Best place for *free* WinXP themes ? 3

[godfra]

Hi all,

I'm terribly bored of staring at my standard XP desktop all day and so would like to try out some of the skins or themes available on the web.

So far all I've found are "click-wrapped" themes which bombard you with ads or demnds for cash, etc. Can anyone point me in the direction of a place that does decent XP themes for free?

 

[sphenx]

I use

http://themexp.org

often

 

[bcastner]

http://www.lightstar1.com/news.php

See the Links and other resources.

 

[godfra]

Sphenx - thanks for the reply but that is just the kind of thing I was complaining about - when you install, it forces you to have a dodgy search toolbar installed along with it.

 

[sphenx]

:-( i tried

 

[nlm9802]

Microsoft's site has some. I recently saw a Final Fantasy Online theme (I play it online at home from time to time). It's not bad, changes the icons, background, noises, etc, usual theme change.
see:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/desktop/finalfantasy.mspx

ah there we go..
microsoft's extra themes/other downloads..

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/desktop/default.mspx

*note* there were no extra toolbars or popups with the final fantasy one, I can't speak for the other ones on their site, but I'd assume they are popup free.

 

[orypecos]

I worry about downloading spyware so I avoid it. Rather, I go to sites and do a right click and change my desktop background to something different for variety. I DON"T THINK that there is a danger of spyware that way but maybe there is>
u CAN ALways make your own pictures as a background.

 

[Beer4meok]

You will find whatever you want here. (Not free but what is??)

http://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/

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