Do you know what I hate most about Windows XP? It's look. It's painful combination of blue and green. So one of the first thing I do after every Windows install is patch the Uxtheme file so that I can apply a visual style of my choice. I hope you are not using the default theme, are you?
The following is a list of some of the choicest visual styles that can give Windows XP a total makeover. Pick any!
Note: This list contains only shell styles that can be applied directly by patching Uxtheme or through StyleXP. No Window Blinds skins here.
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Watercolor Arrow - This theme looks so cool with a light colored taskbar, blue menu and funny hand-drawn type icons.
Wood Visual Styles - Transforms everything to wood! This theme is tested in Windows XP SP2. A few people reported problems with SP3. (This theme is no longer available. Sorry.)
Kupo XP 2.0 - A very minimalistic design available in 5 colors.
Luder - Another minimalistic theme with a clean green look.
Aurum VS 1.1 - A bit of Vista's Aurora look.
Delta VS - A silver gray theme with mild colors.
DUO - A mixture of Vista and Mac.
Ubuntu XP - This is the closest Windows XP can get to Ubuntu! Brilliantly done.
Simplebox - This time it's Fedora. (This theme is no longer available)
Clearlooks Gummy - This theme pack gives a "Gnome" look to Windows XP. Available in 14 different colors!
Cadoo Visual Style 1.0 - A smooth whitish theme that gives a great contrast to any icon set.
animus - A Mac like blue and white theme that works great with Mac icon set.
OSX Tiger V - Give Windows the Mac look. Very nicely done.
Leopard X - Another Mac theme with a slightly darker look.
VistaPerfection X4 - One of the best looking Vista theme for Windows XP.
Dream LH 1.0 - Another theme with the Vista look, but darkish and black explorer window and task panel.
EX2008 Visual Style - A darkish theme with a tinge of green. Very minimalistic.
SlanXP 2.0 - Another dark theme for Windows XP.
GAIA - A very simple yet elegant theme with mild colors.
Greenius.VS - Another beautiful green theme. (Green seems to be the preferred color for designers)
P.S: This is how to install the themes:
1. Download and install Uxtheme patcher. During install a message will be displayed that important Windows file are being replaced and will ask you to insert the windows CD to fix it. Just ignore and click "continue"
2. Download the theme pack and copy the folder containing .msstyles and shellstyle.dll (this is inside another folder) to C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\
3. After this is done, right-click on desktop and click Properties. Now click on the Appearance tab. Under Windows and Buttons you will find the list of all the themes you installed. Select one from the list and click Apply.
Sometimes, the downloaded pack contains additional utilites like Styler and Rocketdock etc to bring other changes to Windows. It's up to you whether you want to install the additional stuff. You can visit the original page of the theme author for more instruction on how to use those.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 323 of 323 Newer› Newest»HI! thx for your collection themes, but i really want to know how i can use a picture like i saw it in your site, because when i used that theme, the desktop's picture was not changing. i can't find it from the appearance.tx
how to use this themes in professional xp 2006 service pack 2. tell me 03362519253
hey i dont know how is it work?
so please tell me the steps how to workable theme in computer
vista doesn't do anything it just looks like xp and When I try leopard and ostiger it says there is files missing please help with leopard
i nstalled the theme patcher and leopard and then everything was fine but when i installed rocketdock everytime i click on my docs or local disk or something like that it opens windows search and i cant close it what now
Seems like the problem is with rocketdock, or maybe it actually lies somewhere else. Definitely not a theme problem.
great but it becomes off on restarting and shows a problem
can i restore it once i do this?
Jai ho theme maker ji...
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it's good
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Thank you, my friend already received a beautiful thing from your site
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MASHALLAH.... some of most beautiful themes onthe wierd internet..........
BEST THEMES EVER
mac like themes amazing
its not running
its very difficult to download and install and I want that it must be very easy
These themes are awesome but how can i use them on xp
my customs theme's keep run turning back to the original theme's of windows every time i restart my pc any comments how to permanently apply my DreamLH theme?
its awesome
how to set
its really very good...........
goooood
beautiful
tanks bro
i'm not able to download even a single theme.... its fucking wast of time!!
thanks Nice themes
tnks a lot
good themes but i was expecting little more .
but then also they are really good.
thank you
thx
very nice is themes for windows xp
cool kick ass themes
very beautiful work! may god bless you!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks man
this is March 12th 2012 and i still using XP and Pentium 3. GREAT!
frnds it fully works on winsows azure i can download free full version azure it looks wonderful winsows azure is wonderful skin its like a dream you can buy the cd with 12 skin colors free
main ne abuntu xp by shamuhand theme load ki thi but he is not properly installd.... please help me
Thanks dude, this is awesome !
Thanks man ........you made my day
best to break this
i did as you said.. but after copying those files, still nothing's displaying in the properties.. no new themes are getting added into it..!! what do i do now??? please help...
These themes are super duper hit
Just download bumptop and you will get 3D desktop a super coOoOol one!
my pc is modified inti new becoz of this themes..
i lik these themes very much....
easily accessible.........
good theme
very coooooooool
Awesome collection Kaushik
hey hwo too install plzz tell me..
its an awesome
I download (leopard X) and it says to choose open with (Win-RR) or save as .
I choose save as and what can i do to use that themes??????
can u help me.
all themes r ExElLeNt
Thnx due...really nice themes
wow i like the seven RG theme.. just read the notes first before installing it,for you not to have problems. follow instructions on each folder,heheh... then it will just work fine, love it!
None of any themes worked... :X
some themes do not work
Awesome themes man !!!
Great list.
All those windows haters just go and play tetris on your computer and leave us alone.
Its simple:
Windows=awesome games
linux users=install bumblebee and enjoy!!
very nice theam......
i like u theams...
