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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.


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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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            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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                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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                    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.


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                          MatrixCoder
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                          True, I never thought of that.


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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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                            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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                                    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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                                    Dan Neely
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                                    Shog9 wrote:

                                    this just screams "we don't have a plan! or a clue! or a UI designer who doesn't spend his days watching Tellytubbies!"

                                    I always assumed it was the Eldrich purple horror myself.

                                    -- Rules of thumb should not be taken for the whole hand.

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