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#1 User is offline   prx984 

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Posted 29 April 2006 - 06:48 AM

is there anyway to change windows media from that boring grey color? in windows 98/ME/2000 they dont give you the option, but on XP they do. so my question is can i change it manualy? thanks

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Posted 29 April 2006 - 10:35 AM

i dont think u can....

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Posted 29 April 2006 - 12:35 PM

hmm... thats retarded isn't it? stupid microsoft lol, oh well. ill keep it grey for now anyway.

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Posted 29 April 2006 - 01:22 PM

View Postbrian10161, on Apr 29 2006, 07:35 PM, said:

hmm... thats retarded isn't it? stupid microsoft lol, oh well. ill keep it grey for now anyway.

-brian


Well, I guess that Microsoft choose not to implement certain functions for Win98se cause they need extra programming. That costs money and since nobody is buying win98 anymore it can't be earned back. Perhaps disappointing for us Win98se users but certainly not retarded!

All you can do is to choose a nice colorfull skin. It will help your grey problem, that color is indeed ugly!
I use the corporate skin. It's simple and nice blue :)

This post has been edited by noguru: 29 April 2006 - 01:23 PM


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Posted 29 April 2006 - 02:02 PM

lol ok maybe it isn't retarded but they should have at least made the default color what XP's was. wouldn't you agree?

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Posted 30 April 2006 - 03:00 AM

how about use skin? maybe a royale would be nice -> www.wincustomize.com , is this help?

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Posted 30 April 2006 - 03:58 AM

if you download wmp10, extract it with say 7-zip (or something)
you can use the 9 series default skin (9SeriesD.wmz) in wmp9 on 98se in skin mode.

this skin has the darker blue XP coloring.

the only other difference internally between it and the 9x default one is the copyright info.

btw one of the best skins for wmp9 on 98se imo is this one -

http://theskinsfactory.com/sfadmin/files/W...r%20Edition.wmz

which has two colour modes, is 'official microsoft' and despite the name is aimed at 98se (xp gets the 'enhanced' version of this same skin)

a lot of wmp9 skins have some problems with transparency on 98se in my experience.

This post has been edited by miko: 30 April 2006 - 04:01 AM


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Posted 30 April 2006 - 05:29 AM

thank you so much for all the replies. i think im going to use the 9 series default skin from WMP10 i really like that one. thanks a lot for all the replies :D

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Posted 03 May 2006 - 10:49 PM

If you install 98SEMP10 [which installs WMP10 XP on 98 SE/ME]:
http://www.mdgx.com/...10/98SEMP10.EXE
you have the choice to select 1 of the WMP10 skins available in WinXP with WMP10 installed. ;)
Skins [installed in C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\Skins]:
9SERIESD.WMZ
COMPACT.WMZ
QUICKSI.WMZ
REVERT.WMZ

98SEMP10 forum:
http://www.msfn.org/...showtopic=53286

More WMP 9/10 skins from MS [free]:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsme...ation/skins.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsme...more/skins.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsme...ayer/bonuspack/
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloa..._winterfun.mspx

Hope this helps.

This post has been edited by MDGx: 03 May 2006 - 11:40 PM


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