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Windows 7: Unlock Hidden Themes
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04 Oct 2009
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Windows 7 Professional x64 |
Unlock Hidden Themes
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI_quIwH8tQ"]YouTube - Unlock Hidden Windows 7 Themes[/ame] See tutorial also: Themes - Regional
Sorry if posted before but the themes are pretty cool.
Last edited by Brink; 04 Oct 2009 at 01:15 PM..
Reason: added link
| My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Desktop
OS Windows 7 Professional x64
CPU Intel i5-2500k @ 3.3Ghz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H
Memory 4GB DDR3
Graphics Card Nvidia GTS250 1GB
Monitor(s) Displays Sony SDM S95A
Screen Resolution 1280x1024
Keyboard Logitech Media Keyboard
Mouse Microsoft Intellimouse
PSU Corsair HX850W
Case Cooler Master 690 II
Cooling Thermalright True Spirit 140mm & 3x 120mm & 3x 140mm Fans
Hard Drives 1x 1TB, 2x 250GB HDDs
Internet Speed 8MB
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04 Oct 2009
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QuackPOt - why don't I have those themes in my Globalization folder? | | My System Specs | | |
04 Oct 2009
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#3 | |
Windows 7 Professional x64 |
Quote: Originally Posted by Antman  QuackPOt - why don't I have those themes in my Globalization folder? That's because it isn't in the Globalization folder.
Try:
windows\Globalization\mct  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Desktop
OS Windows 7 Professional x64
CPU Intel i5-2500k @ 3.3Ghz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H
Memory 4GB DDR3
Graphics Card Nvidia GTS250 1GB
Monitor(s) Displays Sony SDM S95A
Screen Resolution 1280x1024
Keyboard Logitech Media Keyboard
Mouse Microsoft Intellimouse
PSU Corsair HX850W
Case Cooler Master 690 II
Cooling Thermalright True Spirit 140mm & 3x 120mm & 3x 140mm Fans
Hard Drives 1x 1TB, 2x 250GB HDDs
Internet Speed 8MB
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04 Oct 2009
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#4 | |
Windows 7 x64 HP, Windows 7 HP, Windows 7 Ult Weatherford, Texas |
Quote: Originally Posted by Antman QuackPOt - why don't I have those themes in my Globalization folder? Missing here also (RTM and RC1). No MTC folder. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway, Toshiba Laptop, and Home Brew
OS Windows 7 x64 HP, Windows 7 HP, Windows 7 Ult
CPU Intel I3, Cerelon, Pentium 4 @ 3Ghz
Motherboard Intel, Intel, Asus
Memory 8G, 3G, 3G
Graphics Card On-board Intel, On-board nVidia, nVIDIA card
Sound Card on-board, on-board, SoundBlaster
Monitor(s) Displays Hannspree HF237, Toshiba, SyncMaster 931B
Screen Resolution default (all)
Keyboard standard wired (all)
Mouse standard wired (all)
PSU 300w, unk, 650w
Case black, black, grey
Cooling air (all)
Hard Drives 1T internal, 320G internal, 160G internal, 1T networked
Internet Speed 6M down, 768K up
Other Info Home LAN through Linksys hub to 4 port and wireless switch/router. Networked HP 2600n. Wife's computer running Windows 7, and spare laptop running Ubuntu "Karmic Kola" (9.10).
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04 Oct 2009
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Professional x64 |
You did enable the see all hidden folders option, yes? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Desktop
OS Windows 7 Professional x64
CPU Intel i5-2500k @ 3.3Ghz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H
Memory 4GB DDR3
Graphics Card Nvidia GTS250 1GB
Monitor(s) Displays Sony SDM S95A
Screen Resolution 1280x1024
Keyboard Logitech Media Keyboard
Mouse Microsoft Intellimouse
PSU Corsair HX850W
Case Cooler Master 690 II
Cooling Thermalright True Spirit 140mm & 3x 120mm & 3x 140mm Fans
Hard Drives 1x 1TB, 2x 250GB HDDs
Internet Speed 8MB
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04 Oct 2009
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#6 | |
Windows 7 x64 HP, Windows 7 HP, Windows 7 Ult Weatherford, Texas |
Quote: Originally Posted by QuackPot You did enable the see all hidden folders option, yes? Yes. Globalization only has two sub-folders, neither is MTC | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway, Toshiba Laptop, and Home Brew
OS Windows 7 x64 HP, Windows 7 HP, Windows 7 Ult
CPU Intel I3, Cerelon, Pentium 4 @ 3Ghz
Motherboard Intel, Intel, Asus
Memory 8G, 3G, 3G
Graphics Card On-board Intel, On-board nVidia, nVIDIA card
Sound Card on-board, on-board, SoundBlaster
Monitor(s) Displays Hannspree HF237, Toshiba, SyncMaster 931B
Screen Resolution default (all)
Keyboard standard wired (all)
Mouse standard wired (all)
PSU 300w, unk, 650w
Case black, black, grey
Cooling air (all)
Hard Drives 1T internal, 320G internal, 160G internal, 1T networked
Internet Speed 6M down, 768K up
Other Info Home LAN through Linksys hub to 4 port and wireless switch/router. Networked HP 2600n. Wife's computer running Windows 7, and spare laptop running Ubuntu "Karmic Kola" (9.10).
