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Old 12-16-2004, 09:37 AM
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OT: Free Desktop Christmas theme from Microsoft


Sure this is off-topic for a Pocket PC web site, but if you're wanting to add a little Christmas cheer to your desktop PC, Microsoft has finally released their 2004 Christmas theme that is free to download. I downloaded it and loaded it on my desktop and it's not bad. I don't know if I'll be able to deal with the Santa Claus mouse pointer, but otherwise I like it.
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Old 12-17-2004, 05:45 AM
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How about a Pocket PC version?
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Old 12-17-2004, 09:05 AM
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Yeah that would be cool. There is a really neat start up and shut down song that I just noticed late last night.
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Old 12-17-2004, 06:40 PM
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By the way you worded that, I'm not sure you realized that was a link. Cliiick the link.
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Old 12-17-2004, 06:56 PM
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Hey, you're right! I didn't realize it was a link it looks good! How do you change the start menu font? I can't see the lettering for the programs.
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Old 12-17-2004, 07:37 PM
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Looks good. Thanks!
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Old 12-17-2004, 07:52 PM
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Hey, you're right! I didn't realize it was a link it looks good! How do you change the start menu font? I can't see the lettering for the programs.
Thanks!!!
I just uploaded version 2, I made the bottom bar bluish white to match the snow, and black and whited the start menu image and lightened it to make the program list easier to see, I hope that helps but I thought it was perfectly easy to see before. If you still can't see your programs, let me know what's wrong and I'll try to fix it.
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Old 12-17-2004, 08:06 PM
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Problem solved, it displayed differently in theme generator than it did on my Pocket PC. Use it again and tell me how you like it.
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Old 12-17-2004, 11:19 PM
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Thanks for compiling a new version. For some reason though, it turns my screen black. and garbles Pocket Plus.
I've tried downloading 3 different times but it still does it. Anyone else having this issue?
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Old 12-18-2004, 05:21 AM
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Works just fine on pocket plus for me, I updated it again, tell me if this one works.
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I am still having the same problem for some reason. Would you mind uploading a copy that is compressed with .zip or something first? It is either becoming corrupt while downloading or I have no idea what is happening.
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http://www.freewebs.com/pockybum522/Christmas.zip
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Re: OT: Free Desktop Christmas theme from Microsoft

Note that you must have DirectX 9 installed for the screen saver to work. On my (managed) work PC this wasn't the case. Everything else seemed to work fine without it, and the screen saver works fine with it, though it has only a few resolutions (i.e. not the one I'm using normally).
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How the heck do you download and install the PPC theme? The link just opens another PPCA window. If I force the download, Windows has no idea what a .tsk file is.
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You have to copy the file into My Documents on your Pocket PC.
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Old 12-22-2004, 11:24 PM
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How the heck do you download and install the PPC theme? The link just opens another PPCA window.
You know that is the weirdest thing. I can not figure out why it is doing that. But if you copy the link and put it into the address area of your browser you can manually retrieve it.
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Thanks for the nice theme!
Btw, I've made some minor changes to the color scheme to add a softer touch to it. But all credits still goes out to PockyBum522 for creating the theme!

Download this theme here
Merry X'mas & Happy New Year to all! Happy Holidays!
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Old 12-23-2004, 03:35 PM
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lol, I like the owner.
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