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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.


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          • E ednrgc

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

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            realJSOP
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            link?

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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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              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


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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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                  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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                      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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                              • 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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                                      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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                                      Anton Afanasyev
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                                      Watercolor Lite, with Silver color theme. Thats the one that was planned for XP before MS came up with the bulky blue/silver/greeney_weird XP theme. Looks more or less like the old style win98, but..better. IMO.


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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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                                        Roger Wright
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                                        Classic, absolutely. The cutesy XP Fisher-Price interface is for toddlers.

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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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                                          Rocky Moore
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                                          Currently running Vista Aero which I like much better, but back in the day when I was on XP it was: http://www.themexp.org/preview.php?mid=377&name=OSXP+102+UPDATE.zip[^] :)

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