Royale (Noir) Theme for Windows XP updated to v1.4.6

 

A couple of days back I’d reviewed the ultra cool Royale Blue and Royale Noir Black themes for Windows XP. Both the themes came as part of a single theme file called msroyale. Along with that I’d also provided a link to the Zune theme, which is almost similar to Royal Noir, except for a touch of orange here and there.

Seems like recently there was an update in the theme pack and now all three themes (Royale, Royale Noir & Royale Zune) are available as part of a single theme installer pack named Royale Remixed. While you had to manually unzip the previous version in the Windows themes folder, this one comes in the form of an executable installer that does the whole installation part for you.
Here are a couple of screen-shots for you…

Royale (Blue)

Royale (Blue) Theme

Royale Noir (Black)

Royale Noir (Black) Theme

Royale Zune (Black & Orange)

Royale Zune (Black & Orange) Theme

I couldn’t find any official download location for this theme pack. However, they’d been put up for download on a couple of free file-hosting services, which surprisingly stopped working after a while. However, do not be disappointed :D I’ve uploaded them on alternate locations and here’s the list …

Note: The installer is kind of buggy and along with Royale, it installed a theme called Windows Media Center Edition (with all new icons), which I simply couldn’t get to work. If it works for you, do leave a comment.

P.S. I managed to find the original artist’s site for this theme-pack.


Repair / Recover your PC with a full-fledged Toolkit on a 32MB USB Flash Drive

 

This rocking PC Repair System was the results of a 32MB USB Drive Contest held by Daily Cup of Tech. The contestants were required to come up with ideas on the most innovative usage of a 32MB USB drive and this submission came out as one of the …

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Error Deleting File or Folder? Delete an in-use (locked) file

 

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HTAccessible: A cool GUI to modify .htaccess visually (for beginners)

 

For the beginners who want to reap the benefits of the .htaccess file but are daunted by it’s cryptic syntax - here’s a cool tool for you to modify the file visually.
TLHouse Software brings you HTAccessible - a freeware with a nice and easy GUI that allows you to create custom .htaccess files based on criteria you specify using the …

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Windows XP: Get the more aesthetically pleasing Royale Theme

 

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TrueCrypt: A Free Opensource On-the-fly Disk Encryption tool

 

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NetMeter: A cool free tool to monitor your bandwidth usage (downloads & uploads)

 

What is it?
NetMeter is a free, lightweight network bandwidth monitoring utility that sits in your system tray and continually keeps track of the amount of data flowing through your own system’s network connection. It’s highly customisable and shows neat graphs of your current download & upload speeds. The graph is toggled when you click on the system-tray icon.
You have the …

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Paint.NET - A Free Open-Source Photo Editor (Alternative to PhotoShop)

 

Paint.NET has been in existence for quite a while and I’ve been following the development version by version since it’s inception. While at the beginning it served as an extremely good replacement for the standard MS Paint it’s evolved to be a really powerful tool that provides you with a good array of features of PhotoShop without paying a penny.
The …

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