# Windows XP Themes **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [September 6, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-themes/63398 "2004-09-06T13:09:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![B3NKobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce7236/32.png) [@B3NKobe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/B3NKobe)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-themes/63398/1 "2004-09-06T13:09:34Z")
Hi - I have been searching the net for hours tonight trying to find a DECENT Windows XP theme for my computer. I have found thousands of themes and downloaded hundreds - But none of them have taken my fancy! :upset: Does anyone have a nice Windows XP Theme which they could show me and link me to it or something??? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-themes/63398/2 "2004-09-06T13:24:14Z")
Kol’s luna series 🙂 here’s the latest one, Beige Azul: [http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/4875652/](http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/4875652/) it’s clean and simple, that’s what i like about it. he’s also got a pretty good osx clone: Tiger (check out his other deviations). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-themes/63398/3 "2004-09-06T13:32:21Z")
Oh MY GOD!!! FINALLY i have found a visual theme for my computer that I like!!! Thanx Heaps “hsadan” - downloaded and installed and is looken lovely 😃 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-themes/63398/4 "2004-09-06T13:59:12Z")
how do you install that desktop??? I have just downloaded it and have never done this before??? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-themes/63398/5 "2004-09-06T14:03:09Z")
I have style XP and i just opend up the file through that and it was all good ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-themes/63398/6 "2004-09-06T14:05:44Z")
get style xp, then install panther.theme ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-themes/63398/7 "2004-09-06T14:07:09Z")
where do u get style xp?? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-themes/63398/8 "2004-09-06T14:07:44Z")
ok when the trial is over does any annoying text appear or the theme go? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-themes/63398/9 "2004-09-06T14:13:23Z")
i shall refer you to this thread: [http://kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61799](http://kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61799) check out post #4 by xxviii 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-themes/63398/10 "2004-09-06T17:54:15Z")
[www.themexp.org](http://www.themexp.org) but i warn you ahead of time, enable your popup blocker. and while i’m at it, I highly recommend google toolbar for this. :thumb: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-themes/63398/11 "2004-09-06T18:02:17Z")
> [@hsadan](#): > > i shall refer you to this thread: > [http://kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61799](http://kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61799) > > check out post #4 by xxviii 🙂 Hah :lol: I clicked on it to find out some info, then found out I started that thread. …man my memory blows. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-themes/63398/12 "2004-09-07T01:44:47Z")
here is a link to a site i go to often to get my xp themes, but you need to show some participation in the forums. he really has some killa styles, and we can comment on them in the forums and suggest what dosent look right, bugs, and what can be done to make it look better. www.dumb-a[color=Red]-[/color]s[color=Red]-[/color]s[color=Red]-[/color][jones.com](http://jones.com) With out the [color=Red]**[-]**[/color]off course. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-themes/63398/13 "2004-09-07T02:15:06Z")
does using a theme slow down your computer at all? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-themes/63398/14 "2004-09-07T02:59:22Z")
if you do it the neowin way, i dont think so. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-themes/63398/15 "2004-09-07T03:14:00Z")
> [@hsadan](#): > > if you do it the neowin way, i dont think so. As long as you aren’t using a 3rd party program, you’ll be fine. I prefer the neowin method because it simply swaps the uxtheme.dll file, so your comp doesn’t load anything extra. Some of the themes themselves (with all their gradients, images, custom graphic menus, etc.) may take up more resources than a standard XP style. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-themes/63398/16 "2004-09-07T03:33:19Z")
You can set StyleXP so it doesn’t take up any system resources. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-themes/63398/17 "2004-09-07T04:14:42Z")
I like to use Style XP - as like “Krilnon” said you can make it so it doesnt use any system resources. The only thing with Style XP is you need to buy it to register! Unless you can um find a … well anyway Style XP is my choice for installing themes. I used to also use [themxp.org](http://themxp.org) to download themes from as it USED to be good - now its full of advertisments and when u download a theme it installs so much crap onto your computer! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-themes/63398/18 "2004-09-07T11:25:27Z")
hm hm…i cant really remember, but if i’m not wrong style xp _still_ uses system resources. hit ctrl+alt+del, and check out the processes tab.