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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: Fragil1ty on Mon, 21 July 2014, 14:42:43

Title: Windows themes.
Post by: Fragil1ty on Mon, 21 July 2014, 14:42:43: So I'm not sure if you're like me, but I like to have a nice looking Windows. I have to look at it everyday, so why not right? But I also like to maintain a degree of minimalism, hence why the current theme I'm using on Windows 8 is the default one, I've just made it perfect in terms of colour and what not.

On Windows 7 I used to use the Windows 7 - Basic theme, I used this theme religiously! But on Windows 8, it's not here but .. it secretly is. As shown in the screenshot below. Does anyone know if there is a way to uncover this theme as it currently is still in the O/S it's just not accessible through Personalization options.

So yeah, does anyone have any more information on this? I'd highly appreciate it, if so.

Screenshot:

(http://danielclarkedesigns.co/images/20140721194058338.png)
Title: Re: Windows themes.
Post by: Smasher816 on Mon, 21 July 2014, 15:33:37: First hit on Google for "Windows 8 basic theme". This sounds like what you need.

http://www.askvg.com/how-to-enable-hidden-aero-lite-theme-in-windows-8-rtm/
Title: Re: Windows themes.
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Tue, 22 July 2014, 10:35:27: I use aero lite on 8.x as I too like the opaque taskbar much better. I've never seen that old ****ty vista style though so I'm not sure what's going on there.
Title: Re: Windows themes.
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 22 July 2014, 10:39:26: [attach=1]
Title: Re: Windows themes.
Post by: vun on Tue, 22 July 2014, 14:55:04: Sounds like Hush (http://neiio.deviantart.com/art/Hush-8-1-452962054) might be right up your alley.
Title: Re: Windows themes.
Post by: Fnzzy on Tue, 22 July 2014, 16:58:02: Minimal you say

(http://i.imgur.com/keyzKS6.jpg)
Title: Re: Windows themes.
Post by: noisyturtle on Tue, 22 July 2014, 19:35:22: Hotdog Stand or GTFO
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Title: Re: Windows themes.
Post by: paicrai on Tue, 22 July 2014, 19:45:52: Quote from: noisyturtle on Tue, 22 July 2014, 19:35:22
Hotdog Stand or GTFO
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qft
Title: Re: Windows themes.
Post by: FrostyToast on Tue, 22 July 2014, 19:46:43: Quote from: noisyturtle on Tue, 22 July 2014, 19:35:22
Hotdog Stand or GTFO
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ms would be proud.
Title: Re: Windows themes.
Post by: rowdy on Tue, 22 July 2014, 22:52:02: Quote from: noisyturtle on Tue, 22 July 2014, 19:35:22
Hotdog Stand or GTFO
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Ah - a McDonalds theme!
Title: Re: Windows themes.
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 23 July 2014, 02:13:25: too many colors... i can't handle
Title: Re: Windows themes.
Post by: microsoft windows on Thu, 24 July 2014, 13:54:16: Quote from: noisyturtle on Tue, 22 July 2014, 19:35:22
Hotdog Stand or GTFO
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That's my favorite theme!

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Title: Re: Windows themes.
Post by: Fragil1ty on Sat, 26 July 2014, 01:37:18: Quote from: Smasher816 on Mon, 21 July 2014, 15:33:37
First hit on Google for "Windows 8 basic theme". This sounds like what you need.

http://www.askvg.com/how-to-enable-hidden-aero-lite-theme-in-windows-8-rtm/ (http://www.askvg.com/how-to-enable-hidden-aero-lite-theme-in-windows-8-rtm/)

Not the theme I'm looking for, I'm looking for the one that is located in Windows 7, thank you for your kind search though, it's much obliged.

Quote from: IvanIvanovich on Tue, 22 July 2014, 10:35:27
I use aero lite on 8.x as I too like the opaque taskbar much better. I've never seen that old ****ty vista style though so I'm not sure what's going on there.

I have in-fact started to use it myself, the opaque has never been an issue for me due to the fact that I use 'startisback' and that can disable a lot of the crappy features that Windows 8 uses, but oh well.