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Pkinn04
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July 19, 2023
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Installation
Step 1 — Navigate to your Downloads folder, or whatever folder files are downloaded to.
Step 2 — Extract the files contained in the .zip file to «C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes» (%systemroot%\Resources\Themes)
Step 3 — Create a folder with the name «Royale» and put the files in the folder.
To enable the theme, right click on the desktop and select properties in the context menu. Navigate to the Appearance tab in Display Properties.
Under Windows and Buttons, select Windows Media Center style and click Apply.
Reviewer:
Daniel Lucian Pop
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March 26, 2023
Subject:
how do i set the theme
how do i enable the theme?
Reviewer:
tredI9100
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September 24, 2022
Subject:
Great theme
Works perfectly on WinXP Pro, reminds me of Vista/7!
Reviewer:
Snickidy Snik
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May 13, 2022
Subject:
I simply like this
Very easy to implement too
Today we are going to share 4 official Windows XP themes released by Microsoft.
The most important and impressive thing about these themes is, the themes don’t require any kind of patching. So you can easily install and apply themes without worrying about patching uxtheme.dll file in your system.
So here are the themes:
1. “Embedded” Theme
“Embedded” theme was taken from “Windows Embedded Standard CTP Refresh” edition. Its a modified version of “Royale” theme.
You can download it using following link:
Download Link
Run the installer and apply the theme using Desktop Properties.
2. “Zune” Theme
“Zune” theme was released by Microsoft to provide its new portable player “Zune” like feeling in Windows XP. Its also based on “Royale” theme.
You can download it using following link:
Download Link
Run the installer and apply the theme using Desktop Properties.
3. “Royale Noir” Theme
“Royale Noir” theme is a darkened version of “Royale” theme. It was developed as a black version of “Royale” theme but was never released by Microsoft as it was not perfect and contained a few issues like color mismatch.
You can download it using following link:
Download Link
4. “Royale” or “Energy Blue” or “Media Center” Theme
Royale theme was created for Windows Media Center Edition 2005 and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. This theme is a combination of blue and green colors.
You can download it using following link:
Download Link
As usual run the installer and apply the theme using Desktop Properties.
Lets mention again, all above themes are official Windows XP themes and can be applied without patching anything in your system. So go ahead and check them out. 
Also Check:
- Download Windows XP Luna, Royale Blue and Zune Themes for Windows 7
- Download Windows XP Luna, Royale Blue and Zune Themes for Windows 8/8.1
- Download Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8/8.1 and Longhorn Themes for Windows 10
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Windows XP visual styles are customizations of the graphical user interface of Windows XP. «Luna», «Royale», «Zune», and «Embedded» are codenames of the official visual styles designed for Windows XP by Microsoft.[1] Since Windows XP, themes include the choice of visual styles as well.[2] By default, «Luna» is preinstalled on Windows XP Home and Professional editions, «Royale» is preinstalled on Windows XP Media Center Edition and «Embedded» is preinstalled on Windows Embedded Standard 2009 and Windows Embedded POSReady 2009. In addition to the preinstalled visual styles, Microsoft has released additional ones for download. Third parties have also released visual styles, though these require modification of core Windows components to work. Visual styles are compatible with all Windows XP editions except Starter Edition.
Compared to Desktop Themes in previous versions of Windows such as Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me, the new visual styles have a greater emphasis on the graphical appeal of the operating system, using saturated colors[3] and bitmaps[4] throughout the interface, with rounded corners for windows.[5][6]
The visual styles API was substantially expanded in Windows Vista and later. Nevertheless, the API remained heavily underdocumented.[7]
Luna[edit]
Luna, blue (default)
Luna, olive green
Luna, silver
«Luna» (the Moon in Latin and various other languages) is the codename for the default visual style of Windows XP. Officially known as «Windows XP style», it is available in three color schemes: blue (default), olive green, and silver.[6][8] Critics who did not like the theme characterized it as a «Fisher-Price interface».[9][10]
The Luna theme was present in all pre-reset Windows Vista (Longhorn) builds, but was absent from all post-reset builds starting with build 5098 (apart from very early «Omega-13» post-reset builds 3790, 5000, 5001, and early Beta 1 builds 5048 and 5049).
Luna Beta[edit]
An early version of Luna Beta, as shown in CES 2001
Luna Beta
Luna Beta is an earlier version of the Luna theme that was first previewed at CES 2001 and included in beta builds from builds 2428 to 2465, and later appeared in the leaked source code of Windows XP in September 2020. Officially known as «Whistler style», it is mostly similar to the final Luna theme, with some slight differences (such as the scrollbar being brighter). This theme is unofficially available as a separate theme made by enthusiasts.
Windows Classic[edit]
Officially titled «Windows Classic style», this is the built-in look and feel of Windows that was used in previous versions of Windows prior to Windows XP. It is used when the theme service is disabled and in certain other scenarios, such as Win32 console windows or booting the system in Safe mode. Classic style widgets are also used for applications that are not theming-aware even though theming is enabled. It is less CPU-intensive and offers better performance,[11] due to which it is also used by default on Windows Server 2003 through 2008 R2.
Compared to other visual styles, it supports greater color and font customization options. Windows XP includes 22 preset color schemes for the classic style, with four of them[12] being optimized for the visually impaired. «Windows Standard» was the default color scheme of Windows 2000 and Windows Me and later appeared on Windows Vista and Windows 7, although in the latter it was renamed «Windows Classic». A slightly darker variant of the Standard scheme, called «Windows Classic», was the default color scheme of Windows 98 (albeit with a dark blue desktop background instead of green, much like the pre-release versions of Windows 2000) and appeared on Windows Vista but not Windows 7.[13][6] Other schemes appeared in previous versions of Windows.
