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  2. MSSTYLES - Wikipedia

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    MSSTYLES is a Microsoft file format, that contains the bitmaps and metadata for the Windows XP skinning engine, first introduced in Windows Whistler Build 2250. [2]The engine, in its unmodified state, only fully applies .msstyles files that have been digitally signed by Microsoft, such as Luna or the Zune theme.

  3. Windows XP visual styles - Wikipedia

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    Compared to Desktop Themes in Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me, the new visual styles of Windows XP have a greater emphasis on the graphical appeal of the operating system, using saturated colors [2] and bitmaps [3] throughout the interface, with rounded corners for windows. [4] [5]

  4. Windows Aero - Wikipedia

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    A distinctive feature of Windows Aero showing "glass-like" window borders on Windows 7. Windows Aero (a backronym for Authentic, Energetic, Reflective, and Open [1] [2]) is the design language introduced in the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. The changes introduced by Windows Aero encompassed many elements of the Windows interface ...

  5. List of features removed in Windows 8 - Wikipedia

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    The Aero Glass theme is replaced by a new theme with a flatter visual appearance in line with the Metro design language. This was done to reduce the amount of skeuomorphism in the UI. Aside from the taskbar, the new theme uses fewer transparency effects than the previous Glass theme. [8] [9] Flip 3D is removed.

  6. Development of Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    However, the Aero glass from Build 4039 was still present. The word "My" was removed from "Computer" and "Network Places", a change that carried over to the final version of the operating system. When Windows Sidebar was enabled, the word "Start" was removed from the Start button—a development used later in Windows Vista.

  7. Theme (computing) - Wikipedia

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    In computing, a theme is a preset package containing graphical appearance and functionality details. A theme usually comprises a set of shapes and colors for the graphical control elements, the window decoration and the window. Themes are used to customize the look and feel of a piece of computer software or of an operating system.

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  9. Talk:List of alternative shells for Windows - Wikipedia

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    Originally it mainly provided an XP style Start Menu for Vista in the Aero Glass theme. The latest releases have a choice of XP, Vista and 7 Start Menu styles. Additional modifications to Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer have been added over the lifetime of the software.