<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>WinCustomize Forums » RSS Feed » Windows XP Posts</title><link>https://feeds.feedburner.com/Stardock/Wincustomize/forum/68</link><copyright>© 2006 - 2026 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><description>Recent Posts In Windows XP</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:23:50 AM -0400</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:23:50 AM -0400</lastBuildDate><docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs><generator>Stardock Rss Generator v1.0</generator><managingEditor>info@stardock.com</managingEditor><webMaster>kwilas@stardock.com</webMaster><item><author>albert10021</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/425814</comments><description><![CDATA[I install the Window Blinds programs and until I have to reset my PC to its factory setting and reinstall windows blinds and updated window xp home/.I set my blinds I wanted and turn off the PC and when I turn the PC back on the PC have the old window thing and Window blinds open up ok be when I try to select the blind I want it just sit there and nothing is set.I found out I have to reinstalled it again and again.What is up?  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/425814</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/425814</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 2:21:11 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-06-12T14:21:11-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>I have a problem</title></item><item><author>ColdWarBaby</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/412400</comments><description><![CDATA[ Hi. My first post so please bear with me.    I don&#39;t use windowblinds so maybe this is not the right place for me to be asking questions but I thought there might be some knowledgeable people here.    I tried out windowblinds and it just isn&#39;t for me. I would just rather create my own styles by modifying the Luna and other default msstyles.    I use Resource Hacker and Replacer to create custom .msstyle files and xp themes. I&#39;m not an expert and I just started this activity a ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/412400</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/412400</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 6:18:02 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-04-25T18:18:02-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>creating themes from .msstyles files</title></item><item><author>ColdWarBaby</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/423210</comments><description><![CDATA[ Greetings.    I&#39;ve been using Logon Studio for a long time and I really like it. Never bothered to look for anything else because it works so well.    That being said, I recently went from XP Home to XP Pro. Now let&#39;s not get into that  "why are you still running that antiquated OS?"  stuff. I&#39;ve got my reasons.    Anyway, there&#39;s now something happening during boot that wasn&#39;t happening before. For just a second before my custom boot graphic appears, a blank, blue scr...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/423210</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/423210</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 4:01:00 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-04-25T16:01:00-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Logon Studio and XP Pro</title></item><item><author>caveman23213</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/92555</comments><description><![CDATA[  IN the past my computer would freeze at the the shutdown screen occasionally, but now it happens everytime i shut it down. Does anyone know how to fix this?  It hangs at the "Windows is shutting down..." screen on restarts and shutdowns.  I did some research on google but i still couldnt a solution. ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/92555</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/92555</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:05:52 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-11-02T12:05:52</pubDateParsed><title>Computer stops responding on shutdown...</title></item><item><author>k10w3</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/409864</comments><description><![CDATA[Just a thread to post my appreciation for all the tech info I get from frequenting the forums here at WC.&nbsp; Doc, Yrag, the rest of you computer security guys -- I appreciate all that you do to keep us informed.  Because I visit here regularly, I know how to keep my computer up-to-date and secure.&nbsp; I THOUGHT the rest of my family did, too; the guys do (spouse and son), but my daughter, who USED to be pretty tech oriented, has been going through some tough years and been on some medicat...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/409864</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/409864</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:16:35 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-08-25T12:16:35</pubDateParsed><title>I killed the screaming monkey!</title></item><item><author>Phoon</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/411260</comments><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve a useful tip for those that still do fresh installs of Windows XP. A majority of large enterprises still must use Windows XP for a multitude of reasons. If you are in I.T. in such an environment you obviously find occasion to install Windows XP on a new PC. Even if you are a home user you may still use XP and have to do a fresh install. This will help you.  During the last week or so it seems that MS has somehow managed to break Windows Update on fresh installs. I have a XP Pro w/SP3...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/411260</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/411260</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 4:31:07 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-08-16T16:31:07-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>XP Windows Update Broken - SOLUTION</title></item><item><author>elfenliedtopfan5</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/409762</comments><description><![CDATA[   now i have been looking everywhere for how o change the start menu like this in xp how can you do it can someone plz walk me tho it and tell me where the dilog box is or the bmp plz thanks would be so much appreciated thank you trying to make a full theme in xp without useing any programs other than resource hacker&nbsp;  &nbsp;  so if you know of any other really good dlls then plz tell me thank you elfenliedtopfan5&nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/409762</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/409762</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 7:38:22 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-06-20T07:38:22-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>is it possible to do this image in xp</title></item><item><author>Insanitydevil</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/407763</comments><description><![CDATA[So, is there one? Is anyone making one? I don&#39;t have the ability to do it myself, but I&#39;d be happy if someone did.  