WindowGhost
WindowGhost provides cool transparent window effects when moving or resizing windows. It allows you to "see through" windows and be able to better place windows on your desktop. WindowGhost also allows transparent menu effects. Arrange your windows more efficiently with WindowGhost! ... With this desktop enhancement, windows become transparent (ghost-looking) when they are moved or resized, allowing you to partially "see through" to other windows in the background. ... Customize your desktop and have fun with windows!
http://barefoot.swmirror.com/windowghost.exe - 588Kb - Download - Screenshot

Smart Desktop
Smart Desktop is a wallpaper changer software that can change your background images (wallpaper) on every startup, once a day or at regular intervals. It works on both the standard and the Active Desktop environment. Smart Desktop randomly selects and changes your Windows wallpaper from a list... It has the power to display JPG,BMP,EMF,WMF and GIF file type to desktop when your desktop is not set to view as Web page or without Active Desktop. ... Also has a nice preview window as well as a settable timer in which it waits for the specified time before changing the wallpaper.
http://www.electronic-bird.com/sd/smartdesktop.rar - 404Kb - Download - Screenshot

Desktop Icon Toy
Desktop Icon Toy is a desktop icon enhancement tool that allows you to manage your windows desktop icons. Currently, there are most of similar tools, such as make desktop icon backgrounds transparent, arrange desktop icons. But none of them can animate desktop icons, add hover effects to desktop... Dance Desktop Icons You can drag and drop desktop icons to run around the desktop, and double click the desktop to stop the running icons. ... Automatically Hide Desktop Icons You can automatically hide desktop icons when mouse off the desktop or desktop icon.
http://www.idesksoft.com/DesktopIconToy.exe - 395Kb - Download - Screenshot

XNeat
Taskbar, Titlebar AND System Tray Utility that Extends Windows' features. XNeat adds more functionality to windows by adding extra buttons beside the default Windows Titlebar buttons (Min, Max, Close) 1) TaskBar Utility ( Manager - Sorter - Arranger ) : allows you to order ( sort ) taskbar's... Send To Tray is very handy if you want to keep an application running in the background, or to hide a window that will not be used for a while. ... When any window is selected to be Transparent it will show the windows behind it ..
http://www.xneat.com/download/XNSetup.exe - 245Kb - Download - Screenshot

TransDesktop
In Windows system,user can set a image as wallpaper for making Desktop more beautiful. But the characters on the Desktop are not transparent. It has their own background color. So It influence the view of the image on the Desktop. TransDesktop was right develped for the problem. ... It can make the characters on the Desktop transparent and decrease the influence of the characters on the Desktop. ... 4 are: - Add a button to choose some general colors,with it you may choose many general colors expediently; - May show a small icon in taskbar status area; - A "Restore" button may restore...
http://vip.6to23.com/zerolu/download/TransDesktop14E.zip - 56Kb - Download - Screenshot

Scotts Nixie Tube Clock
Scott's Nixie Tube Clock is a cool looking clock for your windows desktop that looks like an old-style nixie tube clock. You can also choose to display the clock as a vacuum fluorescent display (vfd). The clock is intended to be a conversation piece and a way to spruce up your otherwise drab... The clock uses a transparent background and window frame that makes it blend right into your desktop. ... Free for non-commercial use.
http://www.sb-software.com/nixieclock/sbnix11.exe - 804Kb - Download - Screenshot

Fun Desktop Wallpaper Changer
Tired of your desktop wallpaper? Change it immediately! You think that it's tiresome to change desktop background constantly? You are wrong! With Fun Desktop Wallpaper Changer changing wallpaper on your desktop becomes easy as pie. You click the shortcut and your desktop background changes:... All you have to do is specify a folder containing your pictures (favorite photos or beautiful sceneries) when you run Fun Desktop Wallpaper Changer for the first time. ... After that, your desktop will never be monotonous and boring.
http://fundesktop.com/download/FunDesktopWallpaperChangerSetup.exe - 80Kb - Download - Screenshot

Phantom Desktop Screen Saver
Phantom Desktop Screen Saver, when activated, hides all application windows, desktop icons and the MS Windows taskbar, replacing them with an empty desktop. This empty desktop can be the standard wallpaper image, or a custom bitmap and can also be optionally configured to dissolve to a simple...
http://www.gregorybraun.com/PHANTOM.ZIP - 99Kb - Download

Wallpaper Desktop
Do you want a creative desktop? Wallpaper Desktop lets you do just that. It can generate colorfull, creative, patterns. On this canvas you can put as many images as you like. The composition can then be sent to your Windows Desktop or be saved as a JPG-BMP or GIF file. ... A timer is present to change the background periodically.
http://home.quicknet.nl/qn/prive/cosmo101/wallpaperdesktop.zip - 317b - Download - Screenshot

ZMover
ZMover helps you manage your desktop layout by enabling you to set the size, position and layering of application windows. Instead of wasting time rearranging windows across your single or multiple monitor display, you can configure ZMover to do the job for you. ... The number of applications lacking multiple monitor support and the increased desktop space offered by such display configurations make it more difficult to maintain an optimal desktop layout. ... s easy to define a desktop layout on one computer and propagate it to other computers in a lab or a data processing center.
http://www.basta.com/Software/SetupZMover.exe - 538Kb - Download - Screenshot