The style was removed from Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8, however, it still exists internally for backward compatibility purposes.[citation needed]
Royale[edit]
Royale (also known as Energy Blue and Media Center style) was originally designed for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, and was ported to Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005.[14] It is accompanied by a new wallpaper (inspired by Windows XP Bliss). It presents a relucent, vivid and faux-reflective color scheme with intense blue and green colors.
Royale was originally made available in December 2004. On April 7, 2005, Microsoft New Zealand[15] had made the Royale theme and the wallpapers for the New Zealand theme available for download[16] for all editions of XP through Windows Genuine Advantage on its website but no longer exists in 2019. Because of the freeware nature of this package, it had also been available on software download websites, such as Softpedia at one time.[17]
Microsoft did also release a Windows Media Player visualization and skin at one time. The skin was released in Experience Pack for Tablet PC and was available for free,[18] but the installer only installed it on Windows XP Tablet PC Edition devices, for which it was licensed.
Royale Noir[edit]
Royale Noir looks like a darkened version of Royale, having a blackish and bluish to purple tint. Royale Noir has a black Start button, which changes to green when the mouse hovers over it. As Royale Noir was leaked and not finalized by Microsoft, it has been noted for some imperfections.[19]
Zune[edit]
A few weeks after Royale Noir was leaked, Zune was officially released in a theme package to accompany the release of Microsoft’s new Zune media player. In terms of style, Zune resembles Royale and Royale Noir, particularly the latter. It displays a brown to light shadow style and is the first publicly released visual style for Windows XP to include a differently colored Start button from the green XP.[20][21]
Embedded[edit]
Windows Embedded Standard 2009 and Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 came with a dedicated visual style called Embedded. It is similar to Royale, featuring a mix of dark blue colors.
Watercolor[edit]
Codenamed «Business» and «Professional», and officially known as «Watercolor button style», Watercolor is a placeholder theme present in pre-release builds prior to Beta 2, and later appeared in the leaked source code of Windows XP in September 2020. The theme more closely resembles Windows Classic, featuring sharp edges and similar window proportions. It features a primarily blue and white style with mostly flat shading and retains certain UI elements from the Classic theme style. This theme is unofficially available as a separate theme made by enthusiasts.
Mallard[edit]
Blue Lagoon
Chartreuse Mongoose
Officially known as «Sample Test Visual Style», Mallard is a theme that was designed as a decoy to show to the public during Beta 2’s development while designers privately worked on Luna.[22] It was present in certain builds given out to testers, all of which eventually leaked onto the internet, and later appeared in the leaked source code of Windows XP in September 2020. It features two color schemes, Chartreuse Mongoose, which features a primarily green and orange style, and Blue Lagoon (internally referred to as Paler), which uses a teal and purple style, though both themes feature an orange start button with a green notification area. This theme is unofficially available as a separate theme made by enthusiasts.
Candy[edit]
Candy is an unannounced and unreleased theme which was found in the leaked source code of Windows XP in September 2020. It was made between builds 2250 and 2257, according to the metadata of the files in the theme. Candy seems to be an imitation of the Aqua theme found in earlier versions of Mac OS X (10.0 to 10.6).[23] According to publicly available screenshots, only some UI elements, such as buttons, scroll bars, and the Start menu, had been redesigned to look like Mac OS X’s, while others used the Classic theme style.
Third-party visual styles[edit]
Windows only loads a visual style that bears a valid Microsoft digital certificate.[24] As such, third-party visual styles can only be used if one of the Windows files called uxtheme.dll is altered to allow unsigned visual styles.[25][26] Microsoft is aware of such a practice and suggests obtaining a newer revision of the patched uxtheme.dll file in case problems occur after Microsoft’s own updates to the file have been applied (typically through an OS service pack).[27]
Application support[edit]
Third-party applications can be configured to work with visual styles. By default, the title bar and the window borders of Windows Forms-based applications are rendered using the user’s preferred visual style, while the rest of the application’s graphical user interface (GUI) is rendered in the Classic style.[28] This is because these two different parts of the GUI are rendered using two different software libraries: the title bar and the window borders («non-client area» or «user controls») use Windows USER, and the remaining controls («client area» or «common controls») use version 5.8 of the Common Controls Library.[29] Version 6.0 of the Common Controls Library contains both the user controls and the common controls, and developers may configure the application’s user interface to be displayed in the user’s currently-selected visual style by forcing it to be rendered using version 6.0 of the library.[30][31]
See also[edit]
- Windows Aero
- WinCustomize
- WindowBlinds
- StyleXP
- Features new to Windows XP
- Theme (computing)
References[edit]
- ^ US patent 7752631, Dorn, Karlheinz; Plendl, Mario; Scharf, Christian; von Stockhausen, Hans-Martin, «Device and method for a graphical user interface», issued 2010-07-06, assigned to Siemens
- ^ «Visual Styles Overview (Windows)». MSDN. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
- ^ Kumar, Anil (2010-12-27). Scudder, Rebecca (ed.). «Windows 7 Themes for XP from Deviant Art». Bright Hub. Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
- ^ Sinchak, Steve (2010-05-21). «Customizing the Appearance of the Windows Interface». Windows 8 Tweaks. John Wiley & Sons. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-118-26459-1.
