Fly on Desktop - funny and annoying desktop prank

Fly on Desktop is a tiny program that disturbs you by showing lots of flies flying on your desktop. You probably will feel irritating. But it may make your desktop look funnier than others. It brings no harm to your computer, though. To install this program, click here and then run the shortcut. You can adjust the number of the flies on your desktop. To remove it from desktop, you just need to remove it from system tray or at task manager.

Twinsplay - split your wide LCD screen into 2 screen parts

Twinsplay is a tiny program that splits your wide LCD screen into working area. You can do your typing on one screen parts and do another task one another screen area. It's such and easy to use program which increases your working productivity for you who need to switch between windows. This program may probably be very useful for those people like secretaries. Click here to download Twinsplay.

DXVA SIG appearing on your desktop

Have you ever had a DXVA SIG text file opened (with Notepad) on your desktop, with only "B" character as the content? You may do a searching on the google or yahoo if you find something odd appearing on your computer. And probably you'll get answer on a forum or from an "ask and answer" site like Yahoo Answer.

DXVA actually stands for DirectX Video Acceleration. It's a stuff that might be installed by a website without your knowing into your computer when you are viewing a video. Of course it could also be something that you installed purposely. From its name, you can see that it's something like "Tudou Accelerator" or "Speedbit" that makes your video streaming running more smoothly. Don't worry too much about it.

If you find it irritating cause it always appears on your desktop screen, you can remove it by typing "msconfig" at Run command dialog box. After opening the dialog box, just click Startup (everything that starts automatically at boot time, usually resides in here). Then search for the "dxva_sig" in the Startup Item. Uncheck it and you're done. It won't appear anymore. You may also delete the file by using Windows Search or Delete it using a program like CCleaner.

Multilingual Desktop Speaking Alarm Clock

Have experienced forgetting the time while working? This could be a problem if you have an appointment that day. To solve this problem, we can manage time by using alarm clock. The most convenient one is desktop alarm clock.

I've just found a website where you can download a very handy and useful desktop alarm clock. This clock has some features like: you can set the language: English, French and German. Then you can choose male or female voice. Setting the time is also very easy. When the time is up, you will hear the alarm clock telling you the time. Click here to download this simple speaking alarm clock.

Don't Touch My Computer Episode 2

If you like funny desktop stuff, you'll probably like this one. It's a screensaver that shows a guard dog. It looks more like a flash cartoon animation rather than a common screensaver. What makes it funny is when you touch the mouse and the dog starts jumping and then barking at you.

This screensaver has many fixed position images which is not suitable for use as a screensaver if you leave your computer too long. But if you seldom leave your computer long and you want something funny, you can continue using it. Pressing "M" to activate the menu also leads you to a lot of links to other websites. To exit, just press ESC. Click here to download.

Real Desktop Light 1.29

Want to have a different and completely fresh desktop? Try this freeware. Real Desktop Light is a freeware that makes your Windows desktop look different. A usual desktop is a desktop with icons usually arranged in order. But this freeware will turn the desktop wallpaper into a table-like view. There's also a wastepaper basket which is actually the recycle bin. The look of icons are also changed into 3D look. It's so different that you'll probably have problem running your program, copying and deleting. But, this freeware serves more like a desktop toy, rather than a desktop enhancement or utilities. Another different from usual desktop is when you want to drag it to the recycle bin, you have to pick the icon up by holding the left and right mouse key together. This would probably seem troublesome just for deleting an icon. Really something for fun only.

Any Wallpaper - change desktop wallpaper easily

Here's another good desktop freeware you can use to change your desktop wallpaper easily. It's Any Wallpaper. If you like to change your wallpaper and feel lazy to change it by right clicking on the desktop, Any Wallpaper should be the right choice for you. You can just change the wallpaper of for your desktop easily by just adding the folder of your favorite picture collection.

There are many options you can set, like whether to change it daily, set the time interval, or change at startup. You can set it to change the wallpaper randomly or sequentially. The interface is so simple that every beginner can use it without any problems.

You must also have Microsoft Framework .NET 2.0 or later installed to run this program.

Click here to download