Question About Windows Theme Availability

i have looked too for windows skins. i didnt found any available. In Windows Xp Hacks (by Oreilly) it says that you can change windows themes. i tried it and failed, i dont know if it was my fault. anw, i m interested too in finding a way to change windows appearance.

Try this
Or this site is overloaded with skins, and they wont slow up ur pc (much )

There are tons of programs out there that let you skinning your Windows look-and-feel. Before, I used ThemeXP at http://www.themexp.org/ . What you meant by "skinning", in their term, is visual style . However, to be able to install new visual style, you need a piece of software called Style XP form TGT Soft. Sounds a little bit comlplicated, but it's really easy to install.

The second software you might want to look at (I'm using this right now) is mentioned by emiles-site above. It is WindowBlinds from http://www.wincustomize.com/ . They also have tons of very nice skin. The only down side of WindowBlinds (compare to Style XP) is you have to keep WindowBlinds process running even though it doesn't use much resource, while Style XP, once appied to your computer, that's your default skin, and you can turn off Style XP.

I prefered WindowBlinds, but it's your choice, both of them are pretty much equal

none, u can't skin Windows without extra software. That's why it sucks. KDE on the other hand is skinnable without extra software.xboxrulz

Well, sorry to double-post...but I found a great them for XP.

It's not a .Theme file, but it isn't anything you need skinning software for. Here's the URL: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

i didnt know windows uses .theme files i use wincustomize and that works great, its really easy and i doesnt slow down my computer to much, i can play games like call of duty2 and battlefield2 with very little lag and wincustomize is running in the background, i also use stylexp

here you can find some windows and other themes :)hxx

deviantart.com/

Try to look for Windows Vista Theme for WinXP at http://www.crystalxp.net/

You need something like this
http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

"It allows you to use any 3rd party msstyle theme on Windows XP/SP1/SP2 or Windows Server 2003 (with Themes enabled) by patching the uxtheme.dll (dynamic link library)"

After install, you just need to copy some theme to Windows->Resource->Themes
doubleclick on it, and your new theme will be applied.

Actually, I think you can, because Windows can use different themes. You can actually browse for .Theme files. But I don't know where you can get them...

 

Theme-files have data in them, where the .MSSTYLE file can be found on your HD. For example, i have a Windows Vista (slate black) theme on my computer, and i don't use any external software. But what i use, is StyleXP. That program doesn't slow up your pc, it doesn't work like WindowsBlinds (other engine), but what it does, is switching skins (.theme, .msstyle)

I think you didn't found .theme-skins because u googled for ".theme". You'd google for "download .msstyle skin"

Hope this helps!

~Emile