Smashing Magazine February 2010 Windows 7 Theme

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Smashing Magazine February 2010 Windows 7 Theme

posted @ Sunday, January 31, 2010 5:23 PM | 17 Comments

it’s that time again…beginning of a new month! That means that Smashing Magazine has released their monthly wallpaper pictures again.

Smashing Magazine February 2010 Wallpaper

As you could expect, February entries are full of a lot of Valentine type stuff. Here are your February Windows 7 Theme Packs for the wallpapers though…including all images (note: some ‘without calendar’ images are not provided by the authors) unfiltered.

Smashing Magazine February 2010 Windows 7 Theme (calendar) [58.2 MB]
Smashing Magazine February 2010 Windows 7 Theme (without calendar) [51.8 MB]
Smashing Magazine Desktop Wallpaper: February 2010 (original post)

UPDATE PLEASE READ (4-Feb):

There is an issue with the .themepack file for some reason. Although I’m using the prescribed mechanism for creating these it is not functioning as easily as the January one. I’ve got some folks on the Windows team looking into it, but no resolution yet. In the interim, you can extract the .themepack file using 7-Zip (a free and great utility) and then double-click on the .theme file where you extracted it. This should trigger the installation of the theme.

For details on these and to see past ones, visit the Smashing Magazine Windows 7 Theme information for the specifications I used for the theme pack as well as previous themes. Want to participate and submit yours? Join in!

tags: smashing magazine, smashing, smashingmag, design, desktop wallpaper, wallpaper, windows 7, win7, windows theme

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Comments

Nitin

1/31/2010 10:30 PM | # re: Smashing Magazine February 2010 Windows 7 Theme

Your jan 2010 theme pack was awesome.

I downloaded this pack but it is not getting added as a theme. What could be the problem? I tried with Microsoft's Bing's Best and it is working.
Rohan

1/31/2010 11:04 PM | # re: Smashing Magazine February 2010 Windows 7 Theme

Yeah I'm having the same problem. I can't get the theme to load
alson

2/1/2010 3:33 AM | # re: Smashing Magazine February 2010 Windows 7 Theme

Yea, i having same problem. cannot load as theme. Please advise.
timheuer

2/1/2010 6:16 AM | # re: Smashing Magazine February 2010 Windows 7 Theme

All -- I'm looking into why it isn't working for you all :-(
chinagay

2/1/2010 7:36 AM | # re: Smashing Magazine February 2010 Windows 7 Theme

你好，贵公司二月的主题包不好使，无法载入
John Zeller

2/1/2010 9:06 AM | # re: Smashing Magazine February 2010 Windows 7 Theme

My download/install worked after I extracted the themepack to the C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Themes and then selected the Theme from Personalization.
Jimmy

2/1/2010 10:42 AM | # re: Smashing Magazine February 2010 Windows 7 Theme

Extracting doesn't work for me, even using 7-Zip into a new directory in the Theme path. In the Personalization Window the little desktop pictures background is blank and theme won't load.
Donja

2/1/2010 2:30 PM | # re: Smashing Magazine February 2010 Windows 7 Theme

Still ain't working Tim!
Sam

2/1/2010 10:42 PM | # re: Smashing Magazine February 2010 Windows 7 Theme

can't use~~
sashman

2/2/2010 3:33 AM | # re: Smashing Magazine February 2010 Windows 7 Theme

When you are in the folder C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Themes you can simply remove all pictures from the january thempack, and copy the extracted jpegs into the january folder (.\DesktopBackground) - after that simply set the theme to the january themepack in the themes control panel.
It's a hack but it works :)
Jonathan

2/3/2010 1:14 AM | # re: Smashing Magazine February 2010 Windows 7 Theme

Okay here is the work around, www.windows7hacker.com/.../download-windows-7-t...

it's easy all you need to do is extract it first, and double click the theme file inside
timheuer

2/3/2010 7:28 AM | # re: Smashing Magazine February 2010 Windows 7 Theme

Jonathan -- thanks for the workaround -- Although I'm not sure I appreciate 'didn't do it the right way' -- I did it the same way the Windows guide tells you to and as well as talking with the Windows team (who is currently helping to debug why it isn't working) I did it right as well.
mars

2/3/2010 8:30 PM | # re: Smashing Magazine February 2010 Windows 7 Theme

find January theme`s folder,put February all pictures change january`s(only change"desktopbackground"folder).dont change "smashingM" file. my english is poor,do you understand me......
Joe

2/3/2010 9:19 PM | # re: Smashing Magazine February 2010 Windows 7 Theme

Tim,

Thanks for creating this awesome theme. The unique backgrounds really shine. The January one was great and I'm sure the February one will be as well, once the problem is figured out. Some of the other comments have been a little on the negative side and I wanted to make sure you know we appreciate your efforts. I'm hoping for one in March, April, etc. Keep up the great work!

Thanks,

Joe Suchy
Iflexion

2/11/2010 5:32 AM | # re: Smashing Magazine February 2010 Windows 7 Theme

The pic remains me the fairy tale about a man who was a leader of a group of people and they were going somewhere and it was very hard for them to go and when there were only several miles left they all lost their faith and the man tored his heart from breasts and lightened the left piece of their way. :)
Frank

2/28/2010 12:56 PM | # re: Smashing Magazine February 2010 Windows 7 Theme

Are you going to make a March version?
timheuer

2/28/2010 2:52 PM | # re: Smashing Magazine February 2010 Windows 7 Theme

Frank -- already done -- http://timheuer.com/smashing-magazine