Aurum looks excellent! if I had xp I would install it!
Thank u! DUDE!! :D
cool themes
VistaPerrfection_x4 is the coolest theme i had ever apply to my computer!!
I Have downloaded vistaperfectionx2 theme and uxpatcher.but how can i install and apply it?plz help me.email-manishmor1500@gmail.com
Nice Themes Tnx for sharing. :-)
awsome.......
Wow....thank you!
where i put .dll files?
Ye .dll files kis folder mein dalni hain?
Thanks, All seem well. MAny thanks
Amazzziinngg Themes,,,,!! cooollest ones...!!!
Hey! why the "Clearlooks Gummy" theme didn't have .msstyles or the .theme file but .7z file?? please fast reply
i download the theme but how to apply it?????????
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hey i hav dwnloaded d themes but these r nt shown in my properties dialog box...nd so m unable 2 use it.....
tried a lot...canot do..even i copy files on themes folder its unseen in the windows and tabs button!PLS HELP
mind bloing dudes
JUST INSTALL THE STYLER. THEN THEMES WORK PROPERLY
Here Download the 30 Themes Installer- (For XP)
http://www.winxp76.com/Bunker/index.php?dir=Windows/&file=30%2B%20Windows%20XP%20Themes%20Installer.rar
Aero- and MANY More types of themes are in the installer.
-take care
**I added the Theme Patch too! (In Case You Need it)
I think the regular theme looks beautiful. :|
Hey..!!
I've dOwnloaded Vista PerfectiOn X4 it's a damn cOol theme dude !! ^^
Hey My Computer is not accepting any of it and I have the patcher. Please reply:(
hey dude can you help my with ubuntu, i can't figure out how to install it. please help me
wow great themes ur rock
any one not apply just download pack longhorn inspirat and then apply this themes it will work
my themes are not working plz help
I've looked at the newer customization routines, but still prefer the UxTheme stuff. I just tried all the others and have settled on Ubuntu XP, I'll stick with that. Great system, beats Windows totally.
Regrettably, the Ubuntu developers have an immature attitude toward others. Anyone NOT completely committed to using a Linux distro, is considered not worth assisting. They cannot tolerate anyone who cares to use a computer by any any other method than memorized keyboard commands.
Because I prefer a computer that will remember for me (as in right click sub-menus, and a decent GUI)I am see at Ubuntu as unworthy not welcome there.
Frankly, I think that sort of tribal mentality is shortsighted.
Ubuntu, I believe, is an excellent OS for a machine with a limited number of major applications. It is stable, secure, and safe.
However when Ubuntu is used in the capacity of many Windows machines, where the user has major games, the Adobe Creativity suite, the Microsoft Office package, and the hundreds of legally downloadable apps that many of just have to try out, it will reliably fail and be difficult to diagnose, and even more difficult to fix--occasionally impossible to find drivers for, and there is a limitation in mainstream applications because Ubuntu is not widely used.
Sooooo. . . Have fun.
Any1 WITH PROBLEM WITH APPLYING THEMES KINDLY LOOK HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it's all simple just download and install UXteme patcher for xp sp2 or sp3 if u have 1 of these
then open the patcher
it will ask some question and then it'll ask for ur computer to reboot
reboot the pc and then download any theme
Extract it using WINRAR if u dnt have then download it
right click on the rar file and click Extract file and the computer will ask that where to extract the theme files and the theme itself
after the extraction poen the folder in which u extracted the files then u'l probably see a folder named the theme name open the folder and u'll see a strange lukin Icon it will have a brush in it double click it and the properties windows will appear showing the theme and just simply apply it there u go!!!
If still FACING some PROBLEMS plz cmnt below and i'll be happy to answer u within 24 hours cause I visit this web site daily to solve ur problems and also to download themes
Chao!!!! I hope it will work
gud luking but the delta vs is corrupt
sir i download it and then i copy it to C:/windows/Resources/themes.....
but it couldn't work : (((
Help.>>!!!!
Thanks so much for posting & sharing it
how can build my onw windows Xp, what i means is that, i don't want to download any theme, what i want is to customize them; so what can i use for the porpose?
before u do anything make a system restore..
this is Excellent
wow nice
hi! i think the file is infected!!(Trojan) feel free to correct me if i got it wrong
What an idiot to publish this site...no theme is useful to be installed on pc....
I would suggest dont download these themes!
What the hell...is this approval...
it means u will only approve the comments which you like..
this is fake...and disgusting..!
Really Nice Themes ........
Thanks For this Awesome Post...........:)
Nice! Thanks, they all look awesome :)
good soft
nice
bro i cant that download uxtheme patcher
help me how to download that plzzzzzzzzzz
I downloaded the vista theme for xp but the color background is just the that changes.. There's no background image at the icon didn't change.. What should i do? Please help me.. THANKS!!
the creator is very good and the themes are lovely
HEYYY THESE ALL WORKS
i downloaded Tiger and Leopard themes along with the Patcher.. But still i do not get either of the themes PLEASE HELP :)
Thank Q very much for me all the themes are good.
dhasu hai yar aise hi karte raho
How do i put the font on the themes?
These are very bad themes and not working any clue about these.
The themes are very attractive. I hope these will work.....but , i want to know that if i install anyone , will i able to remove or disable i.e restore or use default theme again ? Please help
Yes can revert back to the default theme at any time.
Thanks very much KAUSHIK
Wonderful and Beauriful Theme
nice themes
Thank you, man, is there a Windows 8 Theme for xp
So beautiful
Good job
Wow! Thanks for Sharing...
it's really nice
Dream LH 1.0 looks great, i must try this,, thanks for sharing.!
Awesome! its really Helpful...
Wow !!!
Simply awesome collection, mate ! :)
good work............jiii
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