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“Customize Windows XP with Themes”

1. On January 17th, 2006 at 1:14 am ben Says:

   uhmm.. could not get it to work tryed about 3 hours

2. On January 17th, 2006 at 12:10 pm Logan Lindquist Says:

   What part are you stuck on ben? I thought the step by step guide I wrote to be pretty self explanatory. I’d be happy to help you further if you contact me with a better explanation of what part you are having trouble with.

3. On January 20th, 2006 at 9:26 pm DarkSim Says:

   Someone screwed up between version 2.0 (last I saw) and 4.0. This won’t work on XPSP2 .
   Build 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519

4. On January 31st, 2006 at 10:59 am Logan Lindquist Says:

   I got it working on service pack 2. I have heard other people with same build as you who got it working.

5. On January 31st, 2006 at 7:33 pm Noah Says:

   Thanks

6. On February 1st, 2006 at 12:23 am cockroach//?? Says:

   I can’t find 6) Double click on the file *.msstyles

7. On February 1st, 2006 at 9:41 pm Logan Lindquist Says:

   @cockroach

   you should have downloaded from the link above and unzipped/rar’d in in your C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes or C:\WINNT\Resources\Themes folder. You need to double click on it to load it into the Control Panel > Display > Theme Tab before you can select it.

8. On February 5th, 2006 at 9:02 am CinCane707 Says:

   is there any program that can actually change my boot screen and logon without thrashing windows?

9. On February 5th, 2006 at 2:01 pm Logan Lindquist Says:

   @ cincane707

   I would try this program called Boot Editor for WinXP. You can find it here. When you start messing around with the boot.ini and the other files that you need to inorder to change your bootscreen than you can risk making your system unbootable. It is a risk that you cannot avoid.

10. On February 5th, 2006 at 5:09 pm Jeremiah Says:

    help.
    When I try to install the patch the following error mesage comes up:
    Neowin UXTheme Multi-Patcher 4.0 has detected that there’s any Windows NT files in C:\windows
    It’s not reccomended to continue with this. Please eject your Windows NT CD or move your setup files to another path. Press OK to exit.

11. On February 5th, 2006 at 11:08 pm Logan Lindquist Says:

    @ jeremiah

    hey if you have installed WinXP on C:\WINNT folder I am not sure that it will work. It probably won’t work for windows 2000 either. I haven’t tried it with that OS. If you are running WinXP and have it installed C:\WINDOWS … and you make sure to cancel out of the dialog box before finish installing the patch, than you won’t have any problems.

    Sorry I will make it more clear and add pictures so that it is easier to understand.

12. On February 10th, 2006 at 4:40 pm Jeremiah Says:

    Alright, well now I got it working, but the windows file protection keeps trying to restore the file. How can I shut this off?

13. On February 10th, 2006 at 5:00 pm Logan Lindquist Says:

    I have windows file protection enabled and it does not ask me everytime the machine boots. You might try reinstalling it. Sorry I haven’t posted the screens. I will do that today.

    If you don’t want to reinstall or definately want to disable windows file protection than this is how you do it.

    Open your registry and find the key below.

    Change the value of “SFCDisable” to equal “ffffff9d” to disable WFS or “0″ to enable it. The other valid hexadecimal values are:

    # 1 – disabled, prompt at boot to re-enable
    # 2 – disabled at next boot only, no prompt to re-enable
    # 4 – enabled, with popups disabled
    # ffffff9d – for completely disabled

    Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

    Winguides.com

14. On March 6th, 2006 at 8:25 pm Anthony Says:

    I have the same problem Jermiah has…but i dont kno what to do…I have the same error message:

    When I try to install the patch the following error mesage comes up:
    Neowin UXTheme Multi-Patcher 4.0 has detected that there’s any Windows NT files in C:\windows
    It’s not reccomended to continue with this. Please eject your Windows NT CD or move your setup files to another path. Press OK to exit.

    help plz…i tried to do what you posted above, but i’m confused

15. On March 7th, 2006 at 6:27 am Logan Lindquist Says:

    I think if you installed WinXP with all your system files in the WINNT folder than the patch will not work. The WINNT is a carry over from NT 4.0 of which WinXP is based off of. I have everything in the WINDOWS folder and it works for me. It is possible that uninstalling/resinstalling will fix it if you do have everything in the WINDOWS folder.

