In a quest to restructuring the blog I gathered in one place the most popular Windows themes that ever existed. All I have to tell you is enjoy these wonderful visual styles and pick one to use on your computer. Satisfaction guaranteed. They are not put in this article in a certain order. Only .msstyles, I will make a huge article with windowblinds in the following days.

To install a visual theme you have to patch your uxtheme.dll with different programs or you can easily overwrite it and then download StyleXP and load the theme with it.

To view the screenshots and/or download it click on the image or the title.

OB Windows Media Player 11

Author: oddbasket
Views: 120,067
Downloads: 44,476

Author’s comment: “Comes in 4 sub styles: Basic, Compact, Vista, Vista 48 (For ‘Use large icons’ option).”

SmoothGnome

Author: schmoove
Views: 69,171
Downloads: 36,718

Author’s comment: “A port of the Linux theme SmoothGnome for Windows XP. Credits go to whoever created the orginal ([link]).
This theme is released under the GPL license so feel free to do with it whatever you like.”

ChaNinja RC5

Author: chaninja
Views: 204,061
Downloads: 181,661

Author’s comment: “I’m really sorry about the HUGE download size, hope its worth the wait though! All the details are in the Readme file.
Hope you like it and please lemme know what you think.”

Niqu 1.0 (updated)

Author: kavin
Views: 88,728
Downloads: 90,500

Author’s comment: “Niqu is a Mac OS X theme originally made by Rick Patrick http:\\www.vanillasoap.com . Ported with permissions to windows by Kavin Amuthan.”

Human

Author: FioreSSj
Views: 283,598
Downloads: 138,199

Author’s comment: “Hi, this is my first release for a visual style (and probably the last consedering the time i’ve spent on it ) so be kind!
This style is based on ClearLooks by schmoove, i’ve changed many parts to make it more similar to the current Human theme of Ubuntu. I hope you like it!”

Longhorn Inspirat

Author: stefanka
Views: 660,025
Downloads: 526,149

Author’s comment:
“3 Substyles with new shellstyle; Y’z Toolbar, one by me and two Jade Toolbars by SpaceKid; all substyles come with alternative startbuttons
The Toolbar seperators are transparent, so you can give your toolbar your own space like Longhorn.”

Foton

Author: OmART
Views: 363,326
Downloads: 222,323

Author’s comment: “Theme based from Foton’s windowblinds by OmART and port done by Matt0. As close as the original except for some stuff, check the readme so you know what’s missing.
Hope you enjoy this beautiful theme as much as I do and check the substyles, 3 font variations [Verdana, Tahoma, Frutiger (Zurich BT didnt work well)], 2 icons [Flag and Original Abstracr Icon] and Compact and Full sized start panels.

Taken from the Author words: “It consists in a beautiful white and black style with futuristic look and small pixel usage in your screen, perfect for designers and such, everything was done and worked pixel by pixel and some slight gradients were applied to it to help it create a solid and very attractive theme.”

Be sure to check the readme.”

Tener

Author: mohsinnaqi
Views: 255,800
Downloads: 73,056

Author’s comment: “I was basically aiming to release the next version of Pristine OS by making some small improvements to it and removing a few glitches reported so far, but as the work progressed I ended up with something completely different from Pristine OS (more than a little different anyway) hence the Tener VS. Obviously, this is another inspiration from Windows Vista GUI but as always I didn’t go for a copycat Vista theme and tried to give it my own touch. I hope you’ll enjoy using it as much as I enjoyed making it

How to install? Get NeoTheme from Neowin.net or Style XP from tgtsoft.com. NeoTheme is free while Style XP is shareware; both do the same thing so make your choice.”

NEXTLevel

Author: vathanx
Views: 100,653
Downloads: 44,550

Author’s comment: “Package contains:
● one visual style in 2 versions
– fully skinned aero mode
– fully skinned basic mode
● one wallpaper in 2 resolutions + version for left and right screen”

Areao4.2

Author: heylove
Views: 253,905
Downloads: 73,266

Author’s comment: “Finished! Sorry for the crappy preview. Download it and install it. You’ll see how sexy it really is. There’s a black and a brown version both with six different color schemes and a bunch of icons. Sorry no Winamp skins. I just don’t have the time right now. Big thanks to the 4imp crew for all there help.”

ClearLooks

Author: schmoove
Views: 327,014
Downloads: 154,075

Author’s comment: “A port of the Linux theme ClearLooks for Windows XP. Credits go to whoever created the orginal.
This theme is released under the GPL license so feel free to do with it whatever you like.”