Black XP theme?
Black XP theme?
I remember a LONG time ago somebody had a nice looking dark (black) theme for xp. I did a reinstall a few months ago and would like to find it again. If i remember correctly the 3 window (close minimize...) buttons were just small dots.
For the life of me I cant find it anywhere here or on the net... I did find one of the files needed to get it to work, UXTheme Multi-Patcher (Neowin Edition) 2.5.1, I remember you had to run that before the theme would work properly.
If anybody has this relic or can link to it that would be great.
For the life of me I cant find it anywhere here or on the net... I did find one of the files needed to get it to work, UXTheme Multi-Patcher (Neowin Edition) 2.5.1, I remember you had to run that before the theme would work properly.
If anybody has this relic or can link to it that would be great.
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You may just have to browse through the ones on deviantart:
http://browse.deviantart.com/customization/skins/windows/visualstyle/?order=9
http://browse.deviantart.com/customization/skins/windows/visualstyle/?order=9
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Does it look anything like this (just ignore the pile of icons on my desktop, I've been busy)?
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/7305/snapl.jpg
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/7305/snapl.jpg
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Is this it?
![Image](http://www.istartedsomething.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/noir1.jpg)
It's called Royal Noir. You can get it here: http://www.istartedsomething.com/20061029/royale-noir/
![Image](http://www.istartedsomething.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/noir1.jpg)
It's called Royal Noir. You can get it here: http://www.istartedsomething.com/20061029/royale-noir/
LOL, I forgot that this was one of Vista's defaults. I actually had a theme for XP that looked just like this though.Key Keeper wrote:Damn Normalicy, you got enough things running in the taskbar? LOL! That just looks like Vista is all. I like the Zune theme the best, nice and clean like its OEM for XP.
Actually, a bunch of them are Vista defaults:
USB removal, Network connection status, Volume (of course my soundblaster wants it's own control as well).
Then I've got the typical torrent, antivirus, dameon tools (hardly ever use a disc drive unless I'm recording).
Then I've got my auction sniping software, calendar software, unlocker program (so useful at the least expected times), and Hamachi to keep connected with my work & family's computers for remote access. Oh & Logitec's software for my G9 mouse.
I could disable a bunch of them, but my computer is quite snappy (8gb of ram).
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Yeah, 64 bit was the main reason I switched to Vista. Well that & the fact that I had trouble figuring out all the new stuff on other people's computers. It's been good to me so far. I really don't need any of the features. I almost use is like XP really.
I do close my torrent & auction sniping programs while gaming. The torrents really suck up some CPU & network usage.
I do close my torrent & auction sniping programs while gaming. The torrents really suck up some CPU & network usage.