XPize Darkside replaces the blue wizards, visual style, logon screen, boot screen and numerous other resources with a darker more disturbing theme woot.gif

Improvements:
- All bugs relative to XPize 4.6 have been fixed!
- Full support for images/icons in Internet Explorer 7!
- Full support for Windows Defender!
- New boot screen!
- New logon screen!
- Over one hundred resources have been replaced or added!
- ... and lots more!

This is my version/mod of the Royale theme from MS. There will be a fiew tweaks coming up, but for the most part, I find it to be complete. :)

Update: New black color theme added, Black Graphite. Full and Compact start menu's included.
Update 2: Fixed some minor bugs, the shine on the task bar is now level with the start button.

Update: ShellStyle has been fixed for the black substyles.

Codename: Dashboard is an application that docks to the side of your screen and acts as a host for interchangeable components. Through these components, you can have access to any information you want on your screen, all the time. A variety of components are available from SNP Software and third-party developers.

XPize is a resources transformation pack for Windows XP and above. It replaces most of the non-XP icons, AVIs and BMPs that Microsoft has always overlooked. The installer simply automates the process of replacing resources in critical system files, making your XP´s look better. It also includes some extras and an updater which you can use after visiting Windows Update.

Requires Microsoft .NET Framework. (Note that .NET Framework is included in Windows XP. It is recommended to update to the latest version.)

How many folders do you have on your computer? Scores of them? Hundreds? Thousands? Are all of them are alike: yellow folder, yellow folder, yellow folder, yellow folder... It's so easy to be confused with such a routine!

Folder Marker is your small assistant, an ardent fighter for your convenience and comfort in any kind of computer work. Use Folder Marker to mark your folders. One mouse-click and it becomes clear at once which documents have a high priority, and which of them have a normal or low priority. It is easy to see which operations have been finished completely, which are partly done and which haven't been started yet.

Do you fear that someone might unintentionally delete information necessary to you? Mark a folder, and other users will notice at once that that folder contains important information.

By allowing you to change the folder icons, Folder Marker will help you to cope with the standard yellowness. Folder Marker adds an item "Mark Folder" in the folder popup menu. Changing a folder icon is now a piece of cake.

Folder Marker is for anyone who wants to make working with a computer more convenient. Folder Marker is for you.

Crystal Clear is the new pack created by the CrystalXP.net Team! Based on Everaldo’s Crystal icons, this new BricoPack will entirely change the appearance of your Windows XP by modifying system files.

The Crystal Clear pack integrates a visual style which will bring some freshness to your Windows. In order to answer all your desires, several versions of this style are proposed. So, you have the choice between an Aero style or a Classic one, a Tux or a Windows button, a normal taskbar and a thin taskbar.

The aim of our Bricopacks is to make your desktop more beautiful, but also more practical. So Crystal Clear Bricopack brings some additional software. For example, you will be able to change the colour of your folders so you can locate an important folder easier. And why don’t you choose a magnificent Dock on your Desktop to organize your shortcuts elegantly?

In addition to icons, the visual style, and the additional software, this pack will change your logon, some common windows, and also mouse cursors.

The Crystal Clear Bricopack has a new control panel. You decide which software you activate or not, and if you want to restore your old Windows XP, uninstalling the pack will bring everything back!

Chaos Crystal is a utility for Windows that allows setting transparency for any open application. Type or drag the target to the program window you would like to set to be transparent. The transparency can be adjusted with the slider. The value on the slider indicates how transparent the window is: 0 for total transparency, 255 for complete opacity. Have fun with this handy utility.

Chaos Crystal can run from any location including removable devices such flash memory. You can run it from anywhere on your computer as well.

Updates:
- Windows can now be selected using the new drop-down menu.
- Displays the name of the program the selected window belongs to.
- New slider style has been applied to the slider bar.

This small Windows program allows you to set the transparency of any program window running in Windows 2000 or XP. This program does not work for Windows 98 and below.

The recommended way of applying transparency is to press and drag the target (Dot next to Window Title field) crosshairs over the target window.

SentryPC enables you to control, restrict and monitor access and usage of your PC. You can control how long and when users are allowed to use the computer, prevent the use of specific programs, block access to certain websites, restrict access to Windows functions like the Control Panel and more. SentryPC can also block chat activities, and intercept the user if specific keywords (of your choice) are typed in an email, URL, document or other input area. In addition to access control, the program can also record all activities, including keystrokes, chats and more for complete activity monitoring. SentryPC offers a complete solution for any type of PC access control, ranging from basic time management, to complete surveillance and child proofing of your PC.

Want to create a Flash animation such as a animated Flash button, banner, intro, text effect or any and other Flash effect for your web site, but don't have Adobe Flash or don't know how to use it for complex Flash animations?

Don't worry, Mix-FX comes to your rescue. This simple-to-use Flash software tool lets you create absolutely stunning Flash animations and Flash buttons in just seconds.
What is Mix-FX? It's a Flash animation tool which creates Flash buttons, Flash animations, Flash text effects and Flash effects. With Mix-FX, you can create hundreds of different web animations. Change sizes and colors and you have millions of possibilities! Adding animated effects and buttons to your website has never been easier!

Load the effects you just created into Flash, into your PowerPoint presentation, Dreamweaver, Frontpage * or directly onto your web site or into promotional emails.

Create powerful images with the professional standard

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Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a tool to increase download speeds by up to 500 percent, resume and schedule downloads. IDM has a smart download logic accelerator that features intelligent dynamic file segmentation and safe multipart downloading technology to accelerate your downloads. Simple graphic user interface makes IDM user friendly and easy to use.