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    Style XP 2.0 + themeXP.org

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by ArmageddonAsh, Jul 6, 2008.

  1. ArmageddonAsh

    ArmageddonAsh Mangekyo Sharingan

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    while i wa searching for a solution to a problem i came across this site ( www.themexp.org ) and this software Style XP 2.0 and i was wondering has anyone else used it before. it allows you change the boot screen, login screen and has wallpapers and icons as well. so have any of ya used it? did it go okay?
     
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    This belongs in the Windows forum, requesting a move. In any case, i haven't used it before, mostly because it's not free. I quite enjoy having free themeing in Ubuntu without hacks. :D
     
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    oooops sorry.
    theres a free trial.
     
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    Free trials aren't anything at all unless you intend to only like for about 14 days. I like everything i use to be free, and open source is a plus so i can muck with it if i want to.
     
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    but i could use it for the 14 days chan ge the boot screen and everything and wont they stay like it after the trial has ended
     
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    have tried this earlier when i still had xp 32 on my old notebook.
    using a theme and a login screen is quite nice actually and you have plenty to choose from, but when it comes to the boot screen you should really be careful.

    this option makes changes to the kernel and if something goes wrong you end up with destroyed kernel and will have to reinstall windows.

    and another thing that really bugged me then was in some cases there were trojans hiding a certain .exe file. usually you do not need any executable to use a theme. after downloading some themes from various sites i have found such a trojan in a lot of the offered packages.

    be aware what you are doing, unless you´d like to invite somebody to intrude your computer. check those files, before you are using them.
     
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    okay thanx i may not chnage the boot screen then, but the login screen is okay to change? and i will check all the files before using any of them.
     
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    I changed my boot screen with resourcehacker manually. It is obviously more work, but it eliminates the riskiness of some random software messing with your computer.
     
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    how do you do that?
     
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    great it doesnt work, i can chnage the login screen and that went well but i cant chnage the theme becuase Style XP doesnt work on my version does anyone else know of a good way to change the themes?
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Jul 6, 2008
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