Download Official Windows XP Themes, No UXTheme Patching Required

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Today we are going to share 4 official Windows XP themes which were either released by Microsoft or were leaked by someone.

The most important and impressive thing about these themes is, the themes don't require any kind of patching. So you can easily install and apply themes without worrying about patching uxtheme.dll file in your system.

So here are the themes:

1. "Royale" or "Energy Blue" or "Media Center" Theme

Royale theme was created for Windows Media Center Edition 2005 and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. This theme is a combination of blue and green colors.

You can download it using following link:

Download Link

Simply run the installer and apply the theme using Desktop Properties.

2. "Royale Noir" Theme

"Royale Noir" theme is a darkened version of "Royale" theme. It was developed as a black version of "Royale" theme but was never released by Microsoft as it was not perfect and contained a few issues like color mismatch.

You can download it using following link:

Download Link

We have created this fully-automatic installer which installs the theme in your system and also opens the theme in "Desktop Properties" so that you can apply it by clicking on the Apply button. Simple. isn't it?

Thanks to our friend "Long Zheng" @ istartedsomething for sharing the theme.

3. "Zune" Theme

"Zune" theme was released by Microsoft to provide its new portable player "Zune" like feeling in Windows XP. Its also based on "Royale" theme.

You can download it using following link:

Download Link

Run the installer and apply the theme using Desktop Properties.

4. "Embedded" Theme

"Embedded" theme was taken from "Windows Embedded Standard CTP Refresh" edition. Its also a modified version of "Royale" theme.

You can download it using following link:

Download Link

As usual run the installer and apply the theme using Desktop Properties.

Lets mention again, all above themes are official Windows XP themes and can be applied without patching anything in your system. So go ahead and check them out. ;)

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Olli

Hi,

nice themes! :)) tried 1. royale theme. NIce!

If you want title bars in media center style go to Desktop Properties then click 4th tab and select Mediacenter style from the first drop Down menu.
Lea

Awesome, Thanks, VG :)
McDougal

These themes have been out for a while, great themes though, still a good idea to post it here for those who didn't know about them.
BobbyPhoenix

XP??? Who still runs XP??? JK. Nice. I used them when I had XP. Funny now because I sometimes switch to Luna, or Royale ports for W7 to give it some old school look.
cclloyd9785

Now all microsoft has to do is notice that they can get a lot more popular if they endorse some of the themes on DA, and make them officially signed.
Sid

uglies
kk

hi

Thanks VG

nice theme !!!!!!!!!
kk

hi

Thanks VG

nice themes !!!!!!!!!
Dementor

Have 'em all already. Though it's a good idea to gather them in the one post :)
itsWatchingTime

Thanks for reposting this one. It will be helpful for a lot of users. You're so greate VG.