Download Windows 8 RTM Theme for Windows XP

Many Windows XP users ask me when will I release a Windows 8 look-like theme for Windows XP? Now the wait is over and I think I'll not need to create such a theme for Windows XP. Why?

Our friend "PeterRollar" has created a Windows 8 RTM theme for Windows XP which transforms your Windows XP into Windows 8 RTM. This theme is based on my SevenVG theme so you can trust on the theme and can apply it without any worries. It'll not slow down your system.

Following is a preview of this theme in action:

As you can see in the above screenshot, Windows XP looks very close to Windows 8 RTM. Same square borders on windows, same borderless titlebar buttons and same clean UI.

If you also want to make your Windows XP to look-like Windows 8, you should definitely use this theme.

To enjoy the theme, just follow these simple steps:

1. First of all download the theme using following link:

Download Windows 8 RTM Theme for Windows XP

2. After downloading, extract the RAR file using 7-Zip or WinRAR and you'll get a folder "DA". This folder contains 2 editions of this theme:

• Advanced Version
• Standard Version

Both these editions come in 2 versions:

• Theme with Start button
• Theme without Start button

3. Copy the desired version folder to "%windir%\Resources\Themes\" folder and apply the theme using Desktop Properties. Here, %windir% means C:\Windows\ folder. We assume that Windows is installed in C: drive in your system. If you installed Windows in some other drive, replace C: with the appropriate drive letter.

You can also double-click on the .msstyles file to directly apply it.

NOTE. Make sure your system is patched to allow custom 3rd party themes. If its not, check out following tutorial to learn how to use custom themes in Windows:

How to Unlock Windows 7 Administrator Password

Many reasons attributed for Windows 7 passwords being forgotten or lost.
Before we find a certain solution to unlock the forgotten Windows 7 administrator password, we need to know the reasons why they were forgotten or lost. Thus in the future or after we successfully unlock the password, we then can avoid similar problem as possible as we can.

1. The Windows 7 password is difficult to remember, long, arbitrary and complex.
2. Frequently changing the password.
3. Having long time away from the computer.
4. Got computer hacked by others etc.

After we get to know how we forgot or lost our Windows 7 password, we now can start to unlock password Windows 7 with purpose. Step-by-step tutorials on how to unlock Windows 7 admin password:
Solution 1: Use Windows 7 built-in Administrator Account.
You may not know the Windows 7 built-in Administrator account which has full privilege over the computer is without password protected by default. This is because it is hidden so that you cannot notice of it. Therefore, we can unlock password Windows 7 with it if no change to its default settings.

1. Start computer and then press “Ctrl+Alt+Delete” twice at Windows Login Screen.
2. Type “Administrator” without quotations in the username box and leave password box blank. Then hit “Enter” to log onto Windows system.
3. Go to “Start->Control Panel->User Accounts” to unlock the forgotten Windows 7 password.

Solution 2: Use a third-party application—Windows Password Recovery Professional.
If you are asking for an easy and more credible solution on windows 7 password unlock, I would recommend you to use this Windows Password Recovery Professional since pretty a lot of computer users have changed the default settings of the Windows 7 built-in Admin account in their computers for safety consideration.

However, if you cannot gain access to or unlock your computer with the built-in admin, your only solution goes to use a third-party application. Below are the step-by-step tutorials on how to use Windows Password Recovery Enhance.

How to unlock Windows 7 password with Windows Password Recovery Professional?
Step1: Download and install Windows Password Recovery Professional on any accessible computer.
Step2: Run this program correctly, and next insert a blank and writable CD/DVD/USB Flash Drive to this PC.
Step3: Using the program to burn a bootable CD/DVD/USB (Windows 7 password reset disk).
Step4: Put the newly created CD/DVD/USB to the target computer and performunlock Windows 7 password with it.

With only 4 steps, you then can regain access to your locked computer within 2 minutes. Isn’t it cool?

How to Set Your Desired Wallpaper as Folder Background Image in Windows XP

Do you remember the good old Windows 98? In Windows 98, we could change the background color, image, fonts, etc in any folder but this facility was removed from Windows XP. It was a good feature and many people still miss that feature in Windows XP.

So here we are posting 3 methods to set any desired wallpaper as background image in any folder inWindows XP:

A. Using Desktop.ini Trick to Set a Wallpaper as Folder Background Image:

1. Open Command Prompt and set folder attribute to "system". Suppose there is a folder "Setup" in "D:\" drive, in which you want to set a wallpaper as background image. So give following command in Command Prompt:

attrib +s D:\Setup

It'll change the attribute to "system".

2. Now open Notepad and paste following code:

[ExtShellFolderViews]
{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC} = {BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}

[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
Attributes=1
IconArea_Image=path_of_the_wallpaper
IconArea_Text=0x00000000

Now change "path_of_the_wallpaper" to the exact path of the wallpaper which you want to set as background. Suppose the wallpaper is stored in "D:\Wallpaper\Image1.jpg", then the code will be as following:

[ExtShellFolderViews]
{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC} = {BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}

[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
Attributes=1
IconArea_Image=D:\Wallpaper\Image1.jpg
IconArea_Text=0x00000000

NOTE: If you copy the wallpaper in the same folder which you are editing, then you can simply put the wallpaper name in the file. e.g. if you copy the "Image1.jpg" file in "Setup" folder, then the code will be as following:

[ExtShellFolderViews]
{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC} = {BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}

[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
Attributes=1
IconArea_Image=Image1.jpg
IconArea_Text=0x00000000

"IconArea_Text" stands for the text color, you can change it to white, yellow, blue, black or any other color. You just need to know the hexa-decimal number of the color and then replace the code in "IconArea_Text" section. A few most used color codes are as follows:

Black - 0x00000000
White - 0x00FFFFFF
Green - 0x0000FF00
Blue - 0x00FF0000
Purple - 0x00C000C0
Red - 0x000000FF
Yellow - 0x0000FFFF
Indigo - 0x00FFFF00

3. Now save the file with name "Desktop.ini" (including quotes) and copy the file in the desired folder which is "Setup" in our example.

4. That's it. Close the folder and re-open it. Now it should show the wallpaper as background.

B. Using the Same Method of "IEShwiz.exe" file used in Windows 9x/NT/2000:

1. Copy "IEShwiz.exe" file from Windows 98/Me/NT/2000 and paste in "%windir%" directory (C:\Windows, if your Windows is installed in C:\ drive).

2. Now Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter. Now go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shell\

Now under this key, create a new key "Customize This Folder". Now select this newly created key and create another key under it with the name "Command". Select this new key "Command" and change the value of "Default" in right side pane to IESHWIZ.EXE %1

3. That's it. Now open any folder and right-click, you'll get an option "Customize This Folder". Click on it and follow the wizard and you'll be able to set a wallpaper as the background and to change font color.

C. Using 3rd party software "Windowpaper XP" to do the task easily: