A little customizing of XP?

[DMGrier]

I have seen a few other netbooks come with a silver task bar, I was wondering how do I do that?

 

[TFT]

Right click desktop, properties, appearance, color scheme.
You got a choice of blue, olive green and silver.

 

[Stoic Sentinel]

http://www.tech-faq.com/change-the-task-bar-color.shtml

1. Start up your computer and right click with your mouse on any clear space (don't click on any part of the taskbar or on any icons) a menu should appear.
2. In this menu, select Properties.
3. new menu should appear, select the option for Appearance.
4. Click on the active title bar
5. You can now easily customize the color of your Taskbar.
6. Click on Apply and you can view the new look of your Taskbar. Once you have customized the Taskbar to your liking, click OK to close the dialog box. It should be noted that while the taskbar color will change, the Start Button will always remain green.

Bolded the important parts for ya


***EDIT***
TFT helped you, lol. I had to search it up b/c I haven't ran XP in like 2 years...

 

[Gareth]

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=75078

I recommend this theme for Windows XP. Its XP Zune theme, and it is made by Microsoft.

Edit, not my screenshot as I have not ran XP in years. =P

 

[Shane]

yeah or check out the "Royale" theme...basicly makes the standard xp look like media centre...much nicer.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhancements/Themes/Royale-Theme-for-WinXP.shtml

 

[Motorcharge]

I use the Zune theme as well, looks really nice and several programs have similar color schemes like Winamp and AIM.