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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

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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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    • L Lost User

      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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        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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          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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          • E Ed Poore

            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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              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.

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

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                    realJSOP
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                    link?

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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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                      peterchen
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                      Classic, Standard Color Scheme minus the gradient bars (so Screenshots look good at 16 colors)


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                      • L Lost User

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

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                        Ed Poore
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                        It's the compact style I think


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

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                        • M MatrixCoder

                          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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                          David Wulff
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                          Why does it need to look modern? It's a computer, not an iPod.


                          Ðavid Wulff What kind of music to programmers listen to?
                          Join the Code Project Last.fm group | dwulff
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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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                            Chris Losinger
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                            classic. default colors. classic folders, detail view. looks like Win98. so what. i don't have any use for a UI that wants to be the star of the show

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                              link?

                              "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                              "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                              ednrgc
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                              Here[^]

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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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                                Classic, less space taken up by the theme that way with a desktop colour of r=66, g=0, b=99.

                                The tigress is here :-D

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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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                                  PIEBALDconsult
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                                  Classic... the Harley Davidson of themes.

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                                  • L Lost User

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

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                                    El Corazon
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                                    I always did prefer silver...

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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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                                      Pete OHanlon
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                                      I'm waiting for the bling version.

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                                        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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                                        Ashley van Gerven
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                                        Ditto. Silver rocks!

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                                        • D David Wulff

                                          Why does it need to look modern? It's a computer, not an iPod.


                                          Ðavid Wulff What kind of music to programmers listen to?
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                                          I'm so gangsta I eat cereal without the milk

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                                          MatrixCoder
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                                          True, I never thought of that.


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