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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While it is possible to create basic themes under Windows 7, which is in itself an improvement over previous versions of Windows in this regard, it is not possible to create advanced theme packs that easily. And with advanced I mean theme elements that require manipulation of system files. That in itself is problematic if [...]

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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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The visual conditions can sometimes be that bad that you can barely read anything on the monitor. That’s for instance the case if you are working with your laptop in broad sunlight outside. Microsoft has built-in a high contrast mode that has been specifically designed for those situations. Users of Windows XP and newer Microsoft [...]

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In time for Halloween and the autumn season are two new official themes for Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 7. The themes are offered in themepack format, a new format introduced in Windows 7 that allows one-click installations of themes in the operating system. Themepack files on the other hand are nothing more than archives [...]

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MooO TransparentMenu adds two features to menus in the Windows operating system, that are not available by default. Theme-wise, Windows is not the most configurable operating system. This changes only after users make changes to system files, to unlock the ability to add advanced themes that can practically alter any aspect of the operating system. [...]

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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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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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Microsoft has build in a protection into the Windows operating system that prevent users from installing third party themes. It is not really clear why the protection has been implemented in first place. The problem that users who want to change the look and feel of their operating system face is that there are only [...]

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