FlightMan

Anyone know any good sites for XP Themes, preferably not riddled with bugs and spyware!

D16GER

deviantart.com and skinbase.org are pretty good

ChefDude

I use this:
http://www.z3romass.com/usr/VistaXP_VS_v2_0.zip

you need to patch uxtheme.dll to unlock it to allow 3rd party msstyles.

is an msstyle, like the blue/green/silver luna stype in xp. very quick.

ChefDude

here's the replacement uxtheme.dll
http://www.z3romass.com/usr/6.0.2900.2180_EN.zip

and the patcher
http://www.z3romass.com/usr/Replacer.zip

backup your uxtheme.dll first
IIRC, you run the .cmd and follow the instructions dragging in the right files over the cmd window

make sure you have XP service pack 2

ScoobyDriverWannabe

Thats vista inspirat of the brico packs
CrystalXP.net - Bricopacks

Fake Vista theme. Best one i found.

ChefDude

doesn't that need window blinds?

only the latest version of window blinds is quick enough imho as it uses your graphics card's gpu and not the cpu! too slow otherwise.

otherwise use msstyles.

FlightMan

ChefDude, thats spooky, thats just the exact theme I was looking for!!

So, in what order so i run those?

bioforger

iTrader: (1)

Those uxtheme ones need StyleXP as well right?

InvisibleMan

theres the ms official xpvista theme, Zune

ChefDude

patch your uxtheme.dll first
then dbl click on the blah.msstyle file and select ur style

i'm using it at work, so it's pretty robust!

bioforger

iTrader: (1)

The zune theme (im running it atm) is like vista but not as complete or as nice as the msstyle one, i would think.

bioforger

iTrader: (1)

Jus tried that msstyle Vista one, its nice, but the icon text is to small on a 1280X1024 resolution :/ Cant see a way to change them without stylexp either.

ChefDude

i'm using 2x1280x1024 monitors. it's fine on Tahoma.

bioforger

iTrader: (1)

Yes it is thanks