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Filed under: Design, Windows, Google

Make Windows XP look like Google Chrome

No, I'm not kidding. I wish I was, but the truth is that a DeviantArt user has cobbled together a skin for Windows that gives it a Google Chrome-y look. And think Chrome on XP - without the sex appeal you get with Aero Glass.

Thick, powder blue borders? Check.

The Chrome logo replacing the start orb? Check.

The comments on DevArt are all very positive, though I'm personally going to pass on this one. I'm just not a big fan of all that blue.

But hey, if you're miffed by the fact that Chrome on XP doesn't look consistent with your other application windows at least now you can apply the Google dress code to them.

A number of other blogs are calling this a "Google Chrome OS Transformation Pack." That'd be a pretty amazing feat, since we only have 1) questionable leaked images to go by and 2) they appeared two weeks after the creator posted this theme to DevArt.

Filed under: OS Updates, Photo, Windows, Microsoft

WinVistaClub releases OneWorld theme for Windows 7


Looking for an attractive new theme for your Windows 7 install?

Apart from the official Microsoft options available on the Personalization page, WinVistaClub and IntoWindows have put together the OneWorld theme.

OneWorld features five wallpaper images (compiled from other sources) and makes use of Windows 7's desktop background slideshow feature. It's designed to present an ever-expanding view of our place in the universe, from a cityscape, to a view of Earth from space, to the more abstract finale. The theme also tweaks the Welcome Center and Explorer's task pane.

Installing the themepack does require that you replace two dll files in your System32 folder. If you're not comfortable doing that, you can still install the wallpapers by extracting them from the themepack with a program like 7zip.

Note for 64-bit users: the patched dlls provided in the zip archive are from a 32-bit install, and likely won't work on Windows 7 x64.

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