- ^ Mendelson, Edward (2001-10-30). «Interface — The New Windows — Great XPectations». PC Magazine. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ^ a b c Nadeau, David Robert (2010-05-09). «Java tip: SystemColors for Windows XP user interface themes». Nadeau Software Consulting. Archived from the original on 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ^ «Custom Controls in Win32 API: Visual Styles». 21 July 2013.
- ^ «ThemeColor Enumeration». MSDN. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ^ Manes, Stephen (2004-08-26). «Full Disclosure: Your Take on Windows’ Worst Irritations». PCWorld. IDG. Archived from the original on 2009-10-08.
- ^ Bright, Peter (2014-04-10). «Memory lane: Before everyone loved Windows XP, they hated it». Ars Technica. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
- ^ «Tweak Windows XP :: Disabling Themes». TechReviewer.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
- ^ These are known as «High Contrast #1», «High Contrast #2», «High Contrast White» and «High Contrast Black» respectively.
- ^ Thurrott, Paul (2008-08-25). «Windows Vista Feature Focus: Windows Vista Standard User Interface». SuperSite for Windows. Penton Media. Archived from the original on 2010-05-22. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
- ^ Thurrott, Paul (2005-05-08). «Microsoft Gives Royale Theme to All Windows XP Users». Windows IT Pro. Penton Media. Archived from the original on 2014-06-16. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ^ «Desktop Backgrounds for Windows Genuine Windows download». Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2006-02-07.
- ^ «Royale Theme». Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2005-11-28.
- ^ «Royale Theme». Archived from the original on 2006-04-07.
- ^ Kendrick, James (2005-07-23). «I hate Outlook with the Energy Blue theme». Gigaom. GigaOmniMedia. Archived from the original on 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
- ^ Zheng, Long (2006-10-29). «Royale Noir: secret XP theme uncovered». istartedsomething. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ^ Katta, Sahas (2006-11-05). «Windows XP – Zune Theme». Skatter Tech. Archived from the original on 2014-06-17. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
- ^ Carter, Ryan (2006-11-03). «Windows XP Zune theme». Download Squad. AOL. Archived from the original on 2012-12-26. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
- ^ «The decoy visual style». 11 January 2006.
- ^ Warren, Tom (Sep 26, 2020). «Microsoft had a secret Windows XP theme that made it look like a Mac». The Verge. Retrieved Oct 6, 2020.
- ^ Orlowski, Andrew (2001-02-16). «Compatibility woes derail Windows XP Visual Styles». The Register. Situation Publishing. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ^ Jijau, Dragos (2007-01-18). ««Hack» Windows XP Visual Styles». Softpedia. SoftNews NET. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Jason (2008-09-30). «How to Use Custom Windows Visual Styles». Lifehacker. Gawker Media. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ^ «Third-party themes programs may not work as expected after you install Windows XP Service Pack 3». Microsoft Support. Microsoft. 2008-05-06. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
- ^ Prabhu, Raghavendra (2003-09-28). «Application.EnableVisualStyles — Cool Client Stuff». MSDN Blogs. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2014-05-09. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
- ^ Grossman, Seth (January 2001). «Using Windows XP Visual Styles With Controls on Windows Forms». MSDN. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
- ^ «Enabling Visual Styles». MSDN. Microsoft. 2012-10-27. Archived from the original on 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
- ^ MacDonald, Matthew (2002). «Forms». User Interfaces in VB .NET: Windows Forms and Custom Controls. Apress. p. 158. doi:10.1007/978-1-4302-0844-0_5. ISBN 978-1-4302-0844-0.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Windows XP visual styles are customizations of the graphical user interface of Windows XP. «Luna», «Royale», «Zune», and «Embedded» are codenames of the official visual styles designed for Windows XP by Microsoft.[1] Since Windows XP, themes include the choice of visual styles as well.[2] By default, «Luna» is preinstalled on Windows XP Home and Professional editions, «Royale» is preinstalled on Windows XP Media Center Edition and «Embedded» is preinstalled on Windows Embedded Standard 2009 and Windows Embedded POSReady 2009. In addition to the preinstalled visual styles, Microsoft has released additional ones for download. Third parties have also released visual styles, though these require modification of core Windows components to work. Visual styles are compatible with all Windows XP editions except Starter Edition.
Compared to Desktop Themes in previous versions of Windows such as Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me, the new visual styles have a greater emphasis on the graphical appeal of the operating system, using saturated colors[3] and bitmaps[4] throughout the interface, with rounded corners for windows.[5][6]
The visual styles API was substantially expanded in Windows Vista and later. Nevertheless, the API remained heavily underdocumented.[7]
Luna[edit]
Luna, blue (default)
Luna, olive green
Luna, silver
«Luna» (the Moon in Latin and various other languages) is the codename for the default visual style of Windows XP. Officially known as «Windows XP style», it is available in three color schemes: blue (default), olive green, and silver.[6][8] Critics who did not like the theme characterized it as a «Fisher-Price interface».[9][10]
The Luna theme was present in all pre-reset Windows Vista (Longhorn) builds, but was absent from all post-reset builds starting with build 5098 (apart from very early «Omega-13» post-reset builds 3790, 5000, 5001, and early Beta 1 builds 5048 and 5049).
Luna Beta[edit]
An early version of Luna Beta, as shown in CES 2001
Luna Beta
Luna Beta is an earlier version of the Luna theme that was first previewed at CES 2001 and included in beta builds from builds 2428 to 2465, and later appeared in the leaked source code of Windows XP in September 2020. Officially known as «Whistler style», it is mostly similar to the final Luna theme, with some slight differences (such as the scrollbar being brighter). This theme is unofficially available as a separate theme made by enthusiasts.
