A slightly darker variant of the Standard scheme, called "Windows Classic", was the default color scheme of Windows 98 (albeit with a dark blue desktop background instead of green, much like the pre-release versions of Windows 2000) and appeared on Windows Vista but not Windows 7.
"Windows Standard" scheme was the default color scheme of Windows ME and Windows 2000 and appeared on Windows Vista and Windows 7 although in the latter, it was renamed "Windows Classic". Four of them are optimized for the visually impaired. Windows XP includes 22 preset color schemes for the classic style. It is less CPU-intensive and offers better performance, due to which it is also used by default on Windows Server 2003 through 2008 R2.Ĭompared to other visual styles, it supports greater color and font customization options. Classic style widgets are also used for applications that are not theming-aware even though theming is enabled. It is used when the theme service is disabled and in certain other scenarios, such as Win32 console windows or booting the system in Safe mode. Officially titled "Windows Classic style", this is the built-in look and feel that was also used in previous versions of Windows.
Critics who did not like the theme characterized it as a " Fisher-Price interface". Officially known as "Windows XP style", it is available in three color schemes: blue (default), olive green, and silver. "Luna" ( the Moon in Latin and various other languages) is the codename for the default visual style of Windows XP. Nevertheless, the API remained heavily underdocumented. The visual styles API was substantially expanded in Windows Vista and later. Visual styles are compatible with all Windows XP editions except Starter Edition.Ĭompared to previous versions of Windows, the new styles have a greater emphasis on the graphical appeal of the operating system, using saturated colors and bitmaps throughout the interface, with rounded corners for windows. Third parties have also released visual styles, though these require modification of core Windows components to work. In addition to the preinstalled visual styles, Microsoft has released additional ones for download.
By default, "Luna" is preinstalled on Windows XP Home and Professional editions, "Royale" is preinstalled on Windows XP Media Center Edition and "Embedded" is preinstalled Windows Embedded Standard 2009 and Windows Embedded POSReady 2009. Since Windows XP, themes include the choice of visual styles as well. "Luna", "Royale", "Zune", and "Embedded" are codenames of the official visual styles designed for Windows XP by Microsoft. By doing that, the next time the screensaver is activated will fill our monitor with Christmas candy canes.Windows XP visual styles are customizations of the graphical user interface of Windows XP.
… after that, we click on ‘Choose Texture’, select ‘Cancel’ when a new window opens, and then click on ‘Ok’.
For this you do not need to download any extra component, just select the screensaver ‘Pipes 3D’, available by default, and select in ‘Settings’ the option ‘Texturing’ … Another Christmas secret hidden in XPĪnd if the screensaver included in the pack doesn’t convince you, There is another ‘Christmas secret’ hidden in Windows XP that will certainly interest you.
If you are one of those nostalgic people who still use Windows XP on your PC or in a virtual machine, and you are curious to try this Christmas theme, you should know one thing: the official links that you will find on the Internet pointing to a URL of they no longer work (they were active until 2018)… however, the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is your friend, and the archive is still available here.