When you install Windows XP, Microsoft includes two themes: Windows XP and the Windows Classic theme. By changing the themes, you can turn on and off the new Windows XP look. Also, remember that you can make your own themes, which I will get to in the next section, so that you can easily switch between your own theme sets. When you do so, after you spend time customizing the look of XP, making changes to window metrics, sounds, visual style, cursors, wallpaper and so on, they can be saved to a theme file so that you will never lose your changes.
Changing the themes is actually pretty simple. It is all done through the Display Properties Control Panel applet. To change themes, follow these steps:
1. Right-click the desktop and select Properties.
2. Display Properties will then load and will be displaying the Themes tab.
3. Next, just expand the drop-down box under Theme, as shown in Figure 4-1, and select the theme that you want to use.
4. When you have selected the theme, click OK to save your changes.
Once you have hit the OK button, the new theme will be applied. This process may take a few seconds while the changes are being made.
Now that you know how to change a theme, it is time to make your own.
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