Windows Classic[edit]
Officially titled «Windows Classic style», this is the built-in look and feel of Windows that was used in previous versions of Windows prior to Windows XP. It is used when the theme service is disabled and in certain other scenarios, such as Win32 console windows or booting the system in Safe mode. Classic style widgets are also used for applications that are not theming-aware even though theming is enabled. It is less CPU-intensive and offers better performance,[11] due to which it is also used by default on Windows Server 2003 through 2008 R2.
Compared to other visual styles, it supports greater color and font customization options. Windows XP includes 22 preset color schemes for the classic style, with four of them[12] being optimized for the visually impaired. «Windows Standard» was the default color scheme of Windows 2000 and Windows Me and later appeared on Windows Vista and Windows 7, although in the latter it was renamed «Windows Classic». A slightly darker variant of the Standard scheme, called «Windows Classic», was the default color scheme of Windows 98 (albeit with a dark blue desktop background instead of green, much like the pre-release versions of Windows 2000) and appeared on Windows Vista but not Windows 7.[13][6] Other schemes appeared in previous versions of Windows.
The style was removed from Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8, however, it still exists internally for backward compatibility purposes.[citation needed]
Royale[edit]
Royale (also known as Energy Blue and Media Center style) was originally designed for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, and was ported to Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005.[14] It is accompanied by a new wallpaper (inspired by Windows XP Bliss). It presents a relucent, vivid and faux-reflective color scheme with intense blue and green colors.
Royale was originally made available in December 2004. On April 7, 2005, Microsoft New Zealand[15] had made the Royale theme and the wallpapers for the New Zealand theme available for download[16] for all editions of XP through Windows Genuine Advantage on its website but no longer exists in 2019. Because of the freeware nature of this package, it had also been available on software download websites, such as Softpedia at one time.[17]
Microsoft did also release a Windows Media Player visualization and skin at one time. The skin was released in Experience Pack for Tablet PC and was available for free,[18] but the installer only installed it on Windows XP Tablet PC Edition devices, for which it was licensed.
Royale Noir[edit]
Royale Noir looks like a darkened version of Royale, having a blackish and bluish to purple tint. Royale Noir has a black Start button, which changes to green when the mouse hovers over it. As Royale Noir was leaked and not finalized by Microsoft, it has been noted for some imperfections.[19]
Zune[edit]
A few weeks after Royale Noir was leaked, Zune was officially released in a theme package to accompany the release of Microsoft’s new Zune media player. In terms of style, Zune resembles Royale and Royale Noir, particularly the latter. It displays a brown to light shadow style and is the first publicly released visual style for Windows XP to include a differently colored Start button from the green XP.[20][21]
Embedded[edit]
Windows Embedded Standard 2009 and Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 came with a dedicated visual style called Embedded. It is similar to Royale, featuring a mix of dark blue colors.
Watercolor[edit]
Codenamed «Business» and «Professional», and officially known as «Watercolor button style», Watercolor is a placeholder theme present in pre-release builds prior to Beta 2, and later appeared in the leaked source code of Windows XP in September 2020. The theme more closely resembles Windows Classic, featuring sharp edges and similar window proportions. It features a primarily blue and white style with mostly flat shading and retains certain UI elements from the Classic theme style. This theme is unofficially available as a separate theme made by enthusiasts.
Mallard[edit]
Blue Lagoon
Chartreuse Mongoose
Officially known as «Sample Test Visual Style», Mallard is a theme that was designed as a decoy to show to the public during Beta 2’s development while designers privately worked on Luna.[22] It was present in certain builds given out to testers, all of which eventually leaked onto the internet, and later appeared in the leaked source code of Windows XP in September 2020. It features two color schemes, Chartreuse Mongoose, which features a primarily green and orange style, and Blue Lagoon (internally referred to as Paler), which uses a teal and purple style, though both themes feature an orange start button with a green notification area. This theme is unofficially available as a separate theme made by enthusiasts.
Candy[edit]
Candy is an unannounced and unreleased theme which was found in the leaked source code of Windows XP in September 2020. It was made between builds 2250 and 2257, according to the metadata of the files in the theme. Candy seems to be an imitation of the Aqua theme found in earlier versions of Mac OS X (10.0 to 10.6).[23] According to publicly available screenshots, only some UI elements, such as buttons, scroll bars, and the Start menu, had been redesigned to look like Mac OS X’s, while others used the Classic theme style.
