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Microsoft was developing Windows XP during an era when there was fierce competition with Apple over desktop operating systems.

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The theme engine in Windows XP was a major update to the OS, allowing for third-party themes and lots of customizability. Microsoft famously moved to a blue and green Luna theme for the final version of XP, which many dubbed Fisher Price-esque when the OS was originally released in 2001. The theme itself is described as a “Whistler skin with eye candy,” and marked as “for internal use only.” Whistler was the codename for Windows XP. Windows developers appear to have used the theme as a placeholder to build the theme engine for Windows XP. Microsoft never released its Aqua theme for Windows XP, and we understand it was used in early source code for the OS. Although the theme is incomplete, the Windows XP Start button and various buttons and UI elements are clearly themed to match Apple’s Aqua. One is labeled “Candy” and includes a design that closely resembles Apple’s Aqua interface that was first introduced at the Macworld Conference & Expo in 2000. A recent Windows XP source code leak has revealed Microsoft’s early work on the operating system and some unreleased themes the company created during its early XP development back in 2000.

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It’s just a plain and simple theme that resembles Mac OS X Mountain Lion.Microsoft created a secret Windows XP theme that made the operating system look more like a Mac. You will notice that the changes takes effect immediately without require to restart your computer.Īs you can see from the screenshot above, there is no Finder bar, Dock and effects.

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After downloading the archive file, extract it and run OSX Mountain Lion.themepack file.

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If you prefer a more stable Mac OS X Mountain Lion theme that doesn’t install third party programs and simply changes the background, color, cursor and sound, here is one created by djeos546 that works only in Windows 7. To move it down, simply right click on the Taskbar, select “Lock the taskbar” to uncheck the option and drag it bottom of the screen. After uninstalling the theme, the Taskbar will end up at the top instead of bottom. Generally this menu is not needed during startup and can be disabled from automatically launching by deleting the SkinPackMenu shortcut from the Startup folder in Start Menu.Īlthough this Mountain Lion Skin Pack is so far the most complete theme, but do take note that it loads an additional 10 processes which requires additional memory usage and more time to bootup. The menu allows you to refresh icon cache, reload the skin pack if you’ve accidentally uninstalled some of the required utilities and uninstall the skin pack by clicking on the icons. The Skin Pack Menu automatically runs whenever Windows is booted up. One thing you should take of during installation is to uncheck all 3 boxes when it asks to install IncrediBar which is not needed for this Mountain Lion Skin Pack to work. Simply download the installer, run it and restart your computer when setup has completed. The installation of this skin pack is really easy as everything is automated including the patching of uxtheme.dll in order to use 3rd party visual style.

Instead of just changing the Windows color, sound, screen saver and wallpaper like what most of other themes do, this skin pack comes with 3rd party utilities to emulate the unique features found only in Mac OS X. The Mountain Lion Skin Pack is probably the best theme to transform your Windows XP, Windows 7 and even the latest Windows 8 to Mac OS X Mountain Lion.

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