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Skinning XP

  • 29-10-2005 9:47am
    #1
    b3n
    Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭


    Hey

    I was arsin around online and saw some peoples XP screen shots of XP and they have some pretty impressive layouts, tool bars backgrounds and tool bars, nothing looks like the default or limited themes that come with XP.

    Can anyone point me in the right direction for a guide or some tips on skinning XP. Is there a program you can get to do the lot?

    Do you download skins and put them in a certain sys folder?

    Please and thank you...


Comments

  • #2
    Mac daddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,942 ✭✭✭Mac daddy


    Have a look at style xp which does all that.


  • #3
    Endurance Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,240 ✭✭✭Endurance Man


    There are a few programs that people use, one of the more popular ones is samurize.
    http://www.samurize.com/modules/myalbum/

    Check out some screenshots there, you can also download it from that website :).
    Be warned though, if you play games i have been told these themes can have an adverse affect on the performance of your games.


  • #4
    b3n
    Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭b3n


    Will take a gander...

    do these prgrams take up a lot of memory and processor speed just running in the back ground?

    have to weigh up which is more important, looking good or spending more time looin at it while it crawls along...


  • #5
    b3n
    Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭b3n


    I have installed Samurize...

    do i have to download themes and pop em in the themes folder...

    sorry just cant seem to get anywhere :-\

    EDIT

    Right i have imported what i thought was a theme but ended up bieng a weather panel...

    can samurize load a whole interface where everythign is skinned?


  • #6
    Endurance Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,240 ✭✭✭Endurance Man


    I found my pc slowed up a fare bit when i tried out these themes, that was a while ago so maybe they have improved them.


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  • #7
    b3n
    Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭b3n


    Samurri wasnt really well supported...i dont know if its the restrictions set on this computer or if im makin a balls of it but they load and then flicker off...

    They look as if they chew up the PC's resources so maybe il put it on ice...


  • #8
    MrPinK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,502 ✭✭✭MrPinK


    b3n wrote:
    do these prgrams take up a lot of memory and processor speed just running in the back ground?
    If you replace your uxtheme.dll file with a modified version you can enable the builtin XP theme manager to use 3rd party themes and not just the crappy themes that microsoft supplied. You might not get all the fancy eye-candy that Samurize can provide, but you're not using any extra resources.

    http://s90782290.onlinehome.us/?page_id=119


  • #9
    Töpher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,483 ✭✭✭Töpher


    Beat me to it. Use that and a program like Samurize for total impending doom! :)


  • #10
    Flaimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭Flaimer


    Syle XP or Stardock WindowBlinds Enchanced are the best progs for Win XP.
    You don't have to download themes, just click on the theme you like and that's it. WindowBlinds officially recommends by Microsoft. :)


  • #11
    b3n
    Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭b3n


    Thanks...il give them a mosie :)


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  • #12
    The Troll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 686 ✭✭✭The Troll


    Try "Windows Blinds". Does the same thing. Skins everything on the pc.


  • #13
    masteroftherealm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,141 ✭✭✭masteroftherealm


    Yeah samurize is rubbish. Window Blinds in conjunction woth Object Dock is teh roxxor.


  • #14
    Scenic911
    Closed Accounts Posts: 210 ✭✭Scenic911


    Heres a good skinner site. It has the Vista pack there for XP.

    http://en.crystalxp.net/

    Scenic


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