- Windows 8.1 Desktop Themes
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- Jun 05, 2014 How to install custom themes for your windows 8 or windows 8.1 computer. Also shows how to get the start menu back with custom styles and start orbs.
- Aug 10, 2014 20 Best Themes for Windows 8.1 1. Base is a dark theme, that is simplistic, but looks great. This one is for white color lovers, as you will see nice use. A very elegant theme that adds a modern glassy look to the Windows interface. Snowy8 is a soft.
No one likes staring at the same desktop background picture all the time. To help users better personalize their desktop, Microsoft introduced desktop themes (themepacks) with slideshow feature for the first time in its Windows 7, and the feature is present in the latest Windows 10 release as well.
Installing a new themepack is probably the easiest way out there to customize the look of your Windows desktop, as a theme not only changes the desktop background but also changes window border color, taskbar color, sound scheme, and screen saver.
Just like Windows 7, it’s successors Windows 8 and Windows 10 also fully support themepacks. Unlike visual styles, installing a theme or themepack is a cake walk: download and double-click on the theme to install and apply it.
Computer users who have used Windows 7 or Windows 8 or both versions for some time before upgrading to Windows 10 will know that there are thousands of themes out there and most of them include high-resolution wallpapers.
Since not all users like to download themes from lesser-known websites and not all themes out there come with high-resolution backgrounds, it’s always a good idea to download themes from official Windows personalization gallery.
As of now, Windows personalization gallery has over 250 themes for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10 operating systems. The other cool thing is that all themes are compatible with Windows RT and Windows 8.1 RT as well.
Themes have been arranged into various categories, including animals, art, automotive, brands, plants and flowers, natural wonders, movies, and games. You will even find RSS dynamic themes and themes with custom sounds (these themes change default sound scheme). There are special Panoramic themes for users who have dual monitor setup.
The only thing you need to know is that themes specially designed for Windows 8 and Windows RT don’t support Windows 7 by default. You need to follow our how to install Windows 8 themes in Windows 7 guide to install themes available under Compatible with Windows 8 and Windows RT category.
And if you don’t want to browse all categories one-by-one, click the Most popular category to view 15 most downloaded themes. Open Community themes category to view themes made out of pictures submitted by end users.