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Classic. Windows Classic is a built-in visual style that utilizes the look and feel of Windows used in previous versions of Windows prior to Windows XP. Officially titled "Windows Classic style", it is used when the theme service is disabled and in certain other scenarios, such as Win32 console windows or booting the system in Safe mode.
[10]: 4:40 After the rights to the photograph were bought by Microsoft, it was renamed Bliss and was chosen as the default wallpaper of the Luna visual style, [2] [26] the default graphical user interface of Windows XP. [27] The image was used extensively by Microsoft for promoting Windows XP and their $200 million advertising campaign. [2] [28]
MyColors was created so that users could purchase and apply themes without having to worry about the underlying software. The themes are encrypted to reduce piracy. Individual parts can be mixed to create a custom theme with the corresponding Object Desktop software. MyColors works on Windows XP and above, and is certified for Windows 7. [7]
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.
Maybe the Windows Classic theme should receive its own article, as it's no exclusive feature of XP. Basically, the Windows Classic theme as it is understood today involves design features originally introduced and found in the Windows 9x versions, that is in Windows 95, Windows 98, up until Windows ME.
With the Desktop Themes utility in 2000 becoming the Themes tab in Display Properties in XP, the Rotate theme monthly option in Desktop Themes, which was introduced in Microsoft Plus! 98 and later included in Windows 2000 and Me, and both the options to select what parts of a theme to apply and the previews for parts of a theme were removed.
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StyleXP is a computer program designed to modify the graphical user interface of Windows XP. [1] As of version 3.19 features include modifying themes, explorer bar, backgrounds, logon screens, icons, boot screens, transparency, cursors and screensavers.