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  • L Lost User

    Which theme do you use in Windows, XP or Classic? Which color scheme do you use? Why do you use the one you use?

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    Rama Krishna Vavilala
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    Neither. I am using Vista with default color scheme.


    Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. -Brian Kernighan

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    • L Lost User

      Which theme do you use in Windows, XP or Classic? Which color scheme do you use? Why do you use the one you use?

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      _Zorro_
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      Now I'm on Ubuntu ;P But I used to use the classic win98 style on xp :P No graphics. Just because I find it more perf to manage.

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      • L Lost User

        Which theme do you use in Windows, XP or Classic? Which color scheme do you use? Why do you use the one you use?

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        David Wulff
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        When I'm using Windows XP I use the default blue theme. I have done for the last five years (or however long XP has been out for now). When I using Vista I use the default theme. I tried the various colours, but ended up back on the default. I use them because they work best for me, and I work best with them.


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        • L Lost User

          What: XP Theme / Silver Why: Gives me the eye candy without the Fisher Price look & feel.

          "I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image." - Stephen Hawking

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          Jorgen Sigvardsson
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          Mike Mullikin wrote:

          Fisher Price look & feel.

          I actually like the blue color. I guess I'm still young! :-D

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          • L Lost User

            Which theme do you use in Windows, XP or Classic? Which color scheme do you use? Why do you use the one you use?

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            GaryWoodfine
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            XP theme Silver it just looks good

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            • L Lost User

              Which theme do you use in Windows, XP or Classic? Which color scheme do you use? Why do you use the one you use?

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              marius_romanus
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              I use the blue XP Theme. Why ? It looks good and I like it best ! Marius

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              • L Lost User

                Which theme do you use in Windows, XP or Classic? Which color scheme do you use? Why do you use the one you use?

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                Lost User
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                I chop and change depending on my mood. I switch between Classic/XP mode every few weeks, and when using XP mode, I cycle between the various colour schemes regularly. Currently I am running with the Media Center XP style and the New Bliss background.

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                • L Lost User

                  What: XP Theme / Silver Why: Gives me the eye candy without the Fisher Price look & feel.

                  "I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image." - Stephen Hawking

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                  Ravi Bhavnani
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                  Mike Mullikin wrote:

                  What: XP Theme / Silver

                  Me too. /ravi

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                  • L Lost User

                    Which theme do you use in Windows, XP or Classic? Which color scheme do you use? Why do you use the one you use?

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                    Larsenal
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                    the Zune theme[^]

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                    • L Lost User

                      Which theme do you use in Windows, XP or Classic? Which color scheme do you use? Why do you use the one you use?

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                      Ed Poore
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                      RoyalXP Blue or somethine like that, it's the Media Centre theme I think, has a nice small start button too: http://ed.poore.googlepages.com/theme.png[^]


                      I have no idea what I just said. But my intentions were sincere.

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                        Which theme do you use in Windows, XP or Classic? Which color scheme do you use? Why do you use the one you use?

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                        MatrixCoder
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                        I'm using Media Center 2006, but I also use Vista Ultimate, which looks nicer. -- modified at 13:35 Monday 18th December, 2006


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                        • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                          Mike Mullikin wrote:

                          Fisher Price look & feel.

                          I actually like the blue color. I guess I'm still young! :-D

                          -- Verletzen zerfetzen zersetzen zerstören Doch es darf nicht mir gehören Ich muss zerstören

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                          marius_romanus
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                          Me too. And blue is also a very calming color. I guess that's why they made a BSOD. :-) Marius

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                          • E Ed Poore

                            RoyalXP Blue or somethine like that, it's the Media Centre theme I think, has a nice small start button too: http://ed.poore.googlepages.com/theme.png[^]


                            I have no idea what I just said. But my intentions were sincere.

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                            Lost User
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                            Link please! Looks great...

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                              Link please! Looks great...

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                              Ed Poore
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                              Here maybe?[^] I honestly can't remember where I got it but I think that MS have if for download somewhere, just google for "Royale XP" that's the name of the files or email me and I can send you a zip with the theme in it if you want (I think anyway).


                              I have no idea what I just said. But my intentions were sincere.

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                                Which theme do you use in Windows, XP or Classic? Which color scheme do you use? Why do you use the one you use?

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                                ednrgc
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                                Vista Transformation Pack. Vista look, without the Vista headaches.

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                                  Which theme do you use in Windows, XP or Classic? Which color scheme do you use? Why do you use the one you use?

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                                  Steve McLenithan
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                                  The dark style is a nice change. http://www.zune.net/en-us/meetzune/software.htm[^] Download[^]

                                  Found on Bash.org [erno] hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is.

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                                    Here maybe?[^] I honestly can't remember where I got it but I think that MS have if for download somewhere, just google for "Royale XP" that's the name of the files or email me and I can send you a zip with the theme in it if you want (I think anyway).


                                    I have no idea what I just said. But my intentions were sincere.

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                                    Lost User
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                                    Looks the same as the one I have, but I don't have that funky Start button. :(

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                                      Which theme do you use in Windows, XP or Classic? Which color scheme do you use? Why do you use the one you use?

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                                      Michael Dunn
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                                      Aero with a dark-blue color to the glass. I was running Vista with the classic theme over the weekend and it was just... well, "odd" is the only way I can describe it. It wasn't bad-looking, more like out-of-place. Anachronistic, if you will.

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                                        Which theme do you use in Windows, XP or Classic? Which color scheme do you use? Why do you use the one you use?

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                                        brianwelsch
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                                        I pretty much just use whatever comes out of the box, so XP. Except in the Control Panel, i switch that to Classic view.

                                        BW


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                                        • D David Wulff

                                          When I'm using Windows XP I use the default blue theme. I have done for the last five years (or however long XP has been out for now). When I using Vista I use the default theme. I tried the various colours, but ended up back on the default. I use them because they work best for me, and I work best with them.


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                                          MatrixCoder
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                                          David Wulff wrote:

                                          When I'm using Windows XP I use the default blue theme.

                                          The blue theme is ok. I like the XPize theme better though, it looks more modern.


                                          Trinity: Neo... nobody has ever done this before. Neo: That's why it's going to work.

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