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04 Oct 2009
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#7 | |
Win 7 RTM Ultimate x86 Johannesburg South Africa |
I got it...Just do exactly what the video says...
Thanks Quakpot | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer Aspire E571-MB70
OS Win 7 RTM Ultimate x86
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo 2.13 Ghz
Memory 1Gb DDR2 667
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung 2333
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 (Full HD)
Keyboard Logitech Cordless Internet Pro
Mouse Logitech Cordless Optical
Hard Drives WD 320GB internal
WD 1TB External
Internet Speed 4MB Download
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04 Oct 2009
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit inside your win32 folder |
Cool it works!
+rep!
Marc | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer V3-551G
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit
CPU AMD Quad-Core A8-4500M with Turbo Core up to 2.80GHz
Memory 8 GB DDR 3
Graphics Card AMD Radeon HD 7640G + 7670M (2GB dedicated VRAM)
Sound Card AMD HD Audio device / Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 15.6" HD LED
Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 (32bit)
Hard Drives 1 TB HDD
Antivirus AVG 2013 free edition
Browser Google Chrome
Other Info WEI scores:
Base score= 5.9
-Processor 6.7
-Memory (RAM) 7.2
-Graphics 5.9
-Gaming Graphics 6.2
-Primary hard disk 5.9
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04 Oct 2009
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#9 | |
Windows 7 x64 HP, Windows 7 HP, Windows 7 Ult Weatherford, Texas |
Ah, found the secret. "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)" needs to be cleared. (Solution was in http://www.sevenforums.com/customiza...en-themes.html posting) | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway, Toshiba Laptop, and Home Brew
OS Windows 7 x64 HP, Windows 7 HP, Windows 7 Ult
CPU Intel I3, Cerelon, Pentium 4 @ 3Ghz
Motherboard Intel, Intel, Asus
Memory 8G, 3G, 3G
Graphics Card On-board Intel, On-board nVidia, nVIDIA card
Sound Card on-board, on-board, SoundBlaster
Monitor(s) Displays Hannspree HF237, Toshiba, SyncMaster 931B
Screen Resolution default (all)
Keyboard standard wired (all)
Mouse standard wired (all)
PSU 300w, unk, 650w
Case black, black, grey
Cooling air (all)
Hard Drives 1T internal, 320G internal, 160G internal, 1T networked
Internet Speed 6M down, 768K up
Other Info Home LAN through Linksys hub to 4 port and wireless switch/router. Networked HP 2600n. Wife's computer running Windows 7, and spare laptop running Ubuntu "Karmic Kola" (9.10).
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04 Oct 2009
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Professional (64bit) Michigan |
That is SO COOL!! I found the hidden themes just like the video describes. So has anyone here tried it with the RTM versions? Just curious if I'll need to keep these notes for later.
Or better yet, someone should put this in the Tutorials!!
Got my vote! 
Greg | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Alienware Aurora
OS Windows 7 Professional (64bit)
CPU Core i7 Extreme 975 @ 3.33GHz overclocked to 3.6 GHz
Motherboard Alienware 0H869M
Memory 12 GB DDR3 1333MHz
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 1.8 GB RAM
Sound Card Creative SB X-Fi Titanium
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 2407WFP
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200
Keyboard Logitech
Mouse Logitech
PSU 875 Watt
Case Cosmic Black
Cooling Alienware High-Performance Liquid Cooling
Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 2 100GB SSD - Primary Drive, Western Digital 300GB SATA-II 3GB/X, 10,000 RPM, 16MB Cache - Secondary Drive
Internet Speed 60/3MB Service
Other Info Logitech Z-5500 THX-Certified 505-Watt 5.1 Digital Surround Sound Speaker System
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