is a fun practical joke program that lets you display fake error messages and other types of dialog boxes. To use Message Manager, simply type in your message text, choose a graphic to display (e.g. error message, warning message, informational message, or confirmation message), and select up to nine buttons (such as Yes, Cancel, Retry, Abort, and Ignore). You can have the fake dialog appear at a preset time, or after a specific number of minutes.
Neko is a little cat who sits on your desktop and chases the mouse pointer around.
Shareware
Lightsaber Cursors is a set of 14 animated cursors shaped like pink swords.
Freeware
Logon UI Boot Randomizer A logon and boot screens manager for WinXP Features: Change-Randomize (3 methods) boot and logon screens, Exclude screens from randomizing; Real time preview for boot screens; Fully resizable - preview (classic or thumbnails); Favorites (as many as you want); Categories; See bitmaps in files (save them in jpg format - support for multiple screens); Change the vertical position of progress bar for boot screens.
Freeware
Blobbos lets you play with and breed happy little colored pets on your desktop.
Shareware
Global Pets '98 is a virtual pet dog that grows up as you can feed, care for, and play with it.
Shareware
Athena is a desktop toy that brings total destruction to your computer screen.
Shareware
PC Pet is a computer version of the popular virtual pet game.