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Skinning Windows Xp - Do you know how to skin ?

Inspiron
Okay, I've heard alot about skinning Windows XP with programs made specially for skinning.
But these programs somehow lags my system and I'm not quite happy about it...

Anyone knows how to skin Windows XP without using using software like DesktopX or ThemeXP etc. ?
Just skinning it manually including icon sets too..

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mahesh2k
Well if you want to skin your XP then you can try http://tgtsoft.com stylexp product it is good and lets you apply various visual styles.
also http://stardock.com windowblinds is great utility that turns your xp into linux or mac interface .even it will fool real users.these two are good utility ,if you dont have money to purchase style xp .and want to apply visual styles you can find hacked ux theme.dll and start off.
some of the visual style resources are
http://themexp.org
take off from here.
if you find more stuff do let me know about this.

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Inspiron
Yeah thanks...
I've got a whole lot of programs that can do skinning in my list...

But I wanna do it manually without program...

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dontmaimyourself
QUOTE(Inspiron @ Apr 6 2005, 04:19 PM)
Yeah thanks...
I've got a whole lot of programs that can do skinning in my list...

But I wanna do it manually without program...
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I dont think you can, I am pretty sure that you need a program containing the required patch, so that you can use non microsoft styles, however as stated above a hacked ux theme.dll will do this.

have you ever considered changing the shell?

shell-shocked.org has a lot of info on this, If you are intereseted in this I would recommend litestep.

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spawn_syxx9
Yeah stylesXP is the best. The best way to learn really is to check out deviantart where they not only provide tutorials on how to use many different softwares, but also they provide many skins that people have created which are quite awesome.

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-{rb}-Mohaa Team
What do you mean by skinning?? i didn't even know you could do things liek taht for XP and all lol shows how dumb i am lol sry about thsi but so indesting thanks i well give it a try

Notice from whyme:
I couldn't help but notice all the spelling errors that you have here.

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tariqrf
skinning is a method to change the current windows interface.. it can done using a number of overlaying software(such as windowblinds, which i recommend)...

goto wincustomize.com to download from the huge themes library, and goto stardock.com for downloading a freeware version of windowblinds.


Precautions:
If you have a rather slow pc and sparse ram, i totally recommend against windowblinds, as it is a bit of a memory hogger.
Or just download normal themes for xp , download Plus! for XP which does cost (its microsoft, aint it obvious).. but i recommend going for windowblinds if you dont want that green frog like taskbar causing sleepless nights...


Cheers,
Tariq

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