Change Windows Server 2008 Theme

There are several thing you need to do before you can use third party theme package:
1. Enable Desktop Experience in Windows Server 2008

• Click Start and select Server Manager
• When the Server Manager window appears, go to the left pane and select Features.
• On the right, click the Add Features link
• Check the Desktop Experience checkbox
• Click Next.
• Click Install
• When the installation is complete, Windows will notify you that you must restart your server to complete the process.

2. Patch the following system files

• shsvcs.dll
• themeui.dll
• uxtheme.dll

download from here, choose the correct file!
during the replacement of the above three files you may encounter file can not be replaced problem, try add the following registration infor to your system:
after doing that, then you can right click the files which you want to replace and choose take ownership
after doing that then you can right click the file which you want to replace and choose “Take ownership”.

3. Reboot your system.
4. copy the themes into your X:\Windows\Resources\Themes folder
5. Right click your desktop , choose Personalize and then Theme.
6. Enjoy your new Windows 2008 theme.