPath();
+            default:
+                return QVariant();
+            }
         }
     }