Patch your Uxtheme File in Windows XP Sp3 to enhance your systems appearance
One cant forever live with the default theme of Windows XP, it gets dull and boring after we use it everyday so to give it a refreshing feel you can patch your uxtheme.DLL file so you can install 3rd party themes for Windows XP, you can get the patcher from here.
now that you have patched the uxtheme file you need to place your new theme folder in X:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes (where X is your windows installation directory) , this folder you are copying should have the .msstyles file and the shell folder, now that you have pasted your theme folder in the resources folder the new theme will show up in the appearance tab of the display properties dialog box (right click any empty area on your desktop and click on properties to get this dialog box) , now just select the theme you just installed and press apply and enjoy the refreshing new look!
now if you wondering where to get themes from check these sites out:
The theme used for reference here is foresight and you can get it from here
