New official Windows Desktop Theme available

Dr Lobster* · Fri 03 Nov, 2006 18.48

it's called Zune and can be downloaded from here:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=75078

looks quite cool, not too sure what to make of the start button....

Not The Chef · Fri 03 Nov, 2006 19.05

Charlie Wells · Fri 03 Nov, 2006 20.55

Slightly odd but I guess it's to go with the new Windows Vista release look as seen with the latest version of the media player. The start button is very distracting though.

Ant · Fri 03 Nov, 2006 21.04

There are better black themes out there (without the orange start button).

nidave · Sat 04 Nov, 2006 00.07

for those that want all the bells and whistles of a Vista like system for free check out http://www.crystalxp.net/bricopack/en.htm

MattM · Sat 04 Nov, 2006 10.31

It's to go with the upcoming Zune player (iPod competitor) and music store software.

Stuart* · Sat 04 Nov, 2006 12.30

nidave wrote:for those that want all the bells and whistles of a Vista like system for free check out http://www.crystalxp.net/bricopack/en.htm

Thanks nidave, that looks great! Especially if you move the bar to the right and put a nice wallpaper on there.

Not The Chef · Sat 04 Nov, 2006 15.16

Stuart* · Sat 04 Nov, 2006 15.42

Not The Chef wrote:I didn't like that bar though.

I quite like it, especially when you play around with it and customise it how you want it to appear. Mine looks fab now (after hours of fiddling!)

noelfirl · Sun 05 Nov, 2006 19.23

Similarly...

...IMO just looks and feels far superior to the official one. I like this one so much that I haven't changed it in a long time.

cdd · Sun 05 Nov, 2006 22.55

You have the vista theme but you're using the 2003 version of word!?
If you want it all to match, Upgrade to Office 2007 pre-release and set the skin colour to black