rekced Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 I had a lot of trouble in the past with my system getting all screwed up when I downloaded new themes. Now I'm thinking about trying it again and was wondering if anyone here can tell me where I can get clean/legit software to run it. I'm also not sure where to get the themes themselves. sorry for such a newbie question. Thanks so much in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boine Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Try getting the uxtheme.dll patch for windows... (do a search it's on this forum) Also, www.customize.org has some themes for XP; however, Neowin also has it's own XP Theme Etc Section! https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showforum=36 Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxius Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 stardock proggies stylexp patched uxtheme.dll http://www.themexp.org http://wincustomize.com :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhangm Supervisor Posted September 21, 2006 Supervisor Share Posted September 21, 2006 uxtheme.dll patch is the best way to go. Don't buy StyleXP or download anything from themexp.org. StyleXP is a program that does something you can do for free, while themexp.org is known for loading everything (whether the author consents or not) with spyware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxius Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 uxtheme.dll patch is the best way to go. Don't buy StyleXP or download anything from themexp.org. StyleXP is a program that does something you can do for free, while themexp.org is known for loading everything (whether the author consents or not) with spyware. true... but it is also the user that should have antispyware proggies installed and watch what they click when installing something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhangm Supervisor Posted September 21, 2006 Supervisor Share Posted September 21, 2006 No, it is the user who needs to be educated and compute wisely, part of which involves not downloading crapware from dodgy sites. Antispyware software is there to catch the stuff that the user can't. But it is no excuse for clicking blindly, and definitely not an excuse for downloading stuff that you KNOW is infected. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxius Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 once upon a time stylexp and themexp.org were good... anywho... just spur of the moment ones i came up with.. on the main page of neowin.net on righthand side they have links for customizing and the diff sections in the forum :shiftyninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyme632k Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 For a very long time, I had a problem with Windows not allowing me to move, rename or delete folders after I'd made minor changes to their contents, like renaming files. I had to use Unlocker to get around this. (Great freeware, btw.) That and a bunch of other annoyances magically disappeared after I got rid of StyleXP and switched to a uxtheme patcher. Hmmm... TGTSoft should be ashamed of themselves for the crap that's on themexp.org. I'm dumping StyleBuilder as soon as an alternative msstyle editor is available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitedragon Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Stardock FTW!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhangm Supervisor Posted September 21, 2006 Supervisor Share Posted September 21, 2006 Resource Hacker has, and always has been a viable alternative to StyleBuilder. Resource Builder is yet another option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leoboy Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Free desktop clock - for tray clock. http://www.snapfiles.com/get/freedclock.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamz Veteran Posted September 21, 2006 Veteran Share Posted September 21, 2006 i wrote a guide for a reason: https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=339820 ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRAltd Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 Resource Hacker has, and always has been a viable alternative to StyleBuilder. Resource Builder is yet another option. I dont find that Resource builder is another option for making MSStyles. So if anyone has another suggestion that It would be nice to know about it. Thanks for the info though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamz Veteran Posted January 2, 2007 Veteran Share Posted January 2, 2007 I dont find that Resource builder is another option for making MSStyles. So if anyone has another suggestion that It would be nice to know about it.Thanks for the info though. stylebuilder. resedit is a great one. it's just like reshacker, but it allows you to edit stuff directly. i use reshacker for bitmaps, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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