Chapter 4. Creating Windows XP Themes from Scratch

In this chapter

• Assembling the elements of your theme

• Why your theme should have a theme

• Creating a color scheme for the theme

• Selecting icons and a background for the theme

• Selecting the theme screensaver

• Creating a theme sound scheme

• Saving the theme

Themes provide an easy and straightforward way to customize and personalize the Windows XP desktop. This chapter discusses how you can create your own Windows themes. We look at how you select each of the elements necessary to creating the theme and also discuss how you can save your themes.