Luna (theme)
| Windows XP core and supplemental themes | |
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| Luna, blue (default) | Luna, olive green |
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| Luna, silver | Classic |
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| Royale | Royale Noir |
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| Zune | Embedded |
Windows XP visual styles are customizations of the graphical user interface of Windows XP. "Luna", "Royale", "Zune", and "Embedded" are codenames of the official visual styles designed for Windows XP by Microsoft. Since Windows XP, themes include the choice of visual styles as well. By default, "Luna" is preinstalled on Windows XP Home and Professional editions, "Royale" is preinstalled on Windows XP Media Center Edition and "Embedded" is preinstalled on Windows XP Embedded. In addition to the preinstalled visual styles, Microsoft has released additional ones for download. Third parties have also released visual styles, though these require modification of core Windows components to work. Visual styles are compatible with all Windows XP editions.
Compared to previous versions of Windows, the new styles have a greater emphasis on the graphical appeal of the operating system, using saturated colors and bitmaps throughout the interface, with rounded corners for windows.
"Luna" (the Moon in Latin and ) is the codename for the default visual style of Windows XP. Officially known as "Windows XP style", it is available in three color schemes: blue (default), olive green, and silver. Critics who did not like the theme characterized it as a "Fisher-Price interface".
Officially titled "Windows Classic style", it is less CPU-intensive and offers better performance and greater color and font customization options. Windows XP includes 22 preset color schemes for this visual style. Four of them are optimized for the visually impaired. "Windows Standard" scheme was the default color scheme of Windows ME and Windows 2000 and appeared on Windows Vista and Windows 7 although in the latter, it was renamed "Windows Classic". A slightly darker variant of the Standard scheme, called "Windows Classic", was default color scheme of Windows 95 and Windows 98 and appeared on Windows Vista but not Windows 7. Other schemes appeared in the previous versions of Windows.
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