Windows 98 Themes on Windows XP and Vista

After receiving a message and remembering how I failed to deliver the last video, I decided to make this short video and a package to install these themes AND screen savers on your Windows XP and Vista machines.

This is actually quite interesting because almost every file needed to be modified in order for all of this to work properly. All of the screen savers will show their correct name in Display Properties instead of "Wildlife 32." All of the theme files are created in a nice clean directory structure on your computer, and all the fonts are installed to the system fonts folder, so they can be used in other applications if you so desire. I'd consider it quite amazing that everything functions EXACTLY as it would on Windows 98. If you noticed that the My Documents icon in the video didn't change when I applied themes, it's because the My Documents folder just never had theme icons, even under Windows 98. If I get any requests, I guess I could post a video of the themes on Windows 98.

Download Link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?zgj4tjzznmr

Please don't distribute the installer or claim you made it. Just point people to this video and have them download it from here. Thanks!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• windows
• 98
• plus
• themes
• screen
• savers
• mystery
• nature

[steak98]

This looks really cool! But 2 questions!

1. If I do this, will it effect ALL the computers on my network?

2. Will I be able to change back to my original theme (Windows XP)?

[www2nicksdomain]

@steak98 It won't affect other computers in any way unless you run the installer on them. You can always revert to the default Windows XP theme.

[WonderN123]

Thanks! Quick question: does this use up a lot of hard disk space?

[www2nicksdomain]

@WonderN123 Nope. It takes up about 17 MB; not much by today's standards.

[tko741]

It's people like you that make YouTube awesome. Thanks a lot! Love having these classic themes!

BTW, I'm upgrading to Windows 7 in the near future, any idea if it works with it?

[www2nicksdomain]

@tko741 Thanks for the kind words!

I haven't personally tested it on Windows 7, but others have reported it works. If it doesn't, I might be able to release an improved installer that would fix the problems.

[jonathanracelis]

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[666nargarothfreak666]

Wish i got windows xp :(

but question dos it all get the cool sounds?

like the reall old skool 98SE windows?

[Onarchegable]

thank you so much for such a great piece of nostalgia! that is truly lovely, to have this good old visuals back. For me it feels like I just got a part of me back, the one left in the childhood and early teenage. Feels like going to your mums and wearing the good old sweater again :) Bless you!

[luigi32423]

WARNING!! Norton said that this is a virus

[Polygon6789]

Jeez no need for dos program just right click the setup icon in cd and say it to run as Windows 98/ME

[Dmitrigaga]

trollololol



[Dmitrigaga]

u just got rickroled u just got rickrolled u just rickrolled HAHA!

[666nargarothfreak666]

@KirbyY15

yeah i know that :)

but i dont want to install a virutal pc. I can do almoste nothing with it.

so thats whay i want the theme :)

[KirbyY15]

@666nargarothfreak666

if you still have a windows 98 boot cd, you can download microsoft virtual pc and make it happen

[666nargarothfreak666]

@KirbyY15

Thats so cool :)

i run vista right now, But i cant get a windows 95 theme ore something

i know i can put it in Classic theme but thats not what i want.

i want the real Windows 95/98 Start button and the real windows 95 Icons.

but that will never happen. But very cool that this got the old windows sounds in it.

[KirbyY15]

seriously man! you are great! thank you for all those nostalgic themes.

i really enjoy them as much as back in the days. you... you made one of my dreams come true, seriously though: THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!

[KirbyY15]

@666nargarothfreak666

yep it has the sounds