StyleSkin
StyleSkin enables you to quickly create professional 3D/2D interface and menu style graphics from simple shapes. Now with three new cutting edge button styles! Styleskin is dedicated template driven interface design software which enables anyone to easily design their own graphics. ... It offers revolutionary template driven rendering capabilities, over 30 texture styles (each adjustable), or you can import your own, specialized photo rendering capabilities (to turn your chosen image or logo into a skin), as well as a full range of skinning features.
http://www.pollensoftware.com/styleskin/soft/StyleSkin%206-0t.exe - 4Mb - Download - Screenshot

XP Visual Tools
XP VISUAL TOOLS brings fresh air in Windows programming style, using dynamic effects and powerful multimedia elements for a new user interface eXPerience. It’s not just another skinable program, it’s even more. XP Visual Tools brings you completely new interface with each new skin, new... XP VISUAL TOOLS remains user friendly and easy to use even if it’s so powerful! ... Finally a complete suite of Windows XP Desktop enhancement, XP Visual Tools is loaded with all you need to tweak your Windows XP Desktop.
http://www.cronosoft.com/files/xpvt.zip - 2Mb - Download - Screenshot

XP Skins
As Windows XP is here and not all the older programs can take advantage of the xp themes option (xp visual styles or xp skins), we thought that a program who can resolve with one click this problem will be very useful for you: XP Skins by CronoSoft! ... XP Skins it's a Windows XP utility that help you to change the look of older windows programs with one click of the mouse: now all your programs will support xp skins (Windows XP themes).
http://www.cronosoft.com/files/xp_skins.zip - 62Kb - Download - Screenshot

SkinStudio
Design your own Windows GUI with SkinStudio. SkinStudio lets you create your own Start bar, Start button, title bar buttons, push buttons, scrollbars, toolbar icons, progress bars, and much more. Your new interface can then be applied by popular programs such as WindowBlinds to change the look... It also allows users to create visual styles with semi-transparent Start menu elements (per pixel alpha blending). ... The Pro version is $29. ... 95 and allows you to create Media Player Skins. ... 95, which adds additional features such as using pre-made GUI widgets, importing parts from other...
http://storage.stardock.com/files/skinstudio4_free.exe - 5Mb - Download - Screenshot

XPSuite Skinnables
Finally, a new age in software development. A suite of windows active-x controls with custom skinning. You like the look and feel of the interface for MAC OSX Tiger? Microsoft Vista? Or perhaps Roxio? Maybe you favor Yahoo! Messenger? Or simply the XP experience? ... 0 ships with over 80 controls, in two styles. ... 0, this capability of maintaining your visual appearance across platforms extends to custom skins. ... s visual appearance has endless possibilities. ... New to XPSuite Skinnables is complete Unicode Compatibility!
http://ciatheco.com/Member/XPSuite...teredVersions/XPSuite40RSetup.zip - 16Mb - Download - Screenshot

WinSnap
Windows Snapshot Maker (shortly WinSnap) is a small enhancement utility for taking and editing screenshots. WinSnap automates all manual work and handle technical issues that previously you might perform only with Photoshop or other image editors. Initially, WinSnap was designed simply to take... You will perform professional screenshots immediatelly with one click! ... WinSnap helps you easily make small thumbnail previews and full-sized screenshots for your web blog and home page, visualize technical and educational materials, send reduced-size images through email.
http://www.ntwind.com/download/WinSnap-current.exe - 222Kb - Download - Screenshot

WindowBlinds4.6
WindowBlinds is the world's most popular desktop enhancement utility. With a user base estimated at around 10 million, WindowBlinds is used by both consumers and corporations who want to change the way the Windows user interface looks and feels. It is the only program of its kind used and... 5 includes the new ability to change the color of visual styles through hue shifting along with modifying the brightness and saturation of the visual style. ... 95 which adds the ability to skin more elements of the Windows user interface and can skin even non-theme aware applications.
http://storage.stardock.com/files/windowblinds5_public.exe - 9Mb - Download - Screenshot

Theme Manager
Control the OVER ALL look of your Windows computer with Theme Manager. Manage all your skins, themes, wallpapers, icons, etc. from a single interface. You can even mix and match them together to create full blown suites! Theme Manager is a front end that seamlessly works with your other desktop... Theme Manager supports: - Wallpapers - Visual Styles (WindowBlinds & MSStyles*) - MP3 Players (Winamp, Windows Media Player, Cool Player) - Desktop Themes (Microsoft . ... suite file. ... theme, DesktopX, Hoverdesk, NextStart, ObjectBar) - Mouse cursors (both Windows and CursorXP) - Logon Screens...
http://storage.stardock.com/files/thememanager_free.exe - 2Mb - Download - Screenshot

XPepius
XPepius is a tools suite for tweaking, optimizing, tuning and cleaning of Windows XP. It helps you increase performance and manage your system using 450+ tweaks and 5 utilities. In addition to the tweaks, the program also offers several tools (Utilities) that include a Start-Up Manager,... XPepius highlight features: - Various tweaks to System, Windows, Explorer, Start menu, Desktop, Files, Drives, Control Panel and more; - Tweaks to Enhance your security and privacy; - Tweaks for Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player and Microsoft Office; - Tool to edit registered application paths...
http://www.delphipages.com/uploads/utilities/xpepius_setup.exe - 750Kb - Download - Screenshot

Magic Beads
All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. So, give yourself a little break and play Magic Beads, a new rotate-and-match puzzle from Agentix Software. Featuring a simple, yet addictive gameplay, nice graphics and music, this brain-teasing game will be your true desktop companion whenever you... Splendid graphics, visual and sound effects make you feel simply enthralled with the game. ... The standard background color doesn't impress you? ... The objective of the game is obvious, but the style of the interface is left to your discretion.
http://www.agentix.org/download/MagicBeadsSetup.exe - 951Kb - Download - Screenshot