Third-party visual styles[edit]
Windows only loads a visual style that bears a valid Microsoft digital certificate.[24] As such, third-party visual styles can only be used if one of the Windows files called uxtheme.dll is altered to allow unsigned visual styles.[25][26] Microsoft is aware of such a practice and suggests obtaining a newer revision of the patched uxtheme.dll file in case problems occur after Microsoft’s own updates to the file have been applied (typically through an OS service pack).[27]
Application support[edit]
Third-party applications can be configured to work with visual styles. By default, the title bar and the window borders of Windows Forms-based applications are rendered using the user’s preferred visual style, while the rest of the application’s graphical user interface (GUI) is rendered in the Classic style.[28] This is because these two different parts of the GUI are rendered using two different software libraries: the title bar and the window borders («non-client area» or «user controls») use Windows USER, and the remaining controls («client area» or «common controls») use version 5.8 of the Common Controls Library.[29] Version 6.0 of the Common Controls Library contains both the user controls and the common controls, and developers may configure the application’s user interface to be displayed in the user’s currently-selected visual style by forcing it to be rendered using version 6.0 of the library.[30][31]
See also[edit]
- Windows Aero
- WinCustomize
- WindowBlinds
- StyleXP
- Features new to Windows XP
- Theme (computing)
References[edit]
- ^ US patent 7752631, Dorn, Karlheinz; Plendl, Mario; Scharf, Christian; von Stockhausen, Hans-Martin, «Device and method for a graphical user interface», issued 2010-07-06, assigned to Siemens
- ^ «Visual Styles Overview (Windows)». MSDN. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
- ^ Kumar, Anil (2010-12-27). Scudder, Rebecca (ed.). «Windows 7 Themes for XP from Deviant Art». Bright Hub. Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
- ^ Sinchak, Steve (2010-05-21). «Customizing the Appearance of the Windows Interface». Windows 8 Tweaks. John Wiley & Sons. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-118-26459-1.
- ^ Mendelson, Edward (2001-10-30). «Interface — The New Windows — Great XPectations». PC Magazine. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ^ a b c Nadeau, David Robert (2010-05-09). «Java tip: SystemColors for Windows XP user interface themes». Nadeau Software Consulting. Archived from the original on 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ^ «Custom Controls in Win32 API: Visual Styles». 21 July 2013.
- ^ «ThemeColor Enumeration». MSDN. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ^ Manes, Stephen (2004-08-26). «Full Disclosure: Your Take on Windows’ Worst Irritations». PCWorld. IDG. Archived from the original on 2009-10-08.
- ^ Bright, Peter (2014-04-10). «Memory lane: Before everyone loved Windows XP, they hated it». Ars Technica. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
- ^ «Tweak Windows XP :: Disabling Themes». TechReviewer.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
- ^ These are known as «High Contrast #1», «High Contrast #2», «High Contrast White» and «High Contrast Black» respectively.
- ^ Thurrott, Paul (2008-08-25). «Windows Vista Feature Focus: Windows Vista Standard User Interface». SuperSite for Windows. Penton Media. Archived from the original on 2010-05-22. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
- ^ Thurrott, Paul (2005-05-08). «Microsoft Gives Royale Theme to All Windows XP Users». Windows IT Pro. Penton Media. Archived from the original on 2014-06-16. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ^ «Desktop Backgrounds for Windows Genuine Windows download». Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2006-02-07.
- ^ «Royale Theme». Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2005-11-28.
- ^ «Royale Theme». Archived from the original on 2006-04-07.
- ^ Kendrick, James (2005-07-23). «I hate Outlook with the Energy Blue theme». Gigaom. GigaOmniMedia. Archived from the original on 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
- ^ Zheng, Long (2006-10-29). «Royale Noir: secret XP theme uncovered». istartedsomething. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ^ Katta, Sahas (2006-11-05). «Windows XP – Zune Theme». Skatter Tech. Archived from the original on 2014-06-17. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
- ^ Carter, Ryan (2006-11-03). «Windows XP Zune theme». Download Squad. AOL. Archived from the original on 2012-12-26. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
- ^ «The decoy visual style». 11 January 2006.
- ^ Warren, Tom (Sep 26, 2020). «Microsoft had a secret Windows XP theme that made it look like a Mac». The Verge. Retrieved Oct 6, 2020.
- ^ Orlowski, Andrew (2001-02-16). «Compatibility woes derail Windows XP Visual Styles». The Register. Situation Publishing. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ^ Jijau, Dragos (2007-01-18). ««Hack» Windows XP Visual Styles». Softpedia. SoftNews NET. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Jason (2008-09-30). «How to Use Custom Windows Visual Styles». Lifehacker. Gawker Media. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ^ «Third-party themes programs may not work as expected after you install Windows XP Service Pack 3». Microsoft Support. Microsoft. 2008-05-06. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
- ^ Prabhu, Raghavendra (2003-09-28). «Application.EnableVisualStyles — Cool Client Stuff». MSDN Blogs. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2014-05-09. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
- ^ Grossman, Seth (January 2001). «Using Windows XP Visual Styles With Controls on Windows Forms». MSDN. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
- ^ «Enabling Visual Styles». MSDN. Microsoft. 2012-10-27. Archived from the original on 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
- ^ MacDonald, Matthew (2002). «Forms». User Interfaces in VB .NET: Windows Forms and Custom Controls. Apress. p. 158. doi:10.1007/978-1-4302-0844-0_5. ISBN 978-1-4302-0844-0.
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September 24, 2022
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Great theme
Works perfectly on WinXP Pro, reminds me of Vista/7!
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Snickidy Snik
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May 13, 2022
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I simply like this
Very easy to implement too
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License | Free |
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Op. System | Windows |
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Category | Desktop Themes |
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Language | English |
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Author | Microsoft Corporation |
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Size | 672.26 KB |
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Downloads | 92,584 |
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Date | Jun 9, 2005 |
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SHA256 | cc1e4e8290e43ebae3781f86f81381be02525cf09d3e4493afa44cd5a818df19 |
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Windows XP themes are customizations of the graphical user interface of the Windows XP operating system. Luna, Royale, Zune, and Embedded are official themes designed for Windows XP by Microsoft. Since Windows XP, themes include «visual styles«. By default, the Luna theme is preinstalled on Windows XP Home / Professional, the Royale (Energy Blue) theme is preinstalled on Windows XP Media Center Edition and the Embedded theme is preinstalled on Windows XP Embedded. All of the themes are compatible with all Windows XP editions. Compared to previous versions of Windows, the new scheme has a larger emphasis on the graphical appeal of the operating system, using bitmaps throughout the interface with rounded edges on each window. Since Luna’s introduction, the scheme has been supplemented in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 with Royale, and Royale Noir, a Zune-derived edition of the Royale scheme.
