Keep Your Icons in Check with DesktopOK

DesktopOK is a tiny but extremely useful utility that you will want to keep handy if, like me, you have a desktop covered in carefully arranged icons used to access applications. At times a profile problem has meant that I've had to patiently re-create the familiar arrangement. This program will prevent you from ever having to do the same. It saves the positions of all icons with a single click. With that done, to prove that it can do what it promises, it offers a "Punch the Icons ;)" button which randomly spreads your icons across the desktop. You can then restore everything back to complete order with a single click of the OK button. Fantastic !
It works on all recent versions of Windows, and has an interface in English or German.

Excellent Wallpaper Manager - John's Background Switcher

Now at version 4, John's Background Switcher is an excellent free desktop wallpaper manager for Windows. I tried a few others, but this offers outstanding features and quality.
I was looking for something that could span my dual-monitor set-up with a single image, preferably the impressive ones that feature on Bing.
This software offers combinations of ways to display images, stretched or cropped, per-monitor, or per desktop, and even creative 'photo' or 'postcard' montages consisting of multiple images.
It's designed to make use of a wide range of internet image sources, including Flickr, Facebook, Google, Bing and Yahoo image searches, or any RSS feed - as well as files from your computer, of course. It can be set to save every image it downloads, and even delete them after a specified time.
An extra bonus is that it also offers a set of keyboard shortcuts, one of which quickly resets the desktop to a plain background, which I sometimes prefer to do before I lock my computer.
I highly recommend this software that has made my desktop a more beautiful sight to see.