[AskVG Gallery] Download Free Themes, Skins, Wallpapers for Windows

If you are following this blog since long time, you might be aware of our exclusive themes, skins and wallpapers which we have released for Windows, Yahoo! Messenger, mobile phones and various 3rd party software. You can find them in our exclusive Themes and Wallpapers section.

We have released many themes for Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and 8.1 and many of them have been featured at various popular websites including Microsoft.com and in various popular IT magazines including Windows Official Magazine, Digit and a few German magazines including PC Welt, Computer Bild and PC Praxis. Long time back we also released 2 wallpapers to spice up your Desktop.

Today in this topic, we are going to list all these themes, skins, wallpapers, icon packs, etc for your convenience so that you can check them in a single place and don’t waste your time in searching for them in different sections.

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Let’s take a look at all the free eye candy stuff:

VistaVG Theme for Windows XP

VistaVG” theme is the first ever theme released by us. This theme was created for Windows XP users who wanted to make Windows XP look-like Windows Vista. VistaVG is the first Vista look-like theme for Windows XP and all other similar themes available on Internet are based on it.

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You can download it using following link:

Download VistaVG Theme for Windows XP

VistaVG Blue Theme for Windows XP

VistaVG Blue theme is a blue version of VistaVG theme. This theme was released after getting lots of demand for a blue version of VistaVG theme.

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You can download it using following link:

Download VistaVG Blue Theme for Windows XP

VistaVG Black Theme for Windows XP

VistaVG Black theme is a dark version of VistaVG theme. This theme was also created after getting several requests for a dark version of VistaVG theme.

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You can download it using following link:

Download VistaVG Black Theme for Windows XP

SevenVG Theme for Windows XP

We continued our tradition to make themes for Windows XP to transform it in newer versions of Windows. SevenVG theme was created for Windows XP users who wanted to make Windows XP look-like Windows 7. SevenVG theme is also the first Windows 7 look-like theme for Windows XP and all other similar themes available on Internet are based on it.

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You can download it using following link:

Download SevenVG Theme for Windows XP

SevenVG theme comes with Windows 7 like superbar which is an enhanced version of traditional Taskbar. It’s a bit large in height. If you want a normal Taskbar version, check out following special version of SevenVG theme:

Download SevenVG Theme with Normal Thin Taskbar

SevenVG Black Theme for Windows XP

Similar to VistaVG theme’s dark version, we created a special dark version of SevenVG theme as well. If you are a dark theme lover, you can download SevenVG Black theme for Windows XP:

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You can download it using following link:

Download SevenVG Black Theme for Windows XP

Download SevenVG Black Theme with Normal Thin Taskbar

AeroVG Theme for Windows Vista

When Windows Vista was released, it introduced Aero UI for Windows which provides transparency with glass effect. But customization lovers wanted to have as much transparency as they could. That’s why we created “AeroVG” theme for those people who wanted to enhance Aero theme and make it perfect.

AeroVG theme became very popular among Windows Vista users.

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You can download it using following link:

Download AeroVG Theme for Windows Vista

Vista Blue Theme for Windows Vista

When AeroVG theme for Windows Vista became popular, people started requesting to make a special version of the theme for Windows Basic theme users who didn’t have dedicated graphics card in their system and can’t enjoy Aero theme.

To make those people happy, we created “Vista Blue” theme.

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You can download it using following link:

Download Vista Blue Theme for Windows Vista

Vista Black Theme for Windows Vista

When we released Vista Blue theme for Windows Vista users, lots of people asked to create a dark version of this theme. So we released Vista Black theme for Windows Vista Basic theme users:

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You can download it using following link:

Download Vista Black Theme for Windows Vista

AeroVG Se7en Theme for Windows 7

When Windows 7 was released, AeroVG theme users started requesting to create a port of the theme for Windows 7. “AeroVG Se7en” theme was created for Windows 7 users who wanted to enjoy AeroVG like interface in Windows 7.

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You can download it using following link:

Download AeroVG Se7en Theme for Windows 7

AeroVG Ei8ht and Ei8ht.1ne Themes for Windows 8 and 8.1

With the release of Windows 8 and 8.1, people started requesting for a special version of AeroVG Se7en theme for Windows 8 and 8.1. So we released AeroVG Ei8ht and Ei8ht.1ne themes for Windows 8 and 8.1.

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You can download them using following link:

Download AeroVG Ei8ht and Ei8ht.1ne Themes for Windows 8 and 8.1

AskVG Colors Theme for Windows 10

Microsoft’s new OS Windows 10 comes with White titlebars in program windows which doesn’t look good to many people. To fix this issue we released an exclusive theme “AskVG Colors” for Windows 10 which brings colored titlebars back to Windows 10.

