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  1. 13-02-2005, 08:05 PM #1
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    WinXp themes

    how do i change them? my bro got himself a nice looking one - minimalist but nice looking...thing is he's gone to japan. I discovered a DLL, called uxtheme.dll, on a disc of his which could be something. I just want to get away from the nasty green button/blue bar and change it to something else... a nice burgandy red maybe?
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    Replace uxtheme.dll or use neowin auto-patcher to replace it and then you won't need to have digitally signed themes
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    riiiiiight. ok i'll see what happens. I was using win98 until recently (long story involving exploding computer!) so now trying to customise my xp how i want it
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    Do a google search for uxtheme.dll. You should find loads about it there.
    AFAIK the modded uxtheme.dll needs to be specific for the Service pack you are using so your bro's one might not work with sp2.

    Edit - Here is how to do it courtesy of Directhex
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    Are there any good quality ones yet?

    Last time i looked they appeared to be designed by 12yr olds with no sense of shape or colour
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    yeah, lots of those slip through!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marcos
    Are there any good quality ones yet?

    Last time i looked they appeared to be designed by 12yr olds with no sense of shape or colour
    Dang you found my themes

    i much prefer the windows original themes, they just seem nippier.

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    I just disable the theme service.. waste of time and memory imo.
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    I have the Royale theme from Media Center 2005.

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    And seeing as it's an official Microsoft theme you can just chuck it in your windows\resources\themes directory with no tweaking required
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    i use one called sentinel, its the daddy
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    Quote Originally Posted by aidanjt
    I just disable the theme service.. waste of time and memory imo.
    how do you disable it then?
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    Start > Administrative Tools > Services. Find the service you want, right click > Properties. Set Startup Type to disabled.
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    I always use Windows Max, kicks ass soooo much.

    http://www.themexp.org/preview.php?m...hed+v2+RTU.zip
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    Quote Originally Posted by Xcelsion
    I always use Windows Max, kicks ass soooo much.

    http://www.themexp.org/preview.php?m...hed+v2+RTU.zip
    Thats one of the better ones i've seen. Some of the ones posted in this thread are just terrible
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