16. On March 7th, 2006 at 6:52 pm Anthony Says:

    i dont have a WINNT folder, and i have xp

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18. On June 16th, 2006 at 12:06 pm rrr Says:

    Can you uninstall the patch and restore the original file?

    Thanx:smile::neutral:

19. On July 22nd, 2006 at 5:45 pm Duke Says:

    I have the same problem as Anthony, and I cannot see how you could install Windows XP in a Winnt folder as people often install a fresh copy of windows xp only when they format the harddrive and thus a C:\Windows folder is created… don’t even know if xp works if you rename the system folder to winnt.

20. On September 7th, 2006 at 11:11 am Logan Lindquist Says:

    Duke. Read the directions. It assumes you have C:\Windows. It should not cause problems either way.

21. On September 20th, 2006 at 10:36 am Jac Says:

    Hi, how do I remove/unpatch this patch ?!?! I don’t have a Windows XP cd, it’s stored on a partition drive as a restore drive when I bought the pc.

22. On September 20th, 2006 at 10:43 am Jac Says:

    Never minds, I runned the patch again now it’s unpatched

23. On September 20th, 2006 at 10:44 am Logan Lindquist Says:

    reinstall the patch and it will ask you if you want to restore the original file.

24. On December 2nd, 2006 at 9:38 am junkpunk Says:

    after 5) i cant find the style to were i copied it, i can only see theme files there not style files..

25. On December 16th, 2006 at 9:32 pm flashbug Says:

    Multi-theme patcher worked like a charm; REALLY really good–Congrats n tks for this page!

26. On March 8th, 2008 at 4:06 pm epıhfğ Says:

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27. On April 18th, 2008 at 1:14 am akshay Says:

    Nothing worksout, Themes doesn’t appear in Apperance Tab nor can apply the whole theme. I used “Neowin UXTheme Multi-Patcher v4.0″ & rebooted the machine. Still same situation, plz guide.

28. On June 10th, 2008 at 10:00 pm TR_FERHAT_TR Says:

    ananızı sikiyim ben orospunu dölleri ananı sikiyim ananı

29. On June 25th, 2008 at 6:38 pm Loretta Says:

    So I’m not getting the Theme Service dialog box. Why is that? Can you help me?

30. On July 8th, 2008 at 8:57 pm Sonick Says:

    Hola a todos desde México!!!

    Muy bueno, eh!… por fin puedo darle color y variedad en estilos a Windows…

    Saludos…

    Greetings from Mexico!!!

    A good way to give color to windows…

    see ya…

31. On August 27th, 2008 at 7:52 am Erik Says:

    Anyone knows if there will be an updated version that works with SP3?

32. On October 13th, 2008 at 4:42 pm Bri Says:

    I used the patch and followed all the instructions, but it didnt work, now I’m stuck with the Windows Classic theme… Help plz it just made the computer look worse.

33. On January 10th, 2009 at 12:58 pm rty Says:

    What a spamming moron.

34. On June 15th, 2009 at 7:59 am WesTroker Says:

    thanks its really easy with tha patch ^^
    greetings from ecuador

35. On July 7th, 2009 at 12:11 pm Custom Xp Themes/Skins/Styles - In Before The Lock Says:

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36. On July 15th, 2009 at 2:03 am xzcv Says:

    spanish: no sirve no tengo acceso a guerdar archivos en disco duro, osea en todas esas carpetas de donde llegan los programas instalados…

37. On November 5th, 2009 at 5:00 pm eVanwiish Says:

    woow
    increible post amigo!
    gracias por todo
    mi PC ahora luce magnifica
    millones de gracias =)

38. On January 22nd, 2010 at 9:55 pm qest Says:

    I would support you guys more just the stupid ati driver in my notebook suck hard and the latest xorg not work with it in games anymore but lets hope thinks will change one day (rip microsoft). Thank you !! think smart

39. On March 11th, 2010 at 3:05 am nestor Says:

    a mi no me lo puede abrir