windows xp

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okay i just downloaded and installed XP are there XP skins and if so how do i set them up?

thanks..
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
OK, just to be sure I understand, you have downloaded Windows XP, the actual OS, and you wish to get other skins than the 3 Luna ones that come with it, correct?
Then you need a software called WindowBlinds XP, but unfortunately it's still in beta and I don't think it's available as a standalone download yet. You would need for now to purchase the Object Desktop membership, which allows you to download almost every Stardock product, apha, beta, or retail for one year.
http://www.objectdesktop.net

Hope this helped.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Actually, WindowBlindsXP *is* available as a standalone program.

http://scripting.stardock.com/customer/wbxp_beta.asp
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Oh... didn't know that. Cool.
(I didn't think Stardock distributed ANY betas to the general public... I learned something today.)
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yeah. As a matter of fact, Stardock gets a nice little plug for WBXP over on Paul Thurott's (sp?) Windows Supersite (an extension of Windows2000 Magazine) with a link to the beta.

http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/whistler.asp

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
WebBlinds has long been available to the general public and it's not yet out of beta. There were many DesktopX betas available to the general public, also. There are probably other examples.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Even Microsoft is plugging WindowBlinds XP and SkinStudio.

http://msdnisv.microsoft.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1449
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Webblinds is a freeware (adware). It's never intended to be part of OD, unless Frogboy changed his mind, but that's what I remember him saying about it when it came out.
I think the big hype going on right with the imminent release of WindowsXP probably has a lot to do with WBXP being offered in beta to the general public. And I don't blame them, Stardock would be fooling not to take advantage of the XP mania.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
paxx: WebBlinds is definitely part of ODNT. https://www.stardock.com/products/odnt/features.html

It's been that way 'almost' since its inception.

I agree with you about Stardock jumping on the WXP bandwagon. Smart thinking.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Every major Stardock product has been a beta to the public.

WindowBlinds was a public beta for a *year* before release.

DesktopX was a public beta for a year before release.

PocketBlinds is a public beta.

WebBlinds is a public beta. There is no "adverversing" in it.

WindowBlinds XP beta 5 is an XP optimized version of WindowBlinds 2.2.