Windows XP Skins

I don't want to have anything loading in the beginning of my computer because that'll just slow it down. I'll try styleXP though...

Are there any programs that don't startup every single time?

have a look at the link i provided then. StyleXP runs a program that modifies a standard windows dll to modify the style, this increases your overhead.

The link i posted talks about modifying the standard windows dll so that:

1. there is no overhead
2. its free
3. no need to download an purchase (or crack) a third party software (eg StyleXP).

Most of these third party theme sofware solutions just hack the standard dll and use the windows theme file format to generate themes. I beleiev that you can actualy download themes from StyleXP site and use em with the link i posted, as well as a whole heap of others, because they use the windows standard.

Indeed they do e.g windows blinds was one of such programs..

It even came with an editing interface which consisted of set frames which allowed you to edit in paint or other programs such like it, but still had a background source from where it ran from which used too much virtual memory, where as after doing my homework styleXP does not so i'm happy to go along with it.

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Originally posted by tacoX@7 Hours Ago
I don't want to have anything loading in the beginning of my computer because that'll just slow it down. I'll try styleXP though...

Are there any programs that don't startup every single time?

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The method I suggested does not load a program. uxtheme.dll hack, just patches the already existing file. Which is how you get windows skins at currents. That's why I use this method, because it does not use any system resources at all.

im not sure about previous versions of styleXP but i just downloaded the latest version 3.13 i think and in the options of the program you can set it so that it does not use any system resources at all :D

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Originally posted by RAHTING@2 Hours Ago
im not sure about previous versions of styleXP but i just downloaded the latest version 3.13 i think and in the options of the program you can set it so that it does not use any system resources at all :D

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That's kind of...impossible. Unless it's just doing a uxtheme.dll hack itself and not running at all. If a program is running, even in the background, then it's eating up resources.

you can close the program once u have chose which theme you would like :lol:

i like alienguise, its only got like 4 skins but its great i mostly use the windows theme darkstar.

y is it hacked??? just download stardock and everything rus smoothly