Last year, I posted a blog entry about installing the “Energy Blue” theme on a computer running Windows XP Professional.
Now there’s another option for those who are bored with the standard Windows XP wallpaper, but want something that still looks like part of Windows XP – the “New Bliss” wallpaper from the “Royale” theme, which, like Energy Blue, was originally designed for Windows XP Media Center Edition (XP MCE) 2005 but later ported to Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 (and is now available for all Windows XP users). This, and some other interesting wallpapers (Kiwi Bliss, Boulders, etc.) are available from Microsoft in New Zealand (I’m not convinced about the Queen’s birthday version though).
(For those who have access, I quite like the Longhorn.jpg wallpaper from Windows Vista Beta 1 too).
I’d just like to add that for those who can’t get their hands on Windows Vista Beta 1, you can get the official Vista wallpaper and other user-submitted ones at http://www.vistawallpaper.com
That link is outdated i cant download the royal theme could you please give me a new link?
The Bliss desktop backgrounds are still available (although some of the images have changed) but unfortunately I don’t know where to get the Energy Blue theme now that Microsoft have removed it from their download site.