The most often asked question I got about my other themes was 
"How do I install it?".  It seems there were a number of people 
that didn't know you needed the "Plus!" pack from Microsoft in 
order to have the "Desktop Themes" control panel.  Now, I have 
seen a few third party utilities showing up that allows for 
installation of themes without having the Plus! pack.  This 
is a good thing.  There was nothing on the Plus! CD that was 
worth the $50 MS was asking for it.  But without it you didn't 
have the control panel for making the themes active.


Installation:

Assuming you have either the Plus! pack or a third party theme 
installer already installed, all you have to do to get the 
Carmageddon theme running is this:

1. Unzip the CarmaTheme.Zip file into your "Themes" directory.
   (This is ususally C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes )  Make sure 
   that the option to "Create stored directory structures" is 
   on.  What you should then find in the themes directory is a 
   folder named Carmageddon and a file called "Carmageddon.Theme".

   Note: I put all of my theme files into a subdirectory to make 
         removing them much easier.  Let's face it, every theme 
         gets old after a while.

2. After unzipping the file all you have to do is open the 
   Desktop Themes control panel (if you're using Plus!) or 
   whatever else you are using to install themes and select 
   the Carmageddon theme from the list.


That's it.

If you want to replace the Startup and Shutdown screens for Windows 
then see the file "Banner Screen Installation Instructions.txt" for 
instructions.  (It's really easy)


==Ron Williams
williams@oumail1.email.ohiou.edu