Glonim is a realtime patch for Windows that adds many 'cool' features to the operating system, some probably never seen before. It can:
Add animations in many styles to when most windows open and close.
Tile your own bitmap images on the back of windows and application backgrounds.
Make windows transparent whilst they are being dragged.
Change the window styles to put shadows behind windows.
Make the Taskbar partly transparent, adjust its transparency in realtime, and put a bitmap on it on pre-XP machines.
Put free memory, the day of the week, or your own custom (short) caption in the Start button.
Remove the shading behind desktop icon text on pre-XP systems.
Exclude applications if you want it to.
...and it's fast, easy to use, requires only a small amount of memory, it is compatible with practically any application, does not require any installation, and it works on almost all 32-bit Windows PCs.
Download:
http://www.angells.com/fun/ieskins/transpa...ansparent42.zip
Instructions are contained within.