Well it doesn't work well in Win7 Pro 64-bit Spanish, updated patches: wallpapers won't be set, and in themes it clearly shows a black screen and when I apply the theme the black screen will be the desktop background, fonts won't be applied, cursors and sounds and font sizes will be applied, any suggestions? I ran the themes.exe from a non-desktop location, them I copied the Plus! Folder to the desktop and nothing changed, some things are missing somehow, but thanks anyway, I'll update this post if I find something on The Net. DO NOT USE THIS WITHOUT BACKING UP YOUR WINDOWMETRICS AND FONTS REGISTRY KEYS. Please heed my warning, if you do not back up these two registry keys your fonts, font sizes, and window border dimensions will be permanently messed up. Absolutely no warning was listed, and I had no idea this program would actually overwrite system-essential registry keys. Luckily for all of you I have backed up the keys for you and zipped them. Windows 98 Plus IsoThe Windows 98 Screensavers Ranked From Worst To Best Never forget that maze. Feb 13, 2016 - If you have been using Windows since Windows 95 or Windows 98, you. Cursors, sounds, icons - everything except screensavers from those themes. The themes from Plus! Which you can download below have been. They are not system-unique and work on Windows 7 and up. Works on 8 and 8.1 (I have tried it on all 3 systems). If you installed this and decided you didn't want to use it anymore only to realize your fonts and window borders are unable to be reverted, install both of these registry keys and it will revert them. These are the default WindowMetrics and 'Fonts' keys from Windows 7. I repeat, these do work on 8 and 8.1 as well, they are no different. Feel free to spread this link, I will keep it up on my dropbox or you can upload it wherever you like. They won't work. Most programs that old are difficult to run compatible with modern software without using emulation or virtual software. Your best bet, if you're even able to install it, is to run it in compatibility mode so that it's comparing to an older operating system. The issue with this method though is that if you're referring to the original pre-installed software, it's not trying to save as a separate activatible program, it'll try to save where the other screensavers are. In that case, you would probably need to have a virtual operating system, which is rather redundant for the purpose of a screensaver. To be honest though, I don't know if it will work. I have a disk of Afterdark Screensavers, and those won't install off the disk for me, they didn't install off the disk when I was still using an XP laptop, it always comes up with some instillation error, supposedly a missing program. The only hope from here would be to look online for a version that has been re-configured to run on Windows 7. Microsoft Screensavers Windows 8These days ‘Going Retro’ is all over the place. Fashion, home design, artwork etc. Windows Xp Plus ScreensaversIf you’re all Retro Fan, or just feeling nostalgic, by all means read on. ![]() Back in the days a great piece of software. For the savvy home user, Windows 98 came with a really great enhancement: Windows 98 Plus! Which (if memory serves me right) had to be bought separately. Pack was a set of themes to edit the appearance of your windows by changing the system colors, icons and screensavers – fun fun fun. With Windows going on 8 we are getting used to the idea of changing themes and the graphic layout of our computer, but back then this was as high-tech as we could get. Funny thing is – these “enhancements” still works today – on your Windows 7. So if you feel like going Retro, or simply have a stroll down memory lane Windows 98 Plus!
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