(Update/Repost) XP Zune Theme – and Other Themes, Too!

Are you tired of staring at the same old boring blue or silver XP theme? Microsoft's promotion of its Zune media player lead to so much excitement that they decided to make an official Zune theme for all versions of XP. Sexy black borders, an ORANGE "Start" button, orange bordered sidebars, red close window button with gray window backgrounds. Verrrry nice!

The only mention of Zune in the theme is in the wallpaper, which - if you have any self esteem - you should replace immediately.

Download the official Zune theme from the direct link here.

(Image courtesy g. wygonik’s flash experiments)

But wait! What about other Windows XP themes?

Royale Blue (also known as Energy Blue) is a beautiful revamp of XP’s default blue theme.

As you can see in the shot, Royale Blue is very pretty. Based on the Media Center get-up. You can find that theme at Softpedia.

The last theme that is “Microsoft Certified” for Windows XP is the minimal Royale Noir theme. Much like its Zune theme cousin, Noir is black and proud. However, there is no trace of orange to be found. Just black, gray, and white.

It’s rumored that this theme is unfinished, which is why the instructions to install it are different that the former two. Whatever… the theme’s real nice to look at.

Download Royale Noir at istartedsomething.com

This post was originally written on 11/14/06. To read the original post, click here.