Luna (meaning Moon in Spanish, Bulgarian, Slovene, Serbian, Romanian, Russian, Latin, and Italian) is the codename for the default visual theme of Windows XP.
Officially known as Windows XP style, the theme is available in three color schemes: Blue (default) (codenamed NormalColor), Olive Green (codenamed Homestead), and Silver (codenamed Metallic). The code names for these color themes can be observed in the file paths.
Default Luna
Silver Luna
Olive Green Luna
Windows Classic
Classic grey theme
The «Windows classic style« theme is also available in Windows Vista and Windows 7 but must be enabled by the user. Users accustomed to older Windows versions such as Windows 2000 or Windows 98 may find it more comfortable to use. In addition to turning off visualizations, this option also offers relatively better performance and greater color and font customization options. The classic theme is also used for Safe mode and Win32 console windows in Windows XP.
Royale
Energy Blue desktop, featuring the new Royale theme.
Royale (also known as «Media Center style« and the blue color scheme is also known as «Energy Blue«) is a GUI art concept produced by Microsoft and introduced in 2004 only in Windows Media Center desktops and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Tablet PCs.
It is composed of a new wallpaper (inspired by Bliss), a desktop theme and skins. The new Energy Bliss wallpaper is heavily inspired by the original Bliss but now is generated artificially with computer graphics (CG) rendering.
The concept presents a brilliant, relucent, vivid and faux-reflective color scheme with intense blue and green colors, somewhat reminiscent of the default blue Microsoft Office 2003 theme. Parts of the theme also compliment with the look of Windows Media Player 10 and Windows Media Center. The theme also foreshadows the look of Windows Vista, released two years later.
Availability
The Energy Blue theme was originally made available in December 2004. On April 7, 2005, Microsoft New Zealand[1] had made the Royale theme and the wallpapers for the New Zealand theme available for download[2] for all editions of XP through Windows Genuine Advantage on its website but no longer exists in 2019. Because of the freeware nature of this package, it had also been available on software download websites, such as Softpedia at one time.[3]
Microsoft did also release a Windows Media Player visualization and skin at one time. The skin was released in Experience Pack for Tablet PC and was available for free,[4] but the installer only installed it on Windows XP Tablet PC Edition devices, for which it was licensed.
Royale Noir
Royale Noir theme desktop.
The Royale Noir theme looks like a darkened version of Energy Blue, having a blackish and bluish to purple tint. Royale Noir has a black start button, which changes to green when the mouse hovers over it.
As Royale Noir was leaked and not finalized by Microsoft, it has been noted for some imperfections.
In 2006, oddbasket developed a finalized version of the theme known as Royale Remixed. A common misconception is that Royale Noir and Royale Remixed are the same theme.
Zune theme
Zune theme desktop, featuring the new orange start button.
A few weeks after Royale Noir was leaked, Zune was officially released as a new desktop theme to accompany the release of Microsoft’s new Zune media player. Just like Royale Noir, Zune appears to be based on the Energy Blue theme. Zune displayed a brown to light shadow style. The Zune theme was the first to include a different color start button from the green XP one or the original grey one from the Classic theme.
It is not known whether or not Royale Noir was a beta for Zune.
Embedded theme
Embedded theme desktop, a darkened version of Energy Blue.
The “Embedded” theme was taken from “Windows Embedded Standard CTP Refresh” edition. It is similar to Energy Blue, featuring a mix of dark blue colors combined with a new wallpaper.
Third-party themes
Windows only loads a visual style that bears a valid Microsoft digital certificate.[5] As such, third-party visual styles can only be used if one of the Windows files called uxtheme.dll is altered to allow unsigned visual styles.[6][7] Microsoft is aware of such a practice and suggests obtaining a newer revision of the patched uxtheme.dll file in case problems occur after Microsoft’s own updates to the file have been applied (typically through an OS service pack).[8]
References
- ↑ «Desktop Backgrounds for Windows Genuine Windows download». Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2006-02-07.
- ↑ «Royale Theme». Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2005-11-28.
- ↑ «Royale Theme». Archived from the original on 2006-04-07.