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You can download the theme using following link:

[Tip] Get Rid of White Titlebars in Windows 10

Y! Vista Skin for Yahoo! Messenger

When we released VistaVG theme for Windows XP, lots of people requested to create a similar skin for Yahoo! Messenger. We created “Y! Vista” skin for Yahoo! Messenger to match its UI with VistaVG theme. Almost all Yahoo! Messenger users agree on the fact that the default messenger skins are not that good.

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You can download it using following link:

Download Y! Vista Skin for Yahoo! Messenger

Y! Vista Blue Skin for Yahoo! Messenger

Y! Vista Blue skin was created on request for a blue version of Y! Vista skin for Yahoo! Messenger. This skin perfectly matches with VistaVG Blue theme:

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You can download it using following link:

Download Y! Vista Blue Skin for Yahoo! Messenger

VistaVG SE Theme for Sony Ericsson Mobile Phones

This theme was created for Sony Ericsson mobile phone users who wanted to have a Windows Vista like UI in their mobile phone. This theme transforms your cell phone menus into Windows Desktop like interface:

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You can download it using following link:

Download VistaVG SE Theme for Sony Ericsson Mobile Phones

SevenVG SE Theme for Sony Ericsson Mobile Phones

This theme was an update for VistaVG Se theme. We released this theme when Windows 7 was released to public. This theme provides Windows 7 like UI in Sony Ericsson mobile phones:

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You can download it using following link:

Download SevenVG SE Theme for Sony Ericsson Mobile Phones

Google Android Theme for Sony Ericsson Mobile Phones

This theme was created by AskVG reader “Hackerpunk1“. This theme transforms your Sony Ericsson mobile phone UI into Google Android OS.

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You can download it using following link:

Download Google Android Theme for Sony Ericsson Mobile Phones

Windows 8 Skin for RocketDock Utility

We here at AskVG love RocketDock utility. Its one of the best dock available for Windows. AskVG reader “Rtyh-12” created a cool skin for RocketDock after getting inspired from Windows 8 Metro UI.

The skin comes in 2 variations:

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You can download it using following link:

Download Windows 8 Skin for RocketDock

Windows 7 Skin for Classic Shell Start Menu

We all know that Windows 8 doesn’t come with Start Menu and Start button but you can get them back usingĀ Classic Shell software. We have released a Windows 7 skin for Classic Shell Start Menu which helps you in getting Windows 7 look-like Start Menu and Start button in Windows 8 as shown in following screenshot:

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You can download it using following link:

Download Windows 7 Skin for Classic Shell Start Menu

Clean and Minimal Newspaper Skin for FeedDemon RSS Reader

A simple, clean and minimal newspaper skin for FeedDemon RSS reader. It doesn’t show any unnecessary stuff in reading area. It just shows the new article title, its content and date/time.

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You can download it using following link:

Download Clean and Minimal Newspaper Skin for FeedDemon RSS Reader

Icon Packs and Wallpapers for Windows

We have also released 2 icon packs and 2 wallpapers for Windows users. VistaVG icon pack and SevenVG icon pack were created to provide Windows Vista and Windows 7 icons in Windows XP respectively.

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Download VistaVG Icon Pack for Windows XP

Download SevenVG Icon Pack for Windows XP

And following are 2 exclusive wallpapers which were released by us long time back:

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Download Exclusive AskVG and VistaVG Wallpapers for Your Desktop

Official Windows XP Themes from Microsoft

These Windows XP themes were officially released by Microsoft. These themes don’t require any kind of file patching. You can install and apply these themes easily in your system.

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Download Official Royale Blue, Royale Noir, Zune and Embedded Themes for Windows XP

Exclusive Transform Windows Tutorial Series

We also have a series of tutorials which help you in transforming one Windows version into another one. All these tutorials assist you in transforming Windows without using any 3rd party transformation pack. You’ll not find any such tutorial on any other website.

You must definitely take a look at all these transform Windows series tutorials using following links:

PS: We’ll update this list whenever a new theme, skin, wallpaper or any other customization stuff is released by us. So keep checking this page regularly…

You can also check out various free Windows software released by us exclusively for AskVG readers using following link:

[AskVG Apps] Download Free Software for Tweaking and Customizing Windows

Published in: Themes and Wallpapers

About the author: Vishal Gupta (also known as VG) has been awarded with Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) award. He holds Masters degree in Computer Applications (MCA). He has written several tech articles for popular newspapers and magazines and has also appeared in tech shows on various TV channels.