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Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 4:18 pm
by 4g3nt_Smith
UXTHEME.DLL hacking, let you use unsigned themes packed the same way MS themes are.
Link for some nice themes:
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showforum=36
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 4:33 pm
by R00k
The uxtheme.dll replacement, that's the way I do it. :icon14:
Oh, I don't have SP2 either.
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 4:50 pm
by Guest
Where do I extract the theme I downloaded?
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 5:02 pm
by bitWISE
ToxicBug wrote:Where do I extract the theme I downloaded?
%systemroot%\Resources\Themes\
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 5:26 pm
by Guest
thanks
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 6:34 pm
by PhoeniX
Windows classic
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 6:35 pm
by GONNAFISTYA
I have XP with SP2 and I use WindowBlinds.
No crashes...no bullshit. It just works.
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 6:36 pm
by denzii
I have window blinds 4.0 and It don't crash here. Actuall it looks kind of nice.
[lvlshot]http://upload.docdesign.org/gamedesk.jpg[/lvlshot]
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 6:41 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
meh
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 7:01 pm
by GONNAFISTYA
Here you'll find a shitload of WindowBlinds
skins.
Version 4 and above use hardware acceleration for their effects. There is basically no performance loss at all compared to using default XP themes. And it skins EVERYTHING.
I just changed my to theme to
this:
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 8:04 pm
by SplishSplash
Every skinning app I've ever used was either slow, unstable, broken or just awkward.
Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 3:06 am
by Peloquin
never had a crash problem with wb, here... I use sp2 aswell.
I change skins alot but for some reason I keep going back to the skin that Arcana made...
http://www.wincustomize.com/ViewSkin.as ... 92&LibID=1
Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 3:14 am
by Massive Quasars
SplishSplash wrote:Every skinning app I've ever used was either slow, unstable, broken or just awkward.
Fact.
Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 3:18 am
by 4g3nt_Smith
Thats why you use the one built in to XP, not those shitty apps like Windowsblinds.
Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 10:01 am
by Grudge
I don't feel a need to skin my XP.
Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 2:46 pm
by denzii
XP Skins to me are so boring. You can only stare at it for so long. I suppose if you only spend a few hours a day on the computer it would be ok, but when you spend 16 hours a day in front of one then you have to have some variety.
Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 6:18 pm
by o'dium
How do i install these? I placed them in the directory %systemroot%\Resources\Themes\ but still, nothing shows up even after restart.
Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 6:35 pm
by 4g3nt_Smith
o'dium wrote:How do i install these? I placed them in the directory %systemroot%\Resources\Themes\ but still, nothing shows up even after restart.
Did you patch the uxtheme file? I assume not.
Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 6:40 pm
by o'dium
just read that, lol, doing it in a sec...
Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 6:42 pm
by 4g3nt_Smith
ggz
Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 7:05 pm
by PhoeniX
Once you're rebooted just double click on the .msstyle and then the theme windows loads up, then click ok.
Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 7:48 pm
by dmmh
Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 9:38 pm
by Don Carlos
Memph, got no problems with style xp hereon SP2 ?
Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 9:50 pm
by saturn
SplishSplash wrote:Every skinning app I've ever used was either slow, unstable, broken or just awkward.
werd bro
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 7:52 pm
by bork[e]
ToxicBug wrote:thanks
have any luck with any?