13 Excellent Visual Styles For Windows XP
For those of you who are tired of the way Windows XP looks, there are a few options you can try. You can download and install transformation packs if you have a lot of memory, or you can use visual styles.
The following is a list of great looking visual styles for Windows XP that’s sure to give your desktop a fresh look. You’ll need to have Style XP installed to apply these themes. Style XP isn’t free but you can download a free trial version if you want to see if it’s worth paying for.
Let’s take a look at the themes.
1. Engage by golosiy
2. Apple by XP Killer
3. Vista Forest by XPHunt3r
4. evoV3 by jmnaleef
5. Black Blue Vista by XPHunt3r
6. Gotham CL by BadBoY
7. Inactive by XP Killer
8. Golden by XP Killer
9. Ultra Green by XPHunt3r
10. Metal Suit by Shyam
11. Vista Satn by XPHunt3r
12. Vistal LE 20 by Dvtv
13. Juke Boxxx by Muzik Freak
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November 23rd, 2007 01:55
I can’t stand microsoft products anymore.. In my opinion Microsoft Office is the only thing that they did well..
I got impressed by the new mac os x Leopard…And thats why I moved to apple’s OS..
You should do what this mac ad says: give up on vista!
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Apple FTW!
November 23rd, 2007 02:25
[…] to Baron for finding these styles. Read his complete set of XP styles (13) for more of them. Thanks […]
November 23rd, 2007 03:13
Great Find buddy. Love them. Stumbled
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November 23rd, 2007 04:23
Great styles buddy, i love 1, 5 and 12. Stumbled
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November 23rd, 2007 06:35
@Victor:
Leopard is very impressive. I’m really tempted to try it out on a different machine
@Madhur:
Thanks for the stumble buddy!
@ram:
Thanks for the stumble love buddy
November 23rd, 2007 15:35
Very nice collection, worth a try… good job!
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November 23rd, 2007 17:35
@Davinder:
Thanks!
November 23rd, 2007 18:34
Hey, I was wondering, what plugin you are using for the digg, del.icio.us buttons? The share and enjoy list? I need one for my blog as well, so am asking. And good post btw. I have stumbled it!
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November 23rd, 2007 20:10
@Fahad:
I’m using the Sociable plugin. Thanks for the stumble
November 24th, 2007 00:05
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November 24th, 2007 11:27
Wow, those are pretty awesome! I am content with the way Windows XP is by itself and I don’t think I would pay a cent to change it. If I get bored all I need to do is change my desktop background and the toolbar colors and I’m set. Still very cool though
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November 24th, 2007 14:40
@Tay:
The problem with these, is that they’re too good looking. I have to stop myself from trying every single one
November 24th, 2007 21:27
Awesome! Now the only question remains… Which one to try first?
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November 24th, 2007 21:34
@Haris:
Haha that might be a problem buddy
November 25th, 2007 13:04
[…] Baron unveils 13 awesome visual styles for windows xp. Personally my desktop is getting a little boring so I have considered changing to some of the […]
November 26th, 2007 17:48
Great themes Brown, I loved them. I’m already using Style XP, will add these.
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November 26th, 2007 18:29
[…] 13 Visual Styles for Windows XP- Brown Baron has an excellent post on great Visual styles for XP using Style XP. […]
November 27th, 2007 07:30
@Nirmal:
I’m glad you liked them buddy
November 27th, 2007 23:22
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November 28th, 2007 19:42
Those themes look great. However, I’d be very careful getting themes from ThemeXP.org. The installer executable bundles “extra programs” that you may not want. If you scan the installer with Avast! anti-virus it will identify several adware and trojan programs. The EULA during the install goes for about 15 pages and is rather suspicious. Before installing the themes you may also want to Google “adware ThemeXP” to get feedback from other users that have downloaded and installed the themes.
November 30th, 2007 04:56
These screenshots look amazing. I’m thinking of buying a copy of StyleXP to give these a try.
Do you have to buy each one of the themes? I was poking around their site and noticed the store with themes that you could purchase. I need to look at the product more when I have time to see what you get for the initial price because I love the way these look.
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November 30th, 2007 08:15
@George:
Thanks for the heads up.
@Derek:
Hey buddy! I’ll be doing another part of this post. There are some commercial ones but these are free.
December 12th, 2007 23:15
I’ve never really been interested in skinning my OS, but then in the past I had ancient, borderline machines that needed every last scrap of RAM to run and so wall papers and stuff were out. I wrote about a skin/system you can overlay on XP to make it seem more like Vista, and I was going to post the link here, but I read some pretty negative stuff about how it leaves fossils and orphans behind if you ever come to uninstall it. So, I’m sticking with the common or garden variety (admittedly with a wallpaperless version of the Zune color scheme instead of the default Fischer-Price XP scheme!
db
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December 13th, 2007 22:10
@David:
Hehe it does have a Fischer Price feel to it
December 13th, 2007 23:17
It’s all those globular blobs of primary color. Who on earth thought that would appeal to educated adults I don’t know. The brushed steel and burnished wood look would be more my thing, but like I say I went for the soft option of the Zune theme (without that awful sunny crowd wallpaper)
db
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December 17th, 2007 00:02
i love these cool themes.
December 17th, 2007 14:52
@Purni:
Glad you liked them
December 30th, 2007 01:43
oh goody! i have style xp right here on my PC, although it is only version 3.18, does anyone know the latest version and does it have added features that are cool?
cute themes, i’ll add these to my current themes. thanks!
February 23rd, 2008 22:45
This is the ugliest collection ever.
March 2nd, 2008 02:28
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March 8th, 2008 10:29
April 28th, 2008 14:17
thanks
May 30th, 2008 18:01
not in words
July 15th, 2008 17:33
love to see my themes on this post gr8 wrk
August 22nd, 2008 06:41
It seems that some of the themes Avast registers as trojans… yea. That’s comforting.