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Where can I find additional (official) Windows XP themes that were left out of Windows XP?

Anonymous
2013-01-06T02:35:58+00:00

It has come to my attention that there were several official themes that were created for Windows XP but were never included in Windows XP.

What most of us are aware of are the Windows Classic Style theme and Windows XP Style theme.  The title bar, borders and taskbar in the Windows XP Style color scheme are blue, olive green or silver, and cannot be changed to another color at all.  Only in classic (advanced) mode do we see any other color applied to the title bar, border and taskbar.

However, there are other themes out there that can change the Windows XP Style color scheme to black, red and even yellow or pink, among others.  Word has it that Microsoft produced themes such as Royale (which include Royale or Energy Blue), Royale Noir (where even the Start button is black), Zune and one called Windows Embedded (where everything including the Start button is blue).

I am quite aware of the exotic themes that are presented by software like WindowBlinds, but I am not interested (yet) in radically changing my WinXP desktop to that much of a degree.  I'm only interested in adding more colors to the official WinXP color scheme, beyond blue, olive green and silver.  Where can I find them, especially the official WinXP color schemes that were never included in WinXP Professional, and how would I install them?

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-01-07T02:24:53+00:00

    Hi CookyMonzta,

    Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community Forums.

    From the issue description I understand that you need to add more colors to the official Windows XP color scheme.

    For Windows XP you can download the themes from the link below.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows/themes

    To personalize Windows XP themes I would suggest you to use your favorite search engine to get required themes.

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    Hope it helps.

    Keep us posted if you face any issues on Windows in future. We will be glad to help you.

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