How to change windows themes and icons?

Themes control the appearance of Windows XP, with themes you can change the desktop appearance, the look of icons, your screensaver, and have different sounds among other things.

Windows XP has some themes built-in, and you can also download themes from a variety of different places online.

below is the link , how to do it :

http://www.helpwithpcs.com/tipsandtricks/changing-theme-win-xp.htm

Hi,
Right click anywhere on the desktop screen,you will get a drop down menu.Click "properties"(for win xp) or if its win 7,select the last entry on the list.You will get your theme settings.
Thank You.

Sounds like your are running multiple transformation packs which clash with one another due to the graphics involved. My sugguestion is to uninstall all transformation packs then install the pack you want. iIf its the icons you like on one pack then install your favorite transpack then you can download just the icons and change them using properties. Good luck =)

If you find that when your Recycle Bin does not refresh but shows the same icon, irrespective of whether it is empty or full, here are some trouble-shooting steps you can try. Hopefully, one of these 5, should help you. 1) Check if you have installed any Theme or an Icon Package, and see if uninstalling it makes the problem go away. if so then the problem is in the Theme or Package. Also try switching the theme to Windows Classic theme and them back to Vista Aero default. 2) Right-click Desktop > Personalize > Change desktop icons > Disable / Uncheck Recycle Bin. Then click Restore Defaults. Click OK. Reboot. Now using the same method Enable /Check Recycle Bin, then restore defaults. Click OK. Refresh Desktop. 3) In the 'Desktop Icons settings' Dialog Box, check on Recycle Bin.
Then click on the ‘Recycle Bin Empty’ icon.
Click on 'Change Icon' tab.
rom the new box which opens, select the icon that shows the 'Recycle Bin Full'.
Do the same for 'Recycle Bin Full' icon.
Change it to 'Recycle Bin Empty' icon.
Now click Apply.
Now check whether, when the Recycle Bin is full, the empty-icon show. And vice versa.
If it does, go back and again change back the icons, to what they should be, using the same procedure, mentioned above. 4) Use the Group Policy Object Editor.
Type gpedit.msc in Vista's Start Menu Search bar and hit enter.
User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Desktop > Remove Recycle Bin icon from desktop > Double click on it > Enable > Apply Reboot.
Next, follow the same above-mentioned steps. But this time instead of 'Enable' select 'Not Configured.
See if it helps. 5) Repair or Re-build the Icon Cache. For this the easiest way would be to download and use TuneUp Utilities or Stardocks Icon Packager. They are not freeware, but you can use the trial versions to get your job done.

There is a lot of free Vista themes here http://www.myvistathemes.com/ .Hope it helps!

Go to Restore..
Menu details:

start==>all programs=>accassores=>system tools=> system restore...

give ur installation date...thanks.........

I would reccomend this vista theme for windows xp: http://www.crystalxp.net/dl/en.gal.130.html
It is 100% safe and will not interfere with windows xp. I have personaly used it a couple of times.

G:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes

download the theme files and paste in above folder...then right click on the desktop and on theme tab u can change the theme..

you can download themes from themexp website and apply them to change the look of your pc

i wanna full version themes for my desktops