Thanks for the reply XPero. Question 3 was perhaps not clear, based on my limited understanding of customising XP (Microsoft made this stupidly difficult didn't they?) I was hoping that the user preferences from one login (mine) could be copied into whatever profile Windows uses for the login screen, so that the near-black screen background and window decorations would be used. I seem to remember in the old days under Win 98 whatever preferences you set for the "default" user would be used for logon. I guess XP is not so easy to modify in this way? I will look at Darkside. I was slightly wary of it because of it's Beta label. BTW I found that for non-skinnable (is that the right term) apps under XP, like the command tool, the old-style window bar looked wrong (mid-grey) for Royale Black. I ended up tweaking the "Windows Classic" colours much closer to black. Is it possible to include these settings in the Royale Black theme, or is classic style quite separate? It seems odd to me that Win Classic style is so much more flexible than the Luna style. Regards: Colin