XP Themes

Raistlin · 08-01-2005, 23:11

Hi Guys,

Can anybody suggest any good sites for free XP themes etc?

I'd also like to be able to get rid of a picture that comes up before the login screen and (if possible) change the background of the login screen. Any thoughts on these two would also be gratefully received.

Cheers,

Raist.

Bifta · 08-01-2005, 23:12

http://www.wincustomize.com
http://www.skinz.org
http://www.deviantart.com

Raistlin · 08-01-2005, 23:20

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Originally Posted by Bifta

http://www.wincustomize.com
http://www.skinz.org
http://www.deviantart.com

Cheers, nice links.

birchyboy · 09-01-2005, 10:27

I use DesktopX and tried some of the Bootskins from Wincustomize.
Some work fine, but one or two lock up my Sony Vaio Type K laptop and need a Safe Mode restart.
Still, the ones that work are better than the default boot screen !

jamesclarke555 · 09-01-2005, 11:53

www.themexp.org is a favourite of mine.

OinkyBoinky · 09-01-2005, 14:20

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Originally Posted by Raistlin

I'd also like to be able to get rid of a picture that comes up before the login screen and (if possible) change the background of the login screen.

Why not go the whole wack... and redesign and use your own custom built login.. thats wot i've gone and done... i recomend FrontMotion if you wanna change your login screens... there are many pre-built designs to choose form if you're no good with flash... I personally just editted a pre-built one myself, my Flash skills aren't that good hehe... also using flash for the logins etc, isn't as much as a memory hog as ya might think... it's all 100% free software, so another reason to give it ago...

ntl customer · 09-01-2005, 14:53

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Originally Posted by Raistlin

Hi Guys,

Can anybody suggest any good sites for free XP themes etc?

I'd also like to be able to get rid of a picture that comes up before the login screen and (if possible) change the background of the login screen. Any thoughts on these two would also be gratefully received.

Cheers,

Raist.

Do you use the classic press ctrl-alt-delete logon?

If so you can change the wallpaper by going into the registry to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop and changing the "wallpaper" value.

Raistlin · 09-01-2005, 23:18

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Originally Posted by jamesclarke555

www.themexp.org is a favourite of mine.

I saw that one, don't they wrap some sort of advertising / data mining software in with the downloads though?

jellybaby · 09-01-2005, 23:29

StyleXP from http://www.tgtsoft.com/ is very good

Raistlin · 09-01-2005, 23:32

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Originally Posted by OinkyBoinky

Why not go the whole wack... and redesign and use your own custom built login.. thats wot i've gone and done... i recomend FrontMotion if you wanna change your login screens... there are many pre-built designs to choose form if you're no good with flash... I personally just editted a pre-built one myself, my Flash skills aren't that good hehe... also using flash for the logins etc, isn't as much as a memory hog as ya might think... it's all 100% free software, so another reason to give it ago...

Now that's COOL!!!!! Very, Very Nice!!

I guess I'd better start learning Flash now then

Nice one mate, have a RP!

Raistlin · 10-01-2005, 11:32

Can I use Dreamweaver to edit Flash Files or do I need something else?

AndrewJ · 10-01-2005, 11:34

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Originally Posted by Raistlin

I saw that one, don't they wrap some sort of advertising / data mining software in with the downloads though?

Yeah on some of there downloads, also they have annoying Gain adverts which slow you doing any searching on the site. I have stopped using it because of that problem.

Bifta · 10-01-2005, 11:34

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Originally Posted by Raistlin

Can I use Dreamweaver to edit Flash Files or do I need something else?

No, you need to use Macromedia Flash to edit .fla's, you can however create SWF's using various programs, such as Swish (http://www.swishzone.com)

Raistlin · 10-01-2005, 11:35

Cheers Bifta.

OinkyBoinky · 10-01-2005, 18:34

If you wanna go a bit further and change your bootup screen to match your new flash login... i'd recomend anotehr fre program called bootskin... and there are literally hundreads more to download all over the web... working using *.bootskin files...