ANYONE KNOW A FREE SOFTWARE TO CHANGE XP THEMES!!!!

[shaunak]

Imm just bored out of my head with the blue,silver,ond olive xp colours !!
anyone know a free theme changing software 100% free? or the manual procedure?
plz reply

ps: dont tell me there is no free lunch

 

[Darthvader]

Well digit gave a cool theme crystal xp in its march DVD
try that,object dock is there too

 

[shaunak]

thanks guys

 

[anandk]

use CRYSTAL XP. its good.
or try the new ROYALE THEME FOR WINDOWS XP (LEAKED).
or try the LONGHORN TRANSFORMATION PACK (Create restore point in this one' case positively).

 

[thegame_rulez]

and which are the paid/shareware ones ppl which are good???

 

[technovice]

Crytal XP is the site for u...
Get the object dock software
*en.crystalxp.net/software/

BTW does any know how to make win98 look like linux or winXP...any theme or s/w available?
...googling for it wasn't helpful

 

[anandk]

paid ones !!!! ????

try style xp or stardock !

 

[thegame_rulez]

what is this stylexp male and style xp female???

 

[shaunak]

the free method dint work
can sumone spcify exactly how to use it?plz

 

[khattam_]

Longhorn Transformation Pack...........

 

[vijaythefool]

What is the diffrence between visual style and a theme ?

 

[theraven]

lemme give this a shot
the best way to do it is MSSTYLES
u may NOT need to patch it tho ... mine works without patching and i dunno how
maybe it was the autopatcher updates
anywasy this is the best way and the best free way

next to thsi is style xp which isnt free but its cool !! and simpler to use with more options like changin boot n logon screens and transparency presets ...

any other software for changing VS's suck IMO
like WB
its a total resource hog .. i hate it ...besides it has icompatibilities with other software and can mess ur system

TRANSFORMATION PACKS: like flyakite, crystal, LHTP etc are nice ... but can be a hassle too ..
they can also cause trouble with ur system files as ur actually REPLACING THEM
if thers any trouble during installation ur in for a ride

the only other stardock product i use is ICONPACKAGER for changing icons
u can get cool themes from wincustomize.com
then there is bootskin and logonstudio from stardock which are freeware and do exactly what their name suggests
i use both of them !

style xp male n female differ only in the default themes that come with them !

a theme consists of ur wallpaper, screensaver, the titlebar sizes, colors, text etc etc
VISUAL STYLE are the bitmaps that are actually used , in your windows, start button, taskbar, titlebar, ur minimize/maximise and close buttons. Even ur shutdown and log off dialogue boxes sometimes !!

apart from this any SHELL REPLACEMENT software is a waste i think
and is seriously for the complete customising freak !
i dun think they are worth it
software like talisman etc fall under this


apart from these u can use docks like yzdock, mobydock and even objectdock from stardock
YZDOCK RULES btw, but its discontinued.
widget applications like samurise,konfabulator and avedesk
the first 2 suck up a lot of resources ... avedesk ROCKS !!!

 

[ShekharPalash]

nice info raven...

@shaunak...

if u just want to enable 3'rd party visual styles [msstyles] then get UXTheme.DLL patcher at neowin...

I suggest you to get and patch all ur windows system files [windows xp sp2 only] with XPize by XPero... it contains that UXTheme.dll patcher already + it'll make windows UI more smoother replacing all old icons with new icons.... it's a great pack... and also secure... i mean it doesn't hang or destroy ur system like other shell packs do.

u can get Xpize here at XPero's page : *xpize.portraitofakite.com/

 

[vijaythefool]

I have used the UXTheme.DLL patcher and found my comp still rning smooth withouth causing errors on any other softwares.
but i would lke to apply icon packages how to do that with this Theme.DLL
patcher ? or to adjust the transparency or any other options ?

Can i replace the .bmp images to a transparent gif or png for the task bar etc ?