Also, while I&#39;m here, is there any way to stop the icons in the bottom right (on the taskbar) stop re-sizing on XP?  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/407763</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/407763</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 9:41:49 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-05-20T09:41:49-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Skin request</title></item><item><author>Vertigo931</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/403916</comments><description><![CDATA[Is it possible to convert CursorFX themes into CursorXP themes?  I haven't upgrade to CusorFX yet and I am still using CursorXP.  Thanks for any help!  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/403916</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/403916</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 2:02:55 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-01-13T02:02:55-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>CursorXP question</title></item><item><author>JordRocks</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/402281</comments><description><![CDATA[Hey! if anyone can help me out that would be brilliant, i'm running XP 32-bit home,&nbsp;i downloaded WB7 and a&nbsp;few&nbsp;windowblinds skins but i'm having trouble with a couple of them (Sunken&nbsp;Treasure&nbsp;and Gunslinger). Basically all of the WB fetures work fine, like textures and transparency and whatnot, but&nbsp;i'm having trouble with the start menu on the 2 skins previously mentioned. i've included a couple&nbsp;links to&nbsp;screeshots&nbsp;of the start menu. I really don't un...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/402281</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/402281</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:55:55 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-12-15T12:55:55</pubDateParsed><title>Problems with start menu</title></item><item><author>sophiesboy</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/135389</comments><description><![CDATA[I was curious to find out which anti-virus/firewall programs people liked and used.  Over time I have tried a couple of different programs, and never been extremeley happy with them for various reasons.  I used Symantec/Norton for a while, and it had a tendency to crash my machine every time an update came out, requiring reverification with the company, unloading/reloading the program, etc.  At the moment I am using the McAfee Security Center Suite, and while it works reasonably well, it m...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/135389</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/135389</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 4:28:32 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-11-17T04:28:32-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Which Anti-virus/Firewall do you use?</title></item><item><author>Jdraugr</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/399107</comments><description><![CDATA[Hi everyone.  I am working on a new project and I'm having a problem with Bootskin in XP PRO. My project is a hardware project in that I am making a modern PC within the case of the old Commodore 64 computer. The original keyboard, and joystick ports on the C64 will work and will be useable in the VICE emulator that will load up after XP PRO boots.  What I'm trying to do is to change the XP Boot/Logo screen to use a Commodore logo that I found. I have tried Bootskin in all three of its avail...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/399107</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/399107</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 2:22:29 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-10-18T02:22:29-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>XP PRO SP3 - Bootskin issue</title></item><item><author>Dday141</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/398733</comments><description><![CDATA[I love using Objectodock Plus and after having a cracked version with no updates for a couple of months, I finally decided to purchase it since it is such an amazing and important part of my overall desktop experience. But for the longest time I have been wondering is it ever possible to completely hide a tabbed dock? Would make everything that much neater. Please and thanks for the help.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/398733</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/398733</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 3:58:33 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-10-09T15:58:33-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Completely autohide tabbed docks?</title></item><item><author>MeKoN</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/383588</comments><description><![CDATA[I stopped using OD several years ago due to consistant stability issues, but thought, many years on, surely thinhgs should have improved... it would appear Im sadly mistaken...  Even during install, things seemd to go wrong... and I had to reboot my pc, as my desktop had become unusable, frozen screen, unresponsive taskbar and windows etc...  Anyway, everytime I run IconPackager, icons appear to change, but then my desktop locks up, agian with frozen windows, unresponsive taskbar.. and Im fo...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/383588</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/383588</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 2:28:21 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-06-08T14:28:21-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Icon Packager crashing desktop</title></item><item><author>VintageEve</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/381840</comments><description><![CDATA[Well.. I downloaded this Logon Studio Editor that looks like this     &nbsp;  and then I tried to make one... like the one you see in the preview..  but..the problem is... the image looks distorted.. if I applied it and try to use it..  it will appear like this :     &nbsp;  and the only option for the image is BITMAP ... the original image of this is a JPEG file.. i just converted it to BITMAP using my photoshop..  anyone I need help on this..  im running on windows XP..  ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/381840</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/381840</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 6:32:00 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-05-07T18:32:00-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>LogOnStudio Editor</title></item><item><author>UnDErYOurSKiN</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/380519</comments><description><![CDATA[I'm sorrie to have to resort to being a bother, but I have been trying to figure this out for the last 2 hours on and off (2 kids and a busy day). I had recently run through a trial of windowblinds and after it expired went and installed DesktopX. Now the themes install just fine but the taskbar stays that hideous bright as all heck blue. If there is ANY way anyone could please please help me out here. I'm normally not quite so dense about all this and after uninstalling windowblinds I figured I...