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The editor-in-chief of SFGate recently set out to find the earthly subject of the computer background and discovered it covered in wine grapes, across the street from an alpaca farm and Highway 12 in Sonoma, California.

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The iconic Windows XP default desktop wallpaper of a sloped green hill beneath a bright blue sky is one of the most viewed photos in the world, but its generic pleasantness has long stumped internet denizens in regards to its real-world location - with some believing it’s not a real photograph. This hill is ubiquitous but surprisingly difficult to locate in reality. Microsoft busted Bill Gates for ‘inappropriate’ emails to female staffer: report

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Master the fleet of Microsoft Office software for less than $6 a class with this bundle Russian hackers targeting US networks in ‘very large and ongoing’ cyberattack: Microsoft I hope it’ll help people in enjoying this theme.Apple upset: Microsoft is now the world’s most valuable company Original article containing the installer:

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So anyone can easily apply the theme by clicking on “Apply” button.įollowing are the direct download links for it: The installer installs the theme in correct folder and also opens the theme in Desktop Properties window. This issue has been fixed and now it shows actual “Royale Noir” name in Desktop Properties so no need to delete anything.ģ. This theme and default “Royale” theme share same name and everyone needs to delete “Royale” theme for installing this theme. So a “Royal Noir.theme” has been added which makes applying theme easier.Ģ. I have created an automatic installer for this awesome theme which has following features and advantages:ġ. Enthusiasts are welcomed to try it to stand out from the crowd, but even still, you’ll feel right at home with the familiar Luna/Royale style. However being incomplete, it is not recommended for the general consumers. Looking at it from the big picture, Royale Noir is a welcomed alternative to the extremely small collection of verified-by-Microsoft XP themes. However, there is even a color scheme for Office 2003 so it will not default to the blue Luna colors. The most obvious being, the “Start” button’s hover and active states are unchanged from Royale, inconsistent with the purple tint surrounding. If you’re the sort of person who likes bright and vivid colors, stay away from this theme.Īs W3bbo pointed out, there are quite definitely issues with this theme due to its incompleteness. No doubt about it, this is a ‘dark’ theme. Royale Noir is an almost exact copy of Royale except with a dark purplish tint. In my opinion, it was the most usable non-standard XP theme available. It updated the cliché beveled look-and-feel if XP to a contemporary glossy style, whilst keeping similar color schemes and layouts. Without a doubt, XP Media Center’s Royale theme was a huge improvement over Luna.

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This skin has not been released to anyone outside Microsoft, until now. If you already have Royale installed, you’ll need to remove it as both of these skins share the same name. You’ll find it’s been signed by Microsoft and doesn’t require a custom UxTheme.dll in case there are any doubts as to its authenticity. Since the skin was never released (or reached final adjustments) there are a few issues with it: some of the colors don’t meet the overall “feel” (they’re too purple-ish compared to the greys of the bitmaps) and the inactive titlebars are a little too dark. The result is an aesthetic black skin named “Royale Noir”, it even works with Office 2003. W3bbo writes,ĭuring Royale‘s development (the XP Media Center theme), the graphic artists also produced a black version of the skin, sans the overused “glass” effect. After some dedicated searching, he finally uncovered this mystery Windows XP theme by Microsoft.

One theme to rule them all.ĭevoted Channel9 member W3bbo spotted an interesting theme on one of the “ people_ready” television commercials airing in the Kingdoms. Now, a young hobbit man by the name of W3bbo saw light of this unheard of theme, and traveled far and wide to uncover its mysteries. It was believed to be too powerful for public consumption and forever archived in the servers at 1 Microsoft Way. Sometime after the launch of XP, somewhere in Redmond, someone on the Microsoft design team was in the progress of developing something for Media Center. If you don’t fancy the back story, skip directly to download.