I know users who change wallpapers and themes regularly, and others who have never changed the theme and still use the standard default theme that ships with Windows. Statistics to compare Windows 7 theme usage with theme usage on previous Windows operating systems would be nice to have. I would expect that there are more [...]

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The change in theme handling under Windows 7 has made it a lot easier to install themes for the operating system. All that is needed now is to double-click on a themes file to install and activate it. While that’s only changing the basic color scheme, backgrounds and sounds, it is easier and faster than [...]

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Personalization seems to have been one of the goals in Windows 7. This includes a revamped theme engine which offers improved customizability, including the option to share and deploy themes easily. Those themes are still limited, as they do not allow the user to manipulate objects in Windows, but they do offer some advanced features [...]

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Microsoft has changed the way themes are perceived in Windows 7. Every Windows user can now create, save, distribute and install themes in the operating system. These themes are on the other hand similar to those that users of previous Windows operating systems could create and many users feel that Microsoft should have gone a [...]

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If you compare the dedication that Microsoft puts into providing Windows 7 users with new personalization options to those of previous Windows operating system efforts you will notice that the Redmond company seems to have changed its agenda considerably. Windows XP and Windows Vista users both received less than a dozen official themes since their [...]

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Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 7 has made a leap forward in many different areas when compared to Windows XP or Windows Vista. Among those are improvements in Windows 7 personalization and a new definition of themes in the OS. Themes in previous operating systems could alter many visual aspects of the system including the [...]

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Microsoft has released four new themes for their latest operating system Windows 7. Some users who have not made the switch yet might be wondering how it can be that Microsoft seems to be pumping out themes for that operating system but supported their operating system in years with only a handful. Two aspects play [...]

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One of the features that I personally like in Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 7 is the ability to save themes to the local computer system so that they can be shared with family, friends and other Windows 7 users from around the world. The theme creation is in fact that easy that it usually [...]

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Microsoft has changed the theme management in their Windows 7 operating system. There is still a lock in place that is keeping users from installing themes that have not been signed by Microsoft but the overall theme manageability has improved. It is for instance now possible to save and load basic themes which opens up [...]

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