Ghost of Mira is a free program that will randomly display Mira the dog on your desktop.

Ghost-It! is an application that runs in the system tray, and lets you turn windows into "ghost" windows.

Ghost windows are very special windows. First of all, a ghost window is translucent, meaning you can see through it to whatever is underneath. Secondly, a ghost window will always appear on top of other windows.

Thirdly, when a ghost window loses the input focus, it remains translucent and always on top, but all clicks will pass right through it like it wasnt even there—until it becomes the active window again.

Double-clicking its tray icon (a ghost) will turn the mouse cursor into a ghost. If you then left-click on a window with the ghost cursor, it will turn that window into a ghost window. Right-clicking on the tray icon and selecting Un-Ghost will turn the mouse cursor into a ghost with a slash through it.

If you then left-click on a ghost window with this cursor, it will turn that window back into a normal window. Selecting Un-Ghost All from the tray menu will automatically un-ghost all ghosted windows. Exiting the program will automatically un-ghost all ghosted windows.

There are two ways to make a ghost window the active window again.

The first is by clicking the windows icon in the taskbar, the second is by moving the mouse over the window you wish to make active, and pressing the hot key defined in the Ghost-It! configuration dialog (the default hot key is Ctrl+Alt+A).

Ghost will create a smoked-glass display by allowing you to change brightness to transparency.

PC De-Crapifier was created to help you to remove from a specific list unwanted software in an unattended fashion.

Before running, the user may select exactly what software should be removed.

Currently, it is targeted for use on most Dell machines; however it will theoretically run on anything that has the software listed below.

The user can select exactly what is uninstalled from the list below
· QuickBooks Trial
· NetZero Installers
· Earthlink Setup Files
· Corel Photo Album 6
· Tiscali Internet
· Wanadoo Europe Installer
· Get High Speed Internet!
· Internet Service Offers Launcher
· Dell Search Assistant
· Norton ghost 10.0
· symantec Live Update
· MS Plus Photo Story 2LE
· MS Plus Digital Media Installer
· McAffee
· Norton Internet Security
· Google Desktop
· Google Toolbar
· AOL US
· AOL UK
· MusicMatch Jukebox
· MusicMatch Music Services
· Wild Tangent Games
· Norton AntiVirus 2005
· Norton Security Center
· Norton AntiSpam
· PC-cillin Internet Security 12
· Corel Snapfire Plus SE
· Yahoo! Music Jukebox
· Vongo
· Run Registry Entries
· Desktop Icons
· Startup Menu Items
· Corel WordPerfect
· Roxio RecordNow
· Sonic DLA
· Sonic Update Manager
· Sonic RecordNow Audio
· Sonic RecordNow Copy
· Roxio MyDVD LE
· Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
· Quicken 2006

Smokey ghost Stationery description
Smokey ghost Stationery brings into your computer a funny ghosts Smokey ghost Stationery brings into your computer a funny ghosts.

Symantec Norton ghost description
Norton ghost automatically backs up and recovers everything on your computer Norton ghost provides advanced backup and recovery for your computer. Protect your documents, financial records, presentations, photos, music, videos, historical documents, or any other kinds of data you keep on your computer by making a backup of your computers entire hard disk. Or, limit your backup to include only those files and folders that mean the most to you.

You can schedule backups to capture your changes automatically as you work from day to day. Or start a backup manually at any time. You can also easily configure Norton ghost to run a backup in response to specific events. For example, a backup can be started when a particular application is started, or when a specified amount of new data has been added to the drive.

When you experience a problem with your computer, you can restore a file, folder, or an entire drive, to return your computer to a previous, working state with the operating system, applications, and data files intact. Or if you accidently delete a personal file, get it back with a few simple steps.

Using easy-to-follow wizards, set up fast and reliable backups that run while you continue to work. Or schedule your backups to run after hours when you are no longer using your computer.

When disaster strikes, Norton ghost helps you recover your computer from the effects of many common problems, including
· Virus attacks: Damage might be done before a virus is quarantined.
· Faulty software installations: Some software can negatively affect your computers performance, slowing it down to the point that opening programs or documents can require too much time. But once installed, uninstalling a product might not recover unintentional damage done during an install.
· Hard drive failure: Data can become corrupted on your system drive (typically C), making it impossible to start your operating system
· Files accidentally deleted or overwritten: Accidental deletion of files is common, but often costly.
· Corrupted files: Individual files and folders can become corrupted by viruses, or when a program used to modify them encounters an error.

Here are some key features of "Symantec Norton Ghost":

· Enhanced ease-of-use
An improved user interface simplifies what you need to know and do to successfully back up or recover files, folders, or your entire computer. And for Norton ghost experts, the Advanced page gives you a single view to most product features.

· Windows Vista support
Norton ghost has been designed and tested to run in the new Windows Vista operating system, and still supports previous versions of Windows

· Improved Easy Setup
Now setting up your first backup is even easier with the enhanced Easy Setup, which appears either during install (unless you choose to skip it), or automatically the first time you run Norton Ghost. Specify a few preferences, and Norton ghost can start backing up your computer on a regular basis.

· File and folder backup
Limit your backup to include a select set of files or folders. File and folder backups are especially useful if your backup storage space is limited and you make frequent changes to important documents that you want to back up.

· One Time backups
Need to back up you data quickly? The new One Time Backup feature lets you define and run a backup at any time without saving the backup job for later use.

· Desktop search engine support
Search for and recover files stored in recovery points using Google Desktop. Also supports symantec Backup Exec Retrieve.

