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Here's a little theme for those who hate staring at the ugly default Windows XP theme. It's called Royale Noir. It comes in two formats which are blue and black. It was created by Microsoft a long time ago for Windows Media Center and it doesn't take any more or less RAM to run it and doesn't need WindowsBlinds or any of that crap.

You can download it from here: http://www.istartedsomething.com/20061029/royale-noir/
Once you have it in place, you can just double-click on the "luna" file you just added and it'll open it in the Display control panel under the "Appearance" tab. Otherwise I think you can just restart the computer and it'll become visible on the list. On the panel, change "Windows and buttons" to "Royale" and change "Color scheme" to "Royale" (the blue one) or "Royale Noir" (the black one) and click Apply (or OK).

I can't get it to show up on the list of themes or color schemes :\

Just try going to Hard drive "C", then the folder "Windows", then "Resources", then "Themes", then double-click on "luna" (the one you added) and it should open up the Display control panel with that theme.

Otherwise I believe it's Windows XP-only.

Nope. Nothing. Double-clicking Luna.Theme opens up the standard XP theme.

worked for me with no problem. I like this layout.