i would guess once youve unzipped them go to control panel-display-themes-select "browse" from the theme list, navigate to the folder u unzipped and select the folder containing the new theme.

either that or move your new theme files to where the rest of the standard xp themes are located on your c drive and they should then apperar on your themes list?
babystarbud Reviewed by babystarbud on . Computer help please. I have downloaded zip files of new themes for Windows XP. My problem is activating the themes, at the moment they remain useless files and I don't know if it is because I don't know how to use them or if they are faulty. Has anyone downloaded themes from the computer that they had to manually activate through other means than just going to "control panel" and selecting a new theme from the default choices? Rating: 5