for the flickering, have you tried increase the refresh rate? right click on desktop>properties>setting>advanced>monitor
pick the highest refresh rate the monitor supports.
and for Skrommel's ghoster, try change the jump value to 0:
jump=0
this will make the entire screen dim (as oppose to the default, just the background)
and you can also choose the level of dimness by changing the transparency value, 255 = complete dark.
;transparency=0-255 Makes the ghosting more or less translucent.
;jump=1 or 0 Makes the active window show through the ghosting.