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With the Desktop Themes utility in 2000 becoming the Themes tab in Display Properties in XP, the Rotate theme monthly option in Desktop Themes, which was introduced in Microsoft Plus! 98 and later included in Windows 2000 and Me, and both the options to select what parts of a theme to apply and the previews for parts of a theme were removed.
Compared to Desktop Themes in Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me, the new visual styles of Windows XP have a greater emphasis on the graphical appeal of the operating system, using saturated colors [2] and bitmaps [3] throughout the interface, with rounded corners for windows. [4] [5]
MSSTYLES is a Microsoft file format, that contains the bitmaps and metadata for the Windows XP skinning engine, first introduced in Windows Whistler Build 2250. [2]The engine, in its unmodified state, only fully applies .msstyles files that have been digitally signed by Microsoft, such as Luna or the Zune theme.
This is a list of software that provides an alternative graphical user interface for Microsoft Windows operating systems.The technical term for this interface is a shell. ...
Windows Server 2003 R2 32-bit is the most recent Microsoft operating system to support Active Desktop. It appears that the 64-bit version of Windows XP no longer supports Active Desktop. However, it still provides the option to display Web pages and channels built with Microsoft's Channel Definition Format (CDF) on the desktop.
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The Desktop Cleanup Wizard scheduled task can be enabled or disabled in the "Desktop Items" configuration screen, which is available through the Desktop tab on the Display Properties dialog box. [2] Windows XP's successor, Windows Vista, does not include the Desktop Cleanup Wizard.
Deskspace is the first desktop manager to make the cube-style desktop feature available on Microsoft Windows. [citation needed] DeskSpace makes use of and requires DirectX 8.1 [1] in contrast to most other virtual desktop managers that use OpenGL. It supports up to nine monitors. [2]