The look is based on beta releases of Windows XP (code-named Whistler). There are a number of sites providing Visual Styles but my favorites are ThemeXP.Org and Neowin.Net the latter hosting my favorite theme, Watercolor 4.3. WindowBlind’s can also theme many applications and areas that Microsoft’s built-in support can not handle. If you’d rather not fiddle with Windows you could also check out TGTSoft’s StyleXP or StarDock‘s WindowBlinds which come with their own user interface. Free and simple to use is UXTheme which modifies Windows itself to remove this restriction leaving you to just dump the various theme directories and their contents into C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes. Help is at hand with a number of tools to let you use unsigned themes. So how do I get unsigned Visual Styles working?
To date they have only shipped one other theme “Media Center Style” (known as Royale) that is actually part of Windows Media Center Edition but works happily in XP/2003 and provides a slightly glossier look than Luna: Microsoft decided during development that Windows XP would only allow you to choose themes that had been digitally signed by themselves. The first is “Windows XP Style” which is known as Luna, the other is “Windows Classic Style” which isn’t actually a VisualStyle… You can choose which Visual Style to use from the Display Properties dialog, on the Appearance tab under the option “Windows and Buttons” however Windows XP ships with just two looks shown here. Max OS X users get similar functionality with ShapeShifter and some wonderful themes. Look for PK XD in the search bar at the top right corner.
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WindowBlinds has been letting users do this for years on everything from Windows 98 to XP/2003 and Kaleidoscope before that on the original Mac OS (Apple also had some lovely themes in MacOS 8 Copland but pulled them before release). Easy and free screen recorder for Mac, Windows, and Chromebooks. This theme was initially designed for Windows XP, but can be applied to any version of Windows. For Windows PC users, these sounds may be interesting but OS X fans will feel right at home.
#WINDOWS XP THEME FOR MAC MAC OS X#
This concept is not a new idea having been seen in everything from Amiga OS ( MUI) to Linux ( Gnome and KDE) but it’s a good addition. Mac sound scheme is a port of Mac OS X sounds for Windows. Not to be confused with Windows 98 Plus pack’s themes, this support includes ‘Visual Styles’ which allows the actual appearance of the windows, buttons and various controls to take on a whole new look providing the application has been marked as being compatible with themes using a manifest (most recent applications have). One of the less-touted features of Windows XP is it’s ability to theme the user interface. 24 January 2005 Microsoft What are Visual Styles?
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