Windows XP Home Themes

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#1 Xenon   User is offline

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Windows XP Home Themes

Posted 11 January 2006 - 09:10 AM

yep.
ok i click the appearance tab , and see only two themes, and i dont want windows classic themes..

how do i even change to any theme i want to ? like the colour of the taskbar etc etc.

this requirement isnt essential but i would certainly not stick with JUST two themes (Blue and Silver (hate olive colour))

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Re: Windows XP Home Themes

Posted 11 January 2006 - 09:14 AM

StyleXP...there are other software applications to do it, but the names escape me at the moment
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Posted 11 January 2006 - 09:20 AM

er any idea how much does it cost ?


half of my budget is gone on Ubuntu and hardware upgrades.
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Posted 11 January 2006 - 09:35 AM

I'm not sure how much it costs...I'm a little more concerned that you paid for Ubuntu...it is free.
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Posted 11 January 2006 - 10:00 AM

You can use 'uxtheme.dll' patch for latest Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) to enable 3rd party theme usage without paying for StyleXP.


Click here.
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Posted 11 January 2006 - 11:59 AM

I have a whole stack of Ubuntu disks sittin here, they will ship them across the globe, Free.

StyleXP is the way to go, theres Windows blinds and a number of others but IMO their bloated memory hogs, styleXP is pretty sleek and small.

Theres a 30 day trial, it doesnt cost that much.
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Re: Windows XP Home Themes

Posted 11 January 2006 - 12:01 PM

uxtheme.dll does the same thing as stylexp just thru the windows ui and it uses less system resources. neowin has a great patcher for it that works with all the service packs. http://www.neowin.ne...howtopic=140707
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Posted 11 January 2006 - 03:43 PM

Nice.
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Posted 11 January 2006 - 04:12 PM

MarkoDaGeek, on 11 Jan, 2006 - 12:56 PM, said:

I have a whole stack of Ubuntu disks sittin here, they will ship them across the globe, Free.

StyleXP is the way to go, theres Windows blinds and a number of others but IMO their bloated memory hogs, styleXP is pretty sleek and small.

Theres a 30 day trial, it doesnt cost that much.

I nkow what you mean, i got a whole box of em, around 100.
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Re: Windows XP Home Themes

Posted 13 January 2006 - 12:36 AM

Amadeus, on 11 Jan, 2006 - 11:02 PM, said:

I'm not sure how much it costs...I'm a little more concerned that you paid for Ubuntu...it is free.

somehow now i do feel i am cheated.

well costed like $20.. :|

well things here are found rarely anyways.. so i had to order it by post from some other city.
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Posted 13 January 2006 - 08:25 AM

Xenon, on 13 Jan, 2006 - 01:33 AM, said:

Amadeus, on 11 Jan, 2006 - 11:02 PM, said:

I'm not sure how much it costs...I'm a little more concerned that you paid for Ubuntu...it is free.

somehow now i do feel i am cheated.

well costed like $20.. :|

well things here are found rarely anyways.. so i had to order it by post from some other city.

That is because you were cheated, i am getting 5 CD for free
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Re: Windows XP Home Themes

Posted 14 January 2006 - 12:59 AM

Xenon, on 13 Jan, 2006 - 02:03 PM, said:

Amadeus, on 11 Jan, 2006 - 11:02 PM, said:

I'm not sure how much it costs...I'm a little more concerned that you paid for Ubuntu...it is free.

somehow now i do feel i am cheated.

well costed like $20.. :|

well things here are found rarely anyways.. so i had to order it by post from some other city.

lol...You were ripped.
Ever heard of "Research" before considering a deal?

20$ Damn...that guy probably must be dead laughing.

EDIT: BTW Ubuntu Ships to India too...FREE
So don't say stuff like you had to order by post. and it's rare etc.

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Re: Windows XP Home Themes

Posted 01 February 2006 - 05:59 PM

Zenith1, on 11 Jan, 2006 - 10:57 AM, said:

You can use 'uxtheme.dll' patch for latest Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) to enable 3rd party theme usage without paying for StyleXP.


Click here.

Awesomeness, thx.
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