PictoWin Multi desktop manager
Robust awards winning PictoWin multi desktop manager for Windows adds unlimited number of virtual desktops to your PC and helps you reorganize your workspace. This reliable multi desktop manager for Windows(r) does not only switches desktops, its numerous features help you organize efficiently... User can drag and drop applications from one desktop to another, switch desktop and switch directly to any application in any desktop. ... 1a Multi desktop manager for Windows(r), Windows 2000/2003(r) and Windows XP(r) users can configure PictoWin desktops bar and PictoWin pop up window transparency.
http://www.cyhproject.com/downloads/PictoWin20.exe - 2Mb - Download - Screenshot

News Desktop Scrolling Bar (rss--xml)
With News Desktop Scrolling Bar, get Worlds latest TV news right on your desktop, including top stories, sports, games, world news, health, technology, business, and science. See titles on your desktop with a very small text scrolling bar at the top or the bottom of your screen. ... When you click a title an Internet Explorer window will pop up and you will read the full article and see images. ... You can select rss/xml files from any site you want.
http://www.software777.org/newsdsb2.zip - 2Mb - Download - Screenshot

Screen-It
Use this program to simplify your experience of using Windows, by confining groups of running programs to different "screens" (or virtual desktops), and hiding all running applications other than those on the current screen. As computers become more powerful, it becomes possible to run a great... This can make the desktop and its task bar crowded and unmanageable. ... Only one screen page is visible at a time. ... To combat this overload, Screen-It creates 2 virtual desktops (screen pages) on your single physical one.
http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/files/screenit.exe - 95Kb - Download - Screenshot

Oban MultiDesk Expert
Real powerful multiple desktop management tool, Anyone may well find it a welcome, low-overhead way to expand their work spaces. It provide user industry-lead solution with following features: 1. Takes up very little resources , and it doesn't slow performance. ... MultiDesk expert allows a window or desktop Icon to be made 'global or sticky' meaning it will be visible on all of the virtual desktop. ... It also allow a window or desktop Icon to be made 'invisible' meaning the responding items will be invisible on all of the virtual desktop.
http://www.obantech.com/download.php?file=MultiDesk-Expert.exe - 2Mb - Download

News desktop scrolling bar (rss\xml)
See the tv news (top stories/sports/games/world news/health/technology/business/science) titles on your desktop with a very small text scrolling bar. You can select rss/xml files from any site you want. When you click a title an Internet Explorer window will pop up and you will read the full...
http://www.thefilehut.com/userfile...ws_desktop_scrolling_bar_v1.0.zip - 2Mb - Download - Screenshot

Zoom ActiveX control
A Zoom control, can magnify the contents of the desktop. It is a powerfull magnifier, that can magnify the contents of the desktop from 1 to 100 times. The "hot" point of the interest can be either the cursor position or can be manually set. The control provides the ability to the user, to... Each time a marker changes its position, generates a MarkerChange event and outputs the distance between itself and the other one in the same bar. ... The colors of the grid, the markers and the divisions can be customized.
http://www.icxr.com/actx/zoom21.zip - 86Kb - Download - Screenshot

Free Launch Bar
Free Launch Bar is a Free replacement for the standard Quick Launch bar. All functions presented in Quick Launch are also in Free Launch Bar. However, the Free Launch Bar is fully compatible with Quick Launch because it uses the same folder for shortcuts. ... This vastly improves the management of your shortcuts and save working space on your desktop. ... The main features of Free Launch Bar: * Creating menu on taskbar with unlimited levels * Compatibility with Windows XP * Integration into Windows Shell * Low resources * Compatibility with Quick Launch * Creating separators to group...
http://www.freelaunchbar.com/download/freelaunchbar.exe - 522Kb - Download - Screenshot

True Launch Bar
True Launch Bar is a Superior replacement for standard Quick Launch. All functions presented in Quick Launch are also in True Launch Bar. However, the True Launch Bar is fully compatible with Quick Launch because it uses the same folder for shortcuts. ... This vastly improves the management of your shortcuts and save working space on desktop. ... Also True Launch Bar supports plugins. ... True Launch Bar allows you to combine your shortcuts in groups. ... True Launch Bar fully support Drag & Drop.
http://download.truelaunchbar.com/install/tlb3214-rc2.exe - 4Mb - Download - Screenshot

ObjectBar
ObjectBar is a program that can replace or extend Windows Start bar. It provides the functionality of the Start bar but does it faster and with vastly more features. Because it is so flexible and skinnable, it can be made to look like any sort of wharf, bar, finder, dock, etc. ... You can make Windows 98/Me's start bar look and function identically to the Windows XP start bar or Mac OS X's Finder. ... It improves user productivity and provides a level of personalization to the Windows desktop interface previously not possible.
http://storage.stardock.com/files/ObjectBar160_public.exe - 3Mb - Download - Screenshot

Intellisearch Bar
Using Qiksearch's Intellisearch Bar you can directly search the web from your desktop without opening any browser window for a search engine. You have a choice of more than 50 top search engines to choose from to search the web. You can also search for downloads and music. ... Intellisearch Bar thus saves a lot of time. ... Then all you have to do is type in the keywords, select from a list of search engines and then press the "Search" button. ... Your Internet Explorer browser will open with the results.
http://www.geocities.com/e_i_searc...rchbar/version2/intellisearch.zip - 384Kb - Download - Screenshot