{"id":26,"date":"2004-10-13T09:08:00","date_gmt":"2004-10-13T09:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markwilson.me.uk\/blog\/2004\/10\/installing-energy-blue-theme-on.htm"},"modified":"2007-05-15T13:37:24","modified_gmt":"2007-05-15T12:37:24","slug":"installing-energy-blue-theme-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2004\/10\/installing-energy-blue-theme-on.htm","title":{"rendered":"Installing the “Energy Blue” theme on a computer running Windows XP Professional"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft has released the “Energy Blue” theme<\/a> (used in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005) for tablet PC users. The theme provides new colours, new effects and a new wallpaper, which according to Microsoft “will give your Tablet a fresh, updated appearance”.<\/p>\n

The normal setup mechanism will not allow the update to install on non-Tablet PCs, but as hinted by the Windows IT Pro magazine network<\/a> WinInfo Daily Update, it is still possible to install the theme on a PC running Windows XP Professional. To do this:<\/p>\n

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  1. Use a third-party extraction utility (e.g. WinZip) to extract the files within the downloaded file (WindowsXP-TabletPC-EnergyBlueTheme-x86-ENU.exe) to a temporary folder.<\/li>\n
  2. Once extracted, copy the files as follows, creating folders as necessary (once all files are copied, the temporary folder created in step 1 may be deleted):\n