 Desktop themes The best new themes for this month! |
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| Buzz Light-years Away II | |||||
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| Description: | It's Buzz Light-year to the rescue! This theme contains all-new 3D rendered wallpaper images, a set of new icons and animated cursors and plenty of clever sound effects. The ultimate journey with Buzz Light-years Away is topped off with a cool animated start-up screen and a couple of static shut-down screens. | ||||
| Requirements: | MPEG Audio Layer-3 sound support must be installed to use this theme. | ||||
| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Netscape users download to your local drive and run the EXE file. | ||||
 Links online: |
http://themedoctor.com/indexr.htm | ||||
| Elvis 1956 | |||||
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| Description: | A great black and white theme of Elvis back in the '50s. | ||||
| Requirements: | The screensaver requires a screen resolution of 800 by 600 pixels. | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, unzip it and then run the .EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.shop.ch/drno | ||||
| Feline | |||||
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| Description: | A very clever theme creation -- all the icons and cursors are feline-related. It includes entertaining sound files, logo files, screensaver and an extra font. You name it -- it's all here, wrapped up in a professional installation program. | ||||
| Requirements: | MPEG Audio Layer-3 sound support must be installed to use this theme. | ||||
| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Nestcape users download to your local drive and run the EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://welcome.to/vanessa-zoe | ||||
| Jimi Hendrix | |||||
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| Description: | Get Jimi on your desktop! | ||||
| Requirements: | N/A | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, unzip and then run the .EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.shop.ch/drno | ||||
| Juventus | |||||
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| Description: | Three desktop themes dedicated to the popular Italian soccer team. | ||||
| Requirements: | N/A | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, unzip it and then run the .EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
N/A | ||||
| Laurel & Hardy | |||||
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| Description: | A fitting tribute to the outstanding talents of comedians Laurel and Hardy. This theme includes custom wallpaper for three standard screen sizes, custom 3D cursors and a screensaver. | ||||
| Requirements: | This theme requires Microsoft Media Player or NetShow to hear the sound clips. | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, unzip and then run the .EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.digital-themes.com/ | ||||
| Lion King | |||||
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| Description: | Lion King fans have got to get their paws on this theme pack. There are two complete themes, each with different sounds, icons, cursors and wallpaper images. A couple of fonts, a screensaver and extra icons are also included. | ||||
| Requirements: | N/A | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, unzip and then run the .EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://hegelund.hypermart.net/themes/index.html | ||||
| Propaganda | |||||
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| Description: | The soothing sounds of Kenny G mixed with five different colourful computer-generated themes will certainly raise the standard of your desktop. All five settings contain the highest quality sounds, icons and beautifully rendered 3D animated cursors. A 3D cube screensaver brings all the background images to life, and there are also executable theme files that can be easily applied to each theme setting for any screen resolution. | ||||
| Requirements: | MPEG Audio Layer-3 sound support must be installed to use this theme. | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, unzip and then run the .EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
N/A | ||||
| Rembrandt | |||||
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| Description: | This theme includes three different Rembrandt paintings you can use as wallpaper, in your choice of 1024 by 768 or 800 by 600 display sizes. There are three sets of original icons, a set of uniquely animated and static cursors, Bach MPEG Audio Layer-3 stereo sound files, animated start-up, wait and shut-down screens, and a screensaver. | ||||
| Requirements: | N/A | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, unzip and then run the .EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://solo3.abac.com/oohbetty/ | ||||
| Smashing Pumpkins 98 | |||||
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| Description: | A top Smashing Pumpkins theme with cool colours, eye-catching wallpaper and great sounds. | ||||
| Requirements: | N/A | ||||
| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Nestcape users download to your local drive and run the EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
N/A | ||||
| Star Wars: Droids | |||||
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| Description: | This is a Star Wars theme featuring the droids C3PO and R2D2. It seems so appropriate to hear R2's beeps and C3PO's lines coming from your own computer! Includes start-up and shut-down screens. | ||||
| Requirements: | N/A | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, unzip and then run the .EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Field/9276/index.html | ||||
| Stone Cold Theme | |||||
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| Description: | A great theme for fans of undisputed WWF star 'Stone Cold', which comes complete with icons, start-up and shut-down screens, dazzling wallpaper and a screensaver. | ||||
| Requirements: | N/A | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, unzip and then run the .EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
N/A | ||||
| Street Fighter Zero 2 | |||||
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| Description: | This theme will undoubtedly kick some life back into your monitor. There are several original cursors, desktop icons, high-quality sound files and four different 640 by 480 bitmap wallpaper images for alternate settings. | ||||
| Requirements: | MPEG Audio Layer-3 sound support must be installed to use this theme. | ||||
| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Nestcape users download to your local drive and run the EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
N/A | ||||
| Superman | |||||
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| Description: | Up, up and away with this Superman theme -- just make sure to keep your PC away from the Kryptonite. | ||||
| Requirements: | N/A | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, unzip and then run the .EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~kalel/themes.html | ||||
| The Beastie Boys | |||||
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| Description: | We gotta fight for our right to . . . have the coolest desktop! This Beastie Boys theme will definitely help. It comes with custom icons, wallpaper, sounds and enhancements for Web View. | ||||
| Requirements: | N/A | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, unzip and then run the .EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/ffortes/themes/ | ||||
| The Simpsons | |||||
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| Description: | This is one of the coolest Simpsons themes available. The sound files are short but concise, and will have you in stitches. The wallpaper image, character cursors and desktop icons are just what you would expect in a quality, high-colour Simpsons theme package. This update includes more icons and cursors, better-quality sound, a start-up logo screen and screensaver, and a few extras for Windows 98 users. | ||||
| Requirements: | N/A | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, unzip and then run the .EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://hegelund.hypermart.net/themes/index.html | ||||
| Wallace and Gromit | |||||
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| Description: | A Wallace and Gromit desktop theme featuring four different wallpaper backdrops, sounds, icons, animated cursors, start-up and shut-down screens and a screensaver. | ||||
| Requirements: | Use this theme with a 800 by 600 desktop and 16-bit high-colour. | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, unzip and then run the .EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.howard-family.clara.net/wallace.htm | ||||
| Windows 2000 | |||||
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| Description: | Fool your friends with professional-looking Windows 2000 desktop settings. The package features Windows 2000-based icons, cursors and your choice of 800 by 600 or 1024 by 768 wallpaper files for eye-catching additions to any home or office environment. The sound effects are in high- compression stereo format with surround sound effects. Easily install all the extra theme parts such as start-up, wait and shutdown logo screens with the installation documentation included. | ||||
| Requirements: | MPEG Audio Layer-3 sound support must be installed to use this theme. | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, unzip and then run the .EXE file. | ||||
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N/A | ||||
| World's Strongest Man | |||||
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| Description: | In honour of the the guys who pull trucks, lift stones and toss really heavy stuff for no apparent reason. | ||||
| Requirements: | N/A | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, unzip and then run the .EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.wpse.com/ | ||||
| X-Men | |||||
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| Description: | Everything in the X-Men theme is original, from the well-rendered desktop icons to the new X-Men screensaver. There are two themes to choose from with three different size display settings and theme files for Windows 95 or Windows 98. | ||||
| Requirements: | MPEG Audio Layer-3 sound support must be installed to use this theme. | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, unzip and then run the .EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.geocities.com/area51/shadowlands/8108 | ||||
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