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2008 Feb 18 2008

Themes change in Windows XP II

Published by admin on tips, mid-level, step by step

Well! in the previous comment, was speaking to install uxtheme to patch the operating system like power windows and install new items, then we will indicate how to download and install a new topic so you can select the display properties using the operating system itself .

Step 1) We must first find and download the files corresponding to the item you want to install, then you get some links that let you view sites with themes (also called visual styles are "visual styles") and be able to select the who want to download:

These are just some of the sites where you can find items for your system, anyway you can always use and do a google search for either of these concepts: visual styles, themes windows xp, xp visual styles, themes for windows, etc. ...

In my case I will select a topic from the site www.deviantart.com, to perform this action go into the browser and typing the address of the site. on the homepage of the site can be seen in the upper left side of a button called "categories" (categories), when pressed displays a menu which has the option of selecting Customization (Improvement), clicking on the option is shows us another menu in which we select the option Skins & Themes (Skins and themes), pressing again select the option that says Windows utilities (Utilities for Windows) and finally select the option Visual Styles (Visual Styles). when you click on this option will load a new page in which we present the visual styles for windows sent to the site during the last 24 hours, to have more pressing issues to choose the option that says 1 month (1 month) or All Time (All), which allow the display visual styles envoys from 1 month ago or all. Pressing the site is recharged and shows us many more topics. In our case we have searched and we will install a topic called Clearlooks Gummy, to perform this action when we have located the preview of the item that interests us click on it and we will display a new page in which you see a preview of topic bigger than the previous submission and in the upper left side there is a download link called download, simply perform a click on the link and start downloading, if for any reason there is a page of advertising deviantart we push to continue on the download link at the top right corner called click here to continue to deviantart (click here to continue in deviantart) and immediately starts to download the item as a compressed file. Because we were asked if we want to open or save what has been responding that we want to store or save the file to a folder on your computer.

Step 2) Once downloaded the file to decompress it item in a folder and see that we can find a folder named gummy in which there are the following files and folders: gummy.msstyles which corresponds to the file of items you want to install , A folder named walls, which are the wallpapers for our desktop (wallpapers) and another folder called shell containing variations of color and shape on the original theme. Well then we have to copy the file in the folder gummy.msstyles Themes, which is in the Resources folder and this in turn inside the folder on your hard disk where Windows is installed the system. We made far too copy of the Shell folder in the same place and with this action of our topic should be installed.

Step 3) the performance of our new theme is installed, it has to access the display settings in the section of topics and well in the section on topics or paragraph should appear appearance of a new item called gummy to select it and click on the have changed the look of our windows operating system. If for any reason the issue is not a possible solution is to go to the Inbox Themes, where we installed the issue and make a double-click on the appropriate file to the issue in this case gummy.msstyles, this action forced to windows to make the load of the subject appearing in the display properties dialog box display, which will allow us to modify the configuration of the subject or agree to the topic as cargo.

Step 4) Lastly we have simply selecting an wallpaper, in keeping with our theme, these are in the folder walls that had previously been copied, we have to go into that folder and make a click with the right mouse button on the screen that interests us, will appear in a context menu which has the option of selecting put as wallpaper. We must remember that many issues have not come together because of their funding from appropriate screens, in this case to select the more we like it.

Well we finished!

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2008 Feb 18 2008

Themes change in Windows XP I

Published by admin on tips, mid-level, step by step

The first trick that you present is how to change the items in your windows xp. A theme is a graphic presentation of both windows as the screen most times, the theme changes the colors and appearance of windows, so that we can customize the system to your liking selected the theme of which there are available on the network.

It should be borne in mind that the Windows XP operating system, brings a default set of themes installed, two to be more precise, the classic theme of windows and moon. If you want to install some new issue they have to acquire the company microsoft. but there is a possibility that is to use a "software" that helps to patch the system of allocation of items of windows and use what is termed "issues not signed." The program in question is called Uxtheme.dll. Well!, Having said that we will begin to see change as an issue:

Step 1) First has access to display properties of the operating system. for performing this action you can use any of the following methods:

  • Click on the Start button, then on your start menu select the option called "Control Panel. and once opened the latter to carry out a double-click on the option called screen.
  • In an area of the desktop that this "clean", ie has not been clicking on an icon, click the right mouse button and the menu that appears choose the option that says Properties.

In both cases presenting the dialog box corresponding to the configuration screen of the system to provide more or less the following:

pdp.png

Step 2) As shown in the picture above, the first tab that shows the dialog box is the choice of themes, which presents a list on which you can select the item to be used, for example, we to change the theme to Windows Classic, to do this, click on the button with the arrow of the list of items to be introduced as shown in the picture below:

drop-down list of items

Pressing the button displays the list and the items appear to have installed on your computer, including an item appears called "Windows Classic", press on and he may look like in the option called Show, is displayed as this would be theme in his presentation. Then simply has to click on the OK button, so the issue is fixed and you can check and change the presentation of the system. To return to the subject repeat the steps mentioned above and this time select the item called "Windows XP", which will again let his team as it was, as the default theme is this.

However, the problem that comentabamos on the issues before we have it here, because Windows will not let you select any other item that is not signed by the company to avoid this situation we have to download and install a program called NeoWin UXTheme Multi-Patch v5.0, when you click on this link shows the page to download the program, which we lose our team, this is the last version but there are other versions specific to systems with SP1, No Service Pack installed and Sp2, This version is supposed to serve for any version, let's see how it is installed.

Step 3) Once downloaded the file is decompressed using a decompressor the same as WinZip or WinRAR, the result is a file named UXTheme Multi-Patch 5.5.exe, on which we have to do a double click to run it. to execute the following screen appears:

Image program uxtheme

In which perfect "English", we come to say something like that the program used to patch Windows XP SP1, SP2 and Windows 2003 in both x86 and x64 versions. in this screen simply has to make a click on the button that says Patch ( "patch"), and is presented on screen window in which it informs us about the operating system that we installed on our team, as shown in the following image:

second catch uxtheme

In this window we simply clicking on the OK button. When you press the button on the displayed the following dialog box:

warning system

This dialog box is a warning that this operating system to detect that the program tries to change a dll that uses a different windows for us that we are installing. It has been clicking on the Cancel button, which will allow the installation of the dll that the program wants to install. It is very possible that this step or the look of the previous presentation of its windows have changed, do not worry about this. The next dialog box that shows the program is as follows:

dialog box uxtheme

The dialog box that asks simply confirm that we want to update the dll file that installs the program to patch the system, in this dialog box that has to be answered Yes. Once clicked the submit button on the screen is another image:

confirmation uxtheme

in which we are asked to wait a little while the program does the corresponding patching of the operating system, is also tells us that when you have finished patching the system we are asked to restart your computer, has been pressing the OK button to continue . when you press the OK button, presents the following dialog box:

reboot system

In due for a click on the OK button to complete the installation of the patch and reset the system. Once we restarted the system and can download and install unsigned items on our team.

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