- ↑ Kendrick, James (2005-07-23). «I hate Outlook with the Energy Blue theme». Gigaom. GigaOmniMedia. Archived from the original on 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
- ↑ Orlowski, Andrew (2001-02-16). «Compatibility woes derail Windows XP Visual Styles». The Register (Situation Publishing). Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ↑ Jijau, Dragos (2007-01-18). «»Hack» Windows XP Visual Styles». SoftNews NET. Softpedia. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ↑ Fitzpatrick, Jason (2008-09-30). «How to Use Custom Windows Visual Styles». Lifehacker. Gawker Media. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ↑ «Third-party themes programs may not work as expected after you install Windows XP Service Pack 3». Microsoft Support. 2008-05-06. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
See also
- Features new to Windows XP
- Windows Aero
External links
- Windows XP visual styles at Wikipedia
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| Versions • Components • History |
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| DOS-based |
| Windows 1.0 • Windows 2.0 • Windows 2.1 (Windows/286 • Windows/386) • Windows 3.0 • Windows 3.1 |
| Windows 9x |
| Windows 95 • Windows 98 • Windows Me |
| Windows NT |
| Early versions |
| Windows NT 3.1 • Windows NT 3.5 • Windows NT 3.51 • Windows NT 4.0 • Windows 2000 |
| Client |
| Windows XP (development) • Windows Vista (editions • development) • Windows 7 (editions • development) • Windows 8 • Windows 10 • Windows 11 |
| Windows Server |
| Server 2003 • Server 2008 (2008 R2) • HPC Server 2008 • Home Server • Small Business Server • Essential Business Server • Windows Server 2012 • Windows Server 2016 • Windows Server 2019 • Windows Server 2022 |
| Specialized |
| Windows Embedded • Windows PE • Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs |
| Mobile |
| Windows Mobile • Windows Phone |
| Cancelled |
| Cairo • Nashville • Neptune • Odyssey • Windows 10X |
| Related |
| Metro • Midori • OS/2 • Windows Aero • Windows Setup • Windows XP themes • Microsoft Plus! |
| Основные темы Windows XP и дополнительные темы | |
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| Luna, синий (по умолчанию) | Luna, оливковый зеленый |
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| Luna, серебристый | Classic |
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| Royale (Energy Blue) | Royale Noir |
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| Zune | Embedded |
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| Candy | Акварель |
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| Кряква, Шартрез Мангуст | Кряква, Голубая лагуна |
Визуальные стили Windows XP — это настройки графического пользовательского интерфейса в Windows XP. «Luna», «Royale», «Zune» и «Embedded» — это кодовые названия официальных визуальных стилей, разработанных для Windows XP компанией Microsoft. Начиная с Windows XP, темы также включают в себя выбор визуальных стилей. По умолчанию «Luna» предустановлена в редакциях Windows XP Home и Professional, «Royale» предустановлена в Windows XP Media Center Edition, а «Embedded» предустановлена Windows Embedded Standard 2009 и Windows Embedded POSReady 2009. Помимо предустановленных визуальных стилей, Microsoft выпустила для загрузки дополнительные. Третьи стороны также выпустили визуальные стили, хотя для их работы требуется модификация основных компонентов Windows. Визуальные стили совместимы со всеми, кроме Starter Edition.
По сравнению с предыдущими версиями Windows, новые стили делают больший упор на графическую привлекательность операционной системы, используя насыщенные цвета и растровые изображения во всем интерфейсе, с закругленными углами для окон.
API визуальных стилей был существенно расширен в Windows Vista и более поздних версиях. В частности, были стилизованы общие элементы управления. Тем не менее, API оставался сильно недокументированным.
Содержание
- 1 Luna
- 2 Windows Classic
- 3 Royale
- 4 Royale Noir
- 5 Zune
- 6 Embedded
- 7 Акварель
- 8 Кряква
- 9 Candy
- 10 Сторонние стили оформления
- 11 Поддержка приложений
- 12 См. Также
- 13 Ссылки
Luna
«Luna» (Moon на латыни и на других языках ) — это кодовое имя визуального стиля по умолчанию в Windows XP. Официально известный как «стиль Windows XP», он доступен в трех цветовых схемах: синий (по умолчанию), оливково-зеленый и серебристый. Критики, которым не понравилась тема, охарактеризовали ее как «интерфейс Fisher-Price ».
Windows Classic
Официальное название «Windows Classic style», меньше процессора -интенсивный и предлагает лучшую производительность и более широкие возможности настройки цвета и шрифта. Windows XP включает 22 предустановленных цветовых схемы для этого визуального стиля. Четыре из них оптимизированы для слабовидящих. Схема «Windows Standard» была цветовой схемой по умолчанию для Windows ME и Windows 2000 и появлялась в Windows Vista и Windows 7, хотя в последний был переименован в «Windows Classic». Немного более темный вариант стандартной схемы, названный «Windows Classic», представлял собой цветовую схему по умолчанию Windows 98 (хотя и с темно-синим фоном рабочего стола вместо зеленого, как в предварительных версиях Windows 2000).) и появился в Windows Vista, но не в Windows 7. Другие схемы появились в предыдущих версиях Windows.
Классический стиль Windows автоматически используется в безопасном режиме и в окнах консоли Win32. Он также появляется в Windows Server 2003 — 2008 R2. Эта классическая тема Windows была удалена из Windows Server 2012 и Windows 8 для обычного использования (но все еще существует в ядре).
Royale
Royale (также известный как стиль Media Center и Energy Blue) изначально был разработан для Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 и был перенесен на Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 г. Он сопровождается новыми обоями (навеянными Windows XP Bliss ). Он представляет собой непрозрачную, яркую и искусственно отражающую цветовую схему с интенсивными синими и зелеными цветами.
Royale был первоначально выпущен в декабре 2004 года. 7 апреля 2005 года Microsoft New Zealand сделала тему Royale и обои для новозеландской темы доступными для загрузки для всех выпусков XP через Windows Genuine Advantage на своем веб-сайте, но больше не существует в 2019 году. Поскольку этот пакет является бесплатным, он также был доступен на веб-сайтах загрузки программного обеспечения, таких как Softpedia по адресу один раз.
Microsoft одновременно выпустила Windows Media Player визуализацию и скин. Скин был выпущен в пакете Experience Pack для планшетных ПК и был доступен бесплатно, но установщик установил его только на устройствах Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, для которых он был лицензирован.
