Glass Window 2 is a Freeware Software that allows you to apply a transparency effect to any window/program such as Taskbar, instant messengers, DOS Window, Calculator, etc. in Windows XP / 2000 / 2003 / VISTA, control the level of transparency up to 30 levels and eliminate it at any time with just a single "click, dragging & drop". Integration with msn/Live Messenger (Now you can automate transparency of the chat windows conversation)

PhotoBlender is a very powerful and easy to use photo (.jpg image) transparency processing software. You can blend four layers - background color, background photo, top photo, and cover color - together and change the transparency of every layer to get different effects. You also can move the top photo to any position within the background photo. The transparency and movement can also be done automatically and at the same time.

Martin's Transparent Windows adds a transparency option to the system menu of all programs, making it possible to obscure any window on your desktop.

People looking over your shoulder, want to use MSN descreetly in the office... use transparent windows to set the transparency to anything from 0 - 90%

Beautiful popular analog clock for your Windows desktop. It supports many features like antialiasing, transparency and mouse-over transparency, skins with alphablending, click through, customizable priority, autoload, alarms, multiple languages, calendar and more. Standard version contains 31 skins, full version available at ClocX homepage contains almost 300 skins.

IcoFX is an award winning freeware icon editor. It is an all-in-one solution for icon creation, extraction and editing. It is designed to work with Windows XP and Windows Vista icons supporting transparency.
With a wealth of tools and more than 40 effects at your fingertips, there?s virtually no limit to the icons you can create.

Convert SWF flash movies into 32-bit RGBA AVI video with transparency (alpha channel). Also capable of converting flash into MPEG, VideoCD, DVD, NTSC, PAL, audio and Video compression codecs are supported (DivX, xDiv, mp3 and other)
Includes full featured flash extractor (extract from Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, YouTube, Google Video etc) with streaming video extraction support.

TrayList is a popular plug-in for WinAmp that gives you the power of hotkeys, hothits, media organizer, on screen display (OSD) and statistics features. The program also enables Windows 2000 and XP users to set any transparency level for WinAmp. Another great feature is a logarithmic scale to set the desired level of the sound colume and autoplay feature that starts the song right from the place where you exited WinAmp last time.

FlashPlayerControl is a window control that enhances Macromedia Flash Player ActiveX features. Load movies directly from memory. Protect movies. Create Flash-enabled applications which are ready to work even if the Flash Player ActiveX is not installed! Transparency is fully supported! Ability to play Flash Video (FLV) directly from memory. Enable/disable flash sounds. Get a snap image of the current flash movie frame.

Auto Window Manager automatically manages any window you specify.It can set application windows to automatically maximize (minimize,normal,minimize to tray,stay on top)every time they start.The rule of applications auto start could be customed based on your choice.

Adds several menu items to standard window system menu.The commands are:Minimize programs to system tray,keep window stay on top,Set windows transparency,align window,resize window.

Wallpaper Sequencer is a state-of-the-art wallpaper manager for Windows. Use this tool to create collections of your favorite wallpapers and automatically change them on each Windows startup or at specified time intervals. Other Wallpaper Sequencer features include support for Windows XP visual themes, ability to control wallpapers with hotkeys etc.

Wallpaper Sequencer is a state-of-the-art wallpaper manager for Windows. Semi-transparent wallpaper calendar with various skins. Use this tool to create collections of your favorite wallpapers and eutomatically change them on each Windows startup or at specified time intervals. Other Wallpaper Sequencer features include support for Windows XP visual themes, ability to control wallpapers with hotkeys etc.

Wallpaper Sequencer is a state-of-the-art wallpaper manager for Windows. Semi-transparent wallpaper calendar with various skins. Use this tool to create collections of your favorite wallpapers and automatically change them on each Windows startup or at specified time intervals. Other Wallpaper Sequencer features include support for Windows XP visual themes, ability to control wallpapers with hotkeys etc.

EyeBatch is a powerful and intuitive batch image processor. Supports most popular image formats with over 50 functions including resizing, converting, text and image overlays, full transparency support, EXIFsupport, Image slicing, autocrop, color levels, and more. All of this with extraordinary previewing capabilities. EyeBatch may be used for single or multiple image processing. Perfect for preparing images for the web and making thumbnails.

SkinCalc, which is completely free, features standard and advanced calculator functionality, a spreadsheet interface, and skins. Skins make it possible to change the layout and functionality of the software, with effects that include non-rectangular shapes, user-configurable transparency and alpha channel translucency. More than 100 skins are available from the sites listed at skincalc.com, which also has instructions to create your own skins.

Wallpaper Sequencer Ultra is a new, more powerful wallpaper manager with expanded capabilities, such as desktop clock skins of various types. Now you can choose between the traditional and digital looks of the time keeping devices on your desktop. Plus, you don't worry about wallpaper sizes, formats and resolutions - the program fits everything automatically. Add Active Desktop support and Taskbar transparency to that, too. Grab it now!

Finally a complete suite of Windows XP Desktop enhancement, XP Visual Tools is loaded with all you need to tweak your Windows XP Desktop. Now you can do anything you want, from changing transparency level of XP Start Menu and XP Taskbar to easy swapping between different Windows XP LogonUI or Windows XP Wallpapers and applying Windows XP Skins (XP Themes) to old programs.