You dont have to settle for the default Microsoft Desktop Themes that come with Windows XP. There are a few unofficial Microsoft released desktop themes that you can add to your collection for free. Here they are:
Microsoft Zune Theme description
Microsoft Zune Theme is a special Windows XP Theme from Microsoft designed to look like its new Zune portable media player. This is an official skin for Windows XP that has a dark grey style and orange Start menu.Download it here directly.
Royale Theme for WinXP description
Royale Theme is a new theme, potentially destined for Windows XP, that has leaked out of Microsoft and onto the web. The theme appears to have come out of a beta version of Media Center 2005 that was in testing.
The theme is not a substantially different incarnation of the existing of Luna, the current default theme for Windows XP. You can see the main changes in the screenshots below; one could describe it as being a 'glass mod' of Luna. Download it here directly.
Royale Noir
Is a welcomed alternative to the extremely small collection of verified-by-Microsoft XP themes, similar to the Royale blue.
Download it form here directly.
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Microsoft Zune Theme description
A special Windows XP Theme from Microsoft designed to look like its new Zune portable media player
Microsoft Zune Theme is a special Windows XP Theme from Microsoft designed to look like its new Zune portable media player. This is an official skin for Windows XP that has a dark grey style and orange Start menu.Download it here directly.Royale Theme for WinXP description
A new theme, potentially destined for Windows XP. Freeware
Royale Theme is a new theme, potentially destined for Windows XP, that has leaked out of Microsoft and onto the web. The theme appears to have come out of a beta version of Media Center 2005 that was in testing.The theme is not a substantially different incarnation of the existing of Luna, the current default theme for Windows XP. You can see the main changes in the screenshots below; one could describe it as being a 'glass mod' of Luna. Download it here directly.
Royale Noir
Is a welcomed alternative to the extremely small collection of verified-by-Microsoft XP themes, similar to the Royale blue.
Download it form here directly.
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