Customize Windows 8

If you want to customize Windows 8, read our customization tutorials and you will be able to change every aspect of Windows 8, from icons, to wallpapers, themes, screensavers, start menus, colors, taskbars and even how to make Windows 8 look like a new OS

Tip: Looking for a specific Windows 8 theme but can't find it on our site? Also visit our sister site windows7themes.net - all of the themes are also comptaible with Windows 8!

FEATURED: Beginners: How to customize the Windows 8 Start Screen Background Wallpaper

Setting Custom Background_ll You can quite easily change the color of the Start Screen but what about a custom background wallpaper? Yup, that is possible too!

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Posted: March 30 - by Dogar

Installing Windows 8 themes requires you to replace system files, here’s how you would do that in Windows 8

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Posted: March 23 - by

If you are new to customizing Windows, read our tutorial how to install icons in Microsoft’s latest iteration Windows 8

Installing Custom Icons


Posted: March 22 - by Jon

It is possible to bring back the Windows 8 Start button and Orb using various tools and tricks

Bring Back Windows 7 Start Menu Buttons

Posted: March 14 - by Dogar

If you are new to Windows 8, the first thing you should do is customize the start screen and add new tiles. This will give you a good feeling what the new Metro desktop is all about.

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Posted: February 27 - by Dogar

If you want to install DreamScene on Windows 8 to get some animated desktop wallpapers, read this important information. We’ll provide some workarounds soon.

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Posted: February 24 - by Dogar

If you do not like the default cyan color scheme that Windows 8 is using, you can customize the taskbar Aero colors quite easil.y

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Posted: February 21 - by Dogar

If you have some cool WAV files or MP3 files you can change the system sounds in Windows 8 or apply an entire sound theme!

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Posted: February 16 - by Dogar

You still remember Aero from Windows 7 with that transparent Aero glass taskbar don’t you? You can enable the Aero themes in Windows 8 to get that back.

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