Comments on: Installing HmmXP Custom Theme For Windows XP

By: Sharron Field

Sharron Field — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:08:56 +0000

I’ve been using this theme now for almost a couple of months, and I like it; so much so that I’m not going back to the Zune XP theme even. Thanks for sharing Rich.

By: Patrick Stephens

Patrick Stephens — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:33:47 +0000

Great article Rich. I found this that might help: http://www.withinwindows.com/2009/06/19/uxstyle-core-beta-bits-now-available/ It might make the whole uxtheme patcher unnecessary.

By: Rich Menga

Rich Menga — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:53:44 +0000

Yeah I realized that later but forgot to edit the article to reflect. Updated.

By: Synapse Syndrome

Synapse Syndrome — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:42:57 +0000

Oh, and I doubt that you can actually use this theme on Win2000, as it does not have the Themes service.

By: Synapse Syndrome

Synapse Syndrome — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:40:26 +0000

That Codename Whistler theme is actually older than the Luna theme, and it was supposed to be the standard theme for XP (as seen in the early Whistler beta builds), until Microsoft saw MacOSX. I’ve been using it for years – it was released as the “Watercolor” theme. I’ve not seen the other themes before, but they look pretty nice too.

By: Jase

Jase — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:18:40 +0000

do themes actually serve a purpose aside from making things look pretty? I find them to be a good waste of memory myself, especially when used on systems with onboard video.