I am really sick of the Windows XP theme, and I was wondering how to change it. I've heard of needing reg hacks, and other things, but I really like some of the custom themes people have posted through the monthly desktop posts. I'm running XP Home, so if you guys can point me in the right direction, I would be very grateful.
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Started by CTskifreak, Nov 29 2007 05:04 PM
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Posted 29 November 2007 - 05:04 PM
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Posted 29 November 2007 - 05:42 PM
You need an Uxtheme patcher in order to use non-Microsoft signed visual styles.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enh...tiPatcher.shtml
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Posted 29 November 2007 - 08:57 PM
Okay...got that.....where do you download your themes from????
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Posted 29 November 2007 - 08:57 PM
Just slightly off topic, but I have to say I like your signature CeeCee. Very nice.
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Posted 29 November 2007 - 09:21 PM
I forget where I put the theme I downloaded 
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Posted 29 November 2007 - 09:51 PM
I meant to say, "Where do I put the file that I downloaded?" Well, I stuck it in the folder where the "Custom" theme is, and opened it from there...here's a screen shot!
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Posted 30 November 2007 - 12:16 AM
Thank you....I like it a lot-now to find a vista icon theme that works well...
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Posted 04 January 2008 - 01:06 PM
Dont themes tie up alot of system resources? I turned my themes process off. Its boring but runs a bazillion times better then it did???
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Posted 04 January 2008 - 07:44 PM
Humpty, on Jan 4 2008, 09:08 AM, said:
Still using the Zune theme for XP which I think was pointed out by Rridgely ages ago.
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Posted 05 January 2008 - 12:37 AM
Still use Zune theme here as well. Love the orange and black. matches Firefox perfectly.
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Posted 05 January 2008 - 02:34 AM
I have used SlanXP Edition 3 Visual Style for a long time now. It's very nice and don't got any problems on it (IMO). Previous versions of SlanXP are also nice. Lassekongo83 makes very nice and clean VS's. I also got some other themes, but i hardly use them, cause SlanXP is so nice. I try from time to time some new styles, but they almost always got some problems on them or they just aren't nice.
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Posted 06 January 2008 - 04:56 AM
speytone, on Jan 4 2008, 01:06 PM, said:
Dont themes tie up alot of system resources? I turned my themes process off.
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