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/380519</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/380519</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 7:06:23 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-04-17T19:06:23-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>DesktopX is not skinning my taskbar.</title></item><item><author>memito01lievano</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/380399</comments><description><![CDATA[   Hello friends I want to first thank you in  advance for your help.   I would love to hide this menu of the windows of my  windows xp   it is not super well with issues that come up in this  website.    Thanks so  much.!   I hope you can  help me.    Here is an image i use Windows XP service  pack 3.                   ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/380399</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/380399</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 3:49:10 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-04-15T15:49:10-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>hide menu on windows</title></item><item><author>BigDogBigFeet</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/379366</comments><description><![CDATA[Hi Guys,  Well as the title says I need some help with a virus problem.&nbsp; I'm currently helping a Veterans group that provides services to Vets.&nbsp; One of 3 PCs is infected.&nbsp; It runs XP SP2.&nbsp; It has McAfee (Comcast provided),&nbsp; Spybot Search and Destroy, and Malwarebytes Antimalware (free version) installed.&nbsp; I have scanned with all three.&nbsp; They have removed some Viruses (trojans) but now they come up blank.&nbsp; I'm using Tea-timer on it and have Immunized IE8 ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/379366</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/379366</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 1:13:13 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-04-07T13:13:13-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>I need some help with virus infection on pc</title></item><item><author>beachbummer</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/378974</comments><description><![CDATA[G'day all  I'd like to know if it is possible to delete the ever-present &amp; annoying 'About my HP pc' icon &amp; text from the Start menu of XP. Any advice would be appreciated.  Regards  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/378974</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/378974</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 7:21:26 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-03-29T19:21:26-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>About my HP pc</title></item><item><author>CaJazzman</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/369366</comments><description><![CDATA[I have read that you can change the Windows Desktop Start Button color, from the green to another color of your likeing. If this is possible, could some one explain how or help me with this task. Thank you in advance.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/369366</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/369366</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 1:49:07 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-03-29T01:49:07-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Desktop Start Button</title></item><item><author>Shoothemoon</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/378794</comments><description><![CDATA[None of the themes I try in Windowblinds seem to work. I have no idea why they don't work on this computer, while it seems to work just fine on my old emachines computer... (Both are XP.)  &nbsp;  What's wrong? (I'm not exactly sure what info I should post, just tell me to post whatever you need to know.)  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/378794</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/378794</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 8:08:21 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-03-26T20:08:21-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Window Blinds Doesn't work on my computer?</title></item><item><author>Gridmstr75</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/378522</comments><description><![CDATA[I have had for a long time bootskin free not the new one that has animation and it worked fine on windows xp sp1, sp2 and sp3 no issues until now.&nbsp; I have rebuilt the same pc twice not becasue of bootskin for other reasons and after applying a skin to bootskin it reboots gets to the windows xp log and crashes. blue screen too quick to see what it is just reboots.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/378522</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/378522</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 7:00:56 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-03-23T07:00:56-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>bootskin free crashes now</title></item><item><author>slurpeo</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/378040</comments><description><![CDATA[http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/3098/abcdew.jpg  Can some one help me solve this problem ? im using the latest longonstudio 1.7     &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/378040</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/378040</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 8:31:04 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-03-15T20:31:04-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>LogonStudio 1.7</title></item><item><author>CaJazzman</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/377372</comments><description><![CDATA[I'm wondering if there's a way to change the Color/Theme in Outlook 2007 instead of the Blue/Silver, or Black. It would be great if it used the same theme/color as the Desktop. Thank you in advance!    ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/377372</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/377372</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 8:20:28 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-03-03T20:20:28-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Outlook 2007?</title></item><item><author>aspillman1</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/376984</comments><description><![CDATA[I recently bought a new machine, Intel core I7 4 gigs of ram on a Nvidia G-force GTX-295 and though Dreamscapes did the timed dreams perfectly on the old P4 1 gig with an old ati all in wonder 9500, they don't work on the new machine but stay in the single display mode. Any ideas? I've updated all video drivers.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/376984</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/376984</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 9:49:39 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-02-28T09:49:39-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Timed .dreams no longer work.</title></item></channel></rss>