Two Shades of Classic

Gather around everyone! I’m about to tell you a story!

Not long ago, I, the admin of this blog, once knew nothing about computers. NOTHING!

My computing journey began when my dad finished setting up the new desktop we had in our house. It was an Acer (not too sure) and it was standard at the time. The computer was just a rising star in the world and we needed one for school and work. It had Windows XP on it. The famous green hills background was on it and so was the green Start logo button and the blue taskbar.

Of course, I didn’t know how to use it, so I had to watch my father fiddle with this in that. At some point, he allowed me to use it (game with it, at least). I started playing those computer games that the computer had: 3D Pinball and Minesweeper.

Then, one day, my mom brought me to her workplace told me to go play on one of the computer while she took care of things. I got to play this old FPS game that lets you play as a sniper. I can’t remember the name, but the weird thing was that it was on Windows 2000. I t was an old, terrible graphics video game, and it was on Windows 2000! Back then I didn’t know that it was older compared to XP.

I really liked the look of Windows 2000. I’m impressed because it had that nice box shape for the windows, a two colour theme (blue and grey) and was running fairly well, considering I was playing a video game on it.

I guess that’s how I fell in love with the theme of Windows Classic. Our friend, tPenguinLTG (a BIG fan of Windows Classic), sent me Classic theme. When I had time, I tweaked and modified it to my liking and preferences. Now it looks like a nice Windows Classic theme: simple and elegant, yet tickles you with nostalgia.

If you’d like to download and try the theme, here it is:

Two Shades of Classic

“Two Shades of Classic” revives the old Windows Classic theme with a modernized look.

WARNING: This will not work for Windows 8! This is specifically made for Windows 7 users.

The theme consists of modifications to the taskbar and the colour scheme. It has only two colour schemes: grey and darker grey. You may tweak the theme as you wish.

Keep Chewing!