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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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      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[^]

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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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            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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            • 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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              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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              • 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.


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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.


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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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                          • realJSOPR realJSOP

                            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.

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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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                                    • 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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                                      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.


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                                        MatrixCoder
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                                        True, I never thought of that.


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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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                                          Shog9 0
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                                          Classic. Default color scheme. Because it's reasonably fast and stays out of my way. I used to use Watercolor, but got tired of patching uxthemes, so now i just don't bother. And yeah, way to go MS, requiring binary patched system files for 3rd-party themes. I could understand, maybe, if the system-supplied theme wasn't so gaudy and useless... but this just screams "we don't have a plan! or a clue! or a UI designer who doesn't spend his days watching Tellytubbies!" :^)

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