Customize Windows XP Styles Intended For Windows XP only Windows XP allows you to choose between the new "Windows XP style" (also known as "Luna"), and the Windows Classic style, but it doesn't provide the means to easily configure your own style. To choose a style, open Display Propertes in Control Panel, and choose the Appearance tab. Try the following resources to customize the look and feel of Windows XP: Visit ThemeXP.org for downloadable themes for Windows XP. Download WindowBlinds for additional themes and options (can be buggy). Download Style XP, which also allows you to change the Start button (also can be buggy). Note: Don’t confuse styles with themes. A theme is merely a collection of settings. Once you’ve chosen the style, specified colors, and selected a screen saver, open Display Propertes in Control Panel, and choose the Themes tab to "save" your settings under a single theme name. This article has been recently supported by and featured on this Internet Webhosting Guide Written by: Annoyances.org Last updated: Monday, August 5, 2002 Care to discuss this article with other Windows users? Select your operating system here, and click Continue to post your question. - Choose your OS -Windows 7Windows Server 2008Windows VistaWindows Server 2003Windows XPWindows 2000Windows MeWindows 98Windows 95 Previous discussions about this article: (open a message to see applicable responses, if any) [Windows XP] Another Customizing Tool (Sashja: Friday, December 28, 2001) [Windows XP] Question about 'Customize Windows XP Styles' (Gabriel: Tuesday, January 8, 2002) [Windows XP] Question about 'Customize Windows XP Styles' (Joyce: Sunday, June 16, 2002) [Windows XP] WindowBlinds is NOT buggy! (aka: Wednesday, October 23, 2002) [Windows XP] Window Blinds 3.5 Still Buggy (BillC: Friday, December 27, 2002) [Windows XP] Question about 'Customize Windows XP Styles' (Ronan Fleming: Sunday, January 12, 2003) [Windows XP] Dos settings in XP and 2000 (jaikishan: Tuesday, January 14, 2003) [Windows XP] Question about 'Customize Windows XP Styles' (Irish: Saturday, January 18, 2003) [Windows XP] Question about 'Customize Windows XP Styles' (David Dickerson: Wednesday, January 22, 2003) [Windows XP] Disappearing Icons (S.Pearson: Sunday, February 23, 2003) [Windows XP] Question about 'Customize Windows XP Styles' (DynaMiteZ: Monday, September 29, 2003) [Windows XP] Question about 'Customize Windows XP Styles' (dhatton: Sunday, December 7, 2003) [Windows XP] registry (Benny: Monday, December 29, 2003) [Windows XP] Question about 'Customize Windows XP Styles' (sophia: Wednesday, February 18, 2004) [Windows XP] Why use third-party apps? (Quiller: Monday, May 24, 2004) [Windows XP] Adding "Favorites" to Start Button or Taskbar (William Mila: Friday, September 3, 2004) [Windows 98] Windows 98 booting with mfg. disc problem (Monica: Saturday, October 29, 2005) [Windows XP] Question about 'Customize Windows XP Styles' (Kal-El: Thursday, March 2, 2006) [Windows XP] Dual DVD Drives (Doug: Friday, March 3, 2006) Return to "Customizing Windows"