XP Menu Icons
Developer’s Description
The XP Menu Icons is a huge collection of high-quality menu icons created by professional artists. The range of topics covered by the collection is extremely wide: file operations, disk browsing, document editing and processing, data management, image editing, email, printing, user management, social interactions, databases and tables, clocks and time, video playback, multimedia, graphs and charts, computer hardware, transportation, real estate, supplies, programming, security and a whole lot more! The collection consists of 1176 unique hand-made icons and 15288 icon variations in 4 popular image formats (PNG, GIF, BMP, ICO) and sizes (48×48, 32×32, 24×24, 16×16). The diversity of formats and sizes offered by the collection makes it possible to use the icons in nearly every possible application or web service without conversion of size adjustment. Every icon has a transparent background for fast and easy editing and flawless quick overlays. If you are working on an animated menu, you will definitely appreciate the fact that every single icon in the XP Menu Icons collection comes in three distinct states: normal, hot and disabled. This set will be an invaluable asset for any interface designer, web designer, banner maker, developer and coder. Every icon was scrupulously handcrafted by professional artists of Aha-Soft, a recognized expert on the market of high-quality UI graphics and icon sets
Windows XP Menu Icons
This collection of XP-styled icons includes more than 1100 unique images drawn to match the new graphic style of Windows XP as well as the design of certain Linux shells and Android themes. XP Menu Icons offer application and online developers a versatile collection of images covering a broad range of topics. There are a number of financial and people icons as well as all the generic symbols used in common applications for navigation and file operations. The XP style in which the images are drawn makes the collection blend easily on many platforms.
Windows XP Menu Icons offer the broadest range of variations, boosting the total number of images to more than 15,000. All XP Menu Icons are available in Normal, Hot and Disabled states. Four resolutions (48×48, 32×32, 24×24, and 16×16 pixels) and two color depths (True Color with Alpha channel and 256-color images with transparent background) are included. All icons are supplied as ICO, PNG, GIF, and BMP files for easy integration with any operating system and development environment.A comprehensive collection of classic interface icons for modern applications and websites. The set covers a wide range of popular topics, while each of its 1176 icons comes in a variety of formats (PNG, GIF, BMP, ICO) and resolutions.
XP Menu Icons Publisher’s Description
Do you want to upgrade your version of Windows 98, ME or 2000 to have the look of Windows XP? You can do this with XP Icons. You can change all of the icons, start menu look, desktop and drives folders at once, or choose one by one which ones you want to keep.
How to Create Unique Windows XP Icons
Windows XP Icons provides a graphic representation of your computer screen. Each icon is assigned a unique code that uniquely identifies it. They can be created with a Paintbrush, Windows XP Builder, Windows installer, or even a variety of software tools available on the internet. You can use a Paintbrush to create complex shapes, arrows, text, logos, or graphics. You can use a Windows XP Icons generator to quickly generate thousands of different types of Windows XP icons with different shapes, colors, and images.
The main Windows program that creates Windows XP icons uses a Paintbrush-like tool to draw the image, and then it compresses the image format into a.ICO file. The Windows standard formats are 24×24 and 16×16 pixels, but Windows XP supports a variety of other formats as well. Windows XP supports various different color depth options, including grayscale, default, and bright. Windows XP Icons allows users to change the color depth of their icons easily by selecting new color depth options in the Properties dialog box. This allows users to create icons with smooth transparency or create icons that have specific color depths, depending upon what the user wants their icon to do.
A great way to change the look and feel of your windows XP system is to use a professional graphics application that you can acquire and customize to match your desired design theme. Most of these programs allow you to edit your windows XP icons in 3D, so you can paint with various brushstrokes and textures. You can even select to have your document icons in your desktop background change constantly, or even change with a simple click of your mouse. With a bit of creativity, you can find the best graphics program to make your own personalized and unique Windows XP style icons. It just takes a bit of time and effort, but when you see the finished product, you’ll be glad you took the time to create your own graphics.
This IconTweaker theme brings Windows 7 Icons to your Windows XP
Windows 7 Icons for XP
Review by Mihaela Teodorovici on June 1, 2012
If you haven’t yet passed to more recent operating systems and are still using Windows XP, you might feel the need to refresh its appearance. This is where the Windows 7 Icons for XP application comes in. This is an icon theme that can change your old XP system icons with the Windows 7 ones.
The pack contains an ITA file, which is a theme archive for IconTweaker. Therefore, in order to change the icons, you first need to install this program.
After that, everything goes smoothly: you simply have to open the ITA file with IconTweaker and double click on the new theme in order to install it. Doing so results in the immediate change of all the system icons.
The first modifications that you observe are the desktop icons: My Computer, Internet Explorer, My Documents shortcuts and Recycle Bin receive a brand new look instantly.
In addition to this, the icon package contains new folder and drive icons, network connections icons and changes the standard file icons. The Start Menu and the Control Panel icons are changed as well. The pack also includes transparent cursors, but during our tests, we had to install the theme several times before the new cursors appeared.
Using IconTweaker, you can customize the theme itself and change the containing Windows 7 icons. Moreover, for every element, you are able to restore the default XP icon with just a click.
If you are an XP user, Windows 7 Icons for XP is worth trying. It simply is a great way to customize your icons and change the appearance of your Windows XP.