· Convert a recovery point to virtual disk format
Convert recovery points to one of two virtual disk formats for use in a virtual environment.

· LightsOut Restore
Restore a computer from a remote location, regardless of the state of the computer, provided that its file system is intact.

· Simplified schedule editor
You can now easily edit your existing backup schedules without having to click through multiple dialogs or complete the entire backup wizard again.

· Manage backup data
Because recovery points and file and folder backup data require storage space, Norton ghost gives you the freedom of where and how to handle the amount of disk space used for storing backup data. Norton ghost offers simple tools for managing your backup data, and can even manage it for you automatically.

· Improved backup and recovery status
The home page offers the backup protection status in a single view. But you can also use the new Backups Calendar to view past and upcoming scheduled backups to see how protected your data really is.

· Automatic backup destination detection
Norton ghost automatically detects when a new storage device is connected to your computer, and can prompt you to change your default backup destination to the new drive.

· Browse lost or damaged files and folders
Enhanced browsing of files and folders inside recovery points makes recovery quick and easy; the new file and folder backup feature also lets you quickly search for and recover files or folders.

· Event-triggered backups
In addition to scheduled and manual backups, Norton ghost can detect certain events and run a backup automatically whenever they occur, providing an added level of protection for your computer.

· Performance throttling
Manually adjust the effect of a running backup on the performance of your computer to better match your needs at the moment. This feature is especially useful if you are working on your computer and dont want the backup process to slow you down. And if you know the demographics of your network traffic, you can now set network throttling to prevent network overload.

· Maxtor OneTouch integration
If you have a Maxtor OneTouch external hard drive, you can back up your computer with the push of a button. No need to start Norton Ghost.

· Modifiable symantec Recovery Disk
When you cannot start Windows, the newly enhanced symantec Recovery Disk (SRD) makes recovery easier than ever.

If the symantec Recovery Disk is missing specific drivers, use the Create Recovery Disk feature to create a modified symantec Recovery Disk that includes the exact drivers needed to successfully boot your computer into the recovery enironment.

Note: If you purchased Norton ghost pre-installed on a new computer, some features in the recovery environment may or may not be included, depending on how the computer manufacturer chose to install it. The recovery environment has likely been pre-installed on a special partition on your computer.


Requirements:

Memory requirements per key components:
· Norton ghost Agent: 256 MB
· Norton ghost user interface and Recovery Point Browser: 256 MB
· symantec Recovery Disk: 512 MB minimum
Note:
If you are installing a multilingual version of the product, you must have a minimum of 768 MB of RAM to run the symantec Recovery Disk.
· Norton ghost LightsOut Restore feature: 1 GB

Available hard disk space
· Norton ghost Service: 65.2 MB
· Recovery Point Browser: 30.6 MB
· Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0: 280 MB of hard disk space required for 32-bit computers, and 610 MB for 64-bit computers
· Recovery points: Sufficient hard disk space on a local hard disk or network server for storing recovery points
· Norton ghost LightsOut Restore feature: 2 GB

CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
The drive can be any speed, but must be bootable from the BIOS. Norton ghost uses Gear Software technology. To verify that your CD writer or DVD writer is compatible, click here. You can look up information about your writer if you know the name of the manufacturer and model number of your writer.


The .NET Framework 2.0 is required to run Norton Ghost. If the .NET Framework is not already installed, then Norton ghost installs it for you.

Virtual platforms (for converted recovery points)
· VMware GSX Server 3.1 and 3.2
· VMware Server 1.0 (replacement/rename for GSX Server)
· VMware ESX Server 2.5 and 3.0
· VMware Infrastructure 3 (replacement/rename for ESX Server)
· Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2

Limitations:

· 30 day trial

VMware Converter description
VMware Converter - Convert Physical Machines to Virtual Machines VMware Converter is the too you need to Convert Physical Machines to Virtual Machines - you can now use the intuitive wizard-driven interface of VMware Converter to convert your physical machines to virtual machines. VMware Converter quickly converts Microsoft Windows based physical machines and third party image formats to VMware virtual machines.

VMware Converter also converts virtual machines between VMware platforms. Automate and simplify physical to virtual machine conversions as well as conversions between virtual machine formats with VMware Converter

VMware Converter can be run on a wide variety of hardware and supports most commonly used versions of the Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Here are some key features of "VMware Converter":

· Quickly and reliably convert local and remote physical machines into virtual machines without any disruption or downtime.
· Complete multiple conversions simultaneously with a centralized management console and an intuitive conversion wizard.
· Convert other virtual machine formats such as Microsoft Virtual PC and Microsoft Virtual Server or backup images of physical machines such as symantec Backup Exec LiveState Recovery or ghost 9 to VMware virtual machines.
· Clone and backup physical machines to virtual machines as part of your disaster recovery plan.

The first of the ghost Forest Family - a beautiful collection of hand-painted, children-safe (and interactive!) screen savers. Part of the ghost Forest site, presenting the book with the same name.

This screensaver is dedicated to the trucker called Ghost.

Managing today’s increasingly heterogeneous enterprise environments of connected and mobile PCs poses major challenges for IT managers. Primary among them is the need to control the costs of setting up new PCs, migrating user desktop settings, and deploying OS and application upgrades and updates. By enabling the remote management of routine tasks such as PC deployment, cloning, changes in configuration settings, user migration, and backup and recovery of disk images, symantec ghost streamlines the configuration and management of networked PCs, thereby dramatically reducing IT costs.