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October 11, 2008

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Allow 3rd party themes in Windows XP

By default 3rd party 'visual styles' are prevented from use on Windows XP because they have not been digitally signed. To get around this you will need to install Style XP or replace a system file, more details on this can be found here

You can download the current version of Style XP here which supports the original and service pack 1 versions of Windows XP. When service pack 2 is released you will need to repatch your dll file or upgrade to a newer version of style xp.

New themes can be downloaded from http://www.themexp.org

Each theme should contain instructions for its proper use, on Windows XP SP1 should you encounter 'Value creation failed" at line 472" error when add/remove programs is opened' click here to find details on how to correct this.

  
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