Windows themes

[Jeff]

Im looking for a sleek black theme very similar to the default windows XP theme or a black version of the classic windows theme... Does anyone know where i can get one?

[Steve]

black classic attached.
there is a few black themes around, easy to implement using the patched uxtheme.dll thingy. lemme know if you need more info

[Steve]

well anyway here is the info, some others might fidn it useful if they dotn know.

go here:

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=140707

follow instructions and download patch and use it. then you can use any windows theme which are free to download off loads of sites off the net.

basiclly you can use this insteady of downloading a proggy like windows blinds which soemtimes plays up and can use system resources.

loads of visual styles can be found on that site to: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showforum=36

oe deviant art has a bunch, or the wondows blinds homepage etc

google 'xp visual styles'

sry i dont have time to find a black theme right now, but will later if you havent replied.

cheers

[Steve]

sry 3 poster.

actually you might like the Longhorn theme: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=345259

[Jeff]

thanks a lot steve!

[Rampage.]

where do you get the program to install them, i know i had one before.

[Jeff]

It's all said and done in steves post above.
Or search google for WindowsBlinds.

[Steve]

Originally posted by ®ampage
where do you get the program to install them, i know i had one before.

you dont need one, that was the point of my post :/

[Rampage.]

ok, this may sound stupid, pleeeassee dont make fun of me hehe but skins or costum w.e's dont use system resources themselves do they?

[Steve]

nope.

the problem is that xp just came with 3 or whatever skins and that was that. i dunno if their system was locked because of a security prob or just because MS thought that was ok.

the special uxtheme.dll enables you to use new visual styles for xp as if the lock was not there.

proggies like Windows Blinds can use resourses (old versions did, new ones you can choose to use or not) because they do other things as well as replace the theme, and do it via a different method.

[Rampage.]

k thanks alot