Royale Noir
Royale Noir выглядит как затемненная версия Royale с черновато-голубоватым или пурпурным оттенком. В Royale Noir есть черная кнопка «Пуск», которая становится зеленой при наведении на нее указателя мыши. Поскольку «Рояль Нуар» просочился и не был доработан Microsoft, он был отмечен некоторыми недостатками.
Zune
Через несколько недель после утечки Royale Noir, Zune был официально выпущен в пакет тем для сопровождения выпуска нового медиаплеера Microsoft Zune. По стилю Zune напоминает Royale и Royale Noir, особенно последний. Он отображает стиль от коричневого до светлой тени и является первым общедоступным визуальным стилем для Windows XP, который включает кнопку «Пуск» другого цвета, чем зеленая XP.
Embedded
Windows Embedded Standard 2009 и Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 имеет специальный визуальный стиль под названием Embedded. Он похож на Royale, в нем сочетаются темно-синие цвета.
Акварель
Под кодовым названием «Профессиональный» и официально известный как «Стиль кнопки Акварель», акварель — это тема-заполнитель, присутствовавшая в предварительных сборках до бета 2, а также в утечка исходного кода Windows XP в сентябре 2020 года. Тема больше напоминает Windows Classic, с острыми краями и аналогичными пропорциями окон. Он имеет преимущественно синий и белый стиль с преимущественно плоской заливкой и сохраняет определенные элементы пользовательского интерфейса из стиля темы Classic.
Mallard
Официально известная как «Образец визуального стиля теста», Mallard — это тема, которая была разработана как приманка для демонстрации публике во время разработки Beta 2, пока дизайнеры в частном порядке работал над Luna. Он присутствовал в определенных сборках, выданных тестировщикам, все из которых в конечном итоге просочились в Интернет, а затем появились в утечке исходного кода Windows XP в сентябре 2020 года. Он имеет две цветовые схемы: Chartreuse Mongoose, который имеет преимущественно зеленый и оранжевый стиль, и Blue Lagoon, в котором используются бирюзовый и фиолетовый стиль, хотя обе темы имеют оранжевую кнопку запуска с зеленой областью уведомлений.
Candy
Candy — это никогда не анонсированная и никогда не выпускавшаяся тема, которая впервые появилась в утечке исходного кода Windows XP в сентябре 2020 года. Candy, похоже, имитация темы Aqua, найденной в более ранних версиях Mac OS X (10,0 до 10,6 ). Согласно общедоступным снимкам экрана, только некоторые элементы пользовательского интерфейса, такие как кнопки, полосы прокрутки и меню «Пуск», были переработаны, чтобы они выглядели как Mac OS X, в то время как в других использовался классический стиль темы.
Сторонние стили оформления
Windows загружает только визуальный стиль, имеющий действующий цифровой сертификат Microsoft . Таким образом, сторонние стили оформления можно использовать только в том случае, если один из файлов Windows с именем uxtheme.dll изменен, чтобы разрешить использование неподписанных стилей оформления. Microsoft знает о такой практике и предлагает получить более новую версию исправленного файла uxtheme.dll в случае возникновения проблем после применения собственных обновлений Microsoft к файлу (обычно через пакет обновления ОС).
Приложение support
Сторонние приложения можно настроить для работы с визуальными стилями. По умолчанию строка заголовка и границы окна приложений на основе Windows Forms отображаются с использованием предпочтительного визуального стиля пользователя, в то время как остальная часть графического пользовательского интерфейса (GUI) приложения является оформлен в классическом стиле. Это связано с тем, что эти две разные части графического интерфейса пользователя отображаются с использованием двух разных программных библиотек : в строке заголовка и границах окна («неклиентская область» или «пользовательские элементы управления») используется ПОЛЬЗОВАТЕЛЬ Windows, а остальные элементы управления («клиентская область» или «общие элементы управления») используют версию 5.8 библиотеки общих элементов управления . Версия 6.0 библиотеки общих элементов управления содержит как пользовательские элементы управления, так и общие элементы управления, и разработчики могут настроить отображение пользовательского интерфейса приложения в визуальном стиле, выбранном пользователем в данный момент, путем принудительной его визуализации с использованием версии 6.0 библиотеки.
См. Также
Ссылки
Today we are going to share 4 official Windows XP themes released by Microsoft.
The most important and impressive thing about these themes is, the themes don’t require any kind of patching. So you can easily install and apply themes without worrying about patching uxtheme.dll file in your system.
So here are the themes:
1. “Embedded” Theme
“Embedded” theme was taken from “Windows Embedded Standard CTP Refresh” edition. Its a modified version of “Royale” theme.
You can download it using following link:
Download Link
Run the installer and apply the theme using Desktop Properties.
2. “Zune” Theme
“Zune” theme was released by Microsoft to provide its new portable player “Zune” like feeling in Windows XP. Its also based on “Royale” theme.
You can download it using following link:
Download Link
Run the installer and apply the theme using Desktop Properties.
3. “Royale Noir” Theme
“Royale Noir” theme is a darkened version of “Royale” theme. It was developed as a black version of “Royale” theme but was never released by Microsoft as it was not perfect and contained a few issues like color mismatch.
You can download it using following link:
Download Link
4. “Royale” or “Energy Blue” or “Media Center” Theme
Royale theme was created for Windows Media Center Edition 2005 and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. This theme is a combination of blue and green colors.
You can download it using following link:
Download Link
As usual run the installer and apply the theme using Desktop Properties.
Lets mention again, all above themes are official Windows XP themes and can be applied without patching anything in your system. So go ahead and check them out.
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