Customize the means to make something look as you want by customizing a thing or why not even an operating system people reflect their personality, customize the thing that we want to represent us or speak as well what we are.
In this tutorial I chose to talk about how we can customize and install new themes in Windows 7. If versions of Windows XP or Vista that was not available to everyone and it was a pain for beginners because the operating system does not come with many options to customize Windows 7 here was slightly redesigned. Now the new Windows 7 comes with a lot of options to be able to customize not to mention the multitude of themes and gadgets that you can download from the http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads / Custom
What customization options we have in Windows 7?
Well, with a simple right click on the Desktop and then on "Personalize" we will access a window containing 7 themes that Windows 7 comes with
We have a "Get more themes online" button that with a simple click on it we can download a multitude of themes for Windows 7. As far as we know Windows XP came with only 3 large and wide themes (Silver, Green, Blue) without the possibility of to download other themes.
With a click on "Windows Color" in the "Personalization" window we can choose from 16 colors that we can apply to the edge of the windows
By checking or unchecking the box "Enalbe transparency" we can set the edges of the windows to be transparent or not
If we want we can set or adjust the color intensity by dragging left or right the slider "Color intensity"
A click on "Show color mixer" will give us the opportunity to "mix" and play with, the colors of the windows or why not create our own colors for them.
Now that I have clarified what customization options we have in Windows 7, I would like to add that we can also install themes that are not "developed" or made by Microsoft. If we want to install a theme made by third parties, things get a little complicated because we have to patch some files, more precisely a few .dlls (system libraries) with the help of a utility called Universal Theme Patcher. This utility allows us to patch both Windows XP and Vista or Windows 7 and is very useful when the themes we download contain custom shell32.dll files. The Shell32.dll file is a file that contains, among other things, indications and icons that the operating system has. By replacing this .dll with a modified one we can benefit from new icons for hard drive, for My computer and so on. It is also very possible that the new themes come with Fonts that we install very easily by simply copying and pasting in the C: \ Windows \ Fonts folder. That being said, I leave you to watch this tutorial.
Remember, if you have suggestions, complaints or additions do not hesitate to write in the comments box, de-also if you met the comments box a user has a problem and you can help him, do not hesitate to do it, the only way we can do this place better, see the comments box!
Enjoy !
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I would also like a tutorial about SiSoftware Sandra 2010 is it possible ?? Cool tutorial you can do one about icons: D
You were strong with the "swearing" :)). Anyway, well done tutorial, I personally don't really like this customization in the sense that I don't use it, however, there are people who are really "crazy" about it.
Adrian xp everything so if I do? .. and sense to put some fear if we pc weaker .. I slows the system?
Yes, Windows XP only do the same, looking themes for Windows XP not Windows 7. System does not hinder shell themes. Hampers themes are those themes that installs through some kind WindowsBlind software, or genre comes in kit form or vista vista mizer inspired these themes besides installing your themes, icons and services that will run all the time to maintain theme or activate transparency in windows for example, different docks and gadgets. I highly recommend subjects shell when it comes to customization are the light and you do not install services to maintain the theme.
very much this tutorial, the more I like themes with Windows 7, even if I have Windows XP.
You can make Windows XP look like Windows 7 simply write there on deviantart in the search box (Search) 7 Theme for Windows XP
THANK YOU.
Very good tutorialul.Multumesc
Adrian use a good xp but how could I do that in Windows 7 you know when you put your cursor over an icon appears in juru cava her how I could do that too?
As far as I know that "thing" that border around the select icons cannot be had in XP. I sit and wonder how these ideas come to you and where from ???? What happened to you on that "edge around the icons in the selection" ??? is it really that important? I honestly don't like it at all, I don't like it at all. Come on I understand ... do you want a windows 7 theme for XP, a cursor, icons, or I don't know what else ... but do you want a MARGIN that doesn't help you in any way and doesn't matter at all? It may be customization but not really ... XP is XP and 7 is 7, you can make them look the same but never identical, you can make them look but you can't make them identical because otherwise it wouldn't there are different operating systems ... it would be one with multiple customization configurations and that's it.
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May you rock romeo bravo, congratulations! and you can do a videotutorial, who knows .. Thank you Adrian for this tutorial, we'll try the new themes.
very nice tutorial, tutorial expect the change icon. adrian Please I have a question, how you change the bottom bar to put up?
right click on the bar and see that "Lock the taskbar" is unchecked then drag and drop it and take it up or wherever you want. In XP at least that's how it's done.
thanks a lot
You have nothing
right click on the empty space of the bar-> properties-> Tasbar location on screen: -> Bottom-modify-> Top
Very nice and helpful tutorial even though now I want to go to 7 XP. :)