How do you apply Windows XP themes to your computer?

I think I'm about ready to branch out from Luna. I've had my eye on Noir, and I have downloaded the zip file, unzipped it, and it is sitting in my Desktop. After reading countless howto pages it sounds like it's supposed to magically appear in the theme drop down menu of the display properties box instantaneously after dl, though I've had no such experience. As I've said, it is now sitting unzipped in my Desktop. What do I do? :oHow do you apply Windows XP themes to your computer?
extract the zip files to c:/windows/resources/themes and then it should show up in the drop down menuHow do you apply Windows XP themes to your computer?
OK FIRST YOU HAVE TO UNPATCH YOUR SYSTEM!





IF YOU HAVE A WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2, THEN CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE THEME PATCHER:





http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enh鈥?/a>





IF YOU HAVE A WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 3 THEN CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING:





http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-E鈥?/a>





IF YOU DONT KNOW WHAT SERVICE PACK YOU HAVE THEN GO TO START, THEN CLICK ON RUN.... THEN TYPE IN ';winver'; without the quotation marks and it will show you the system's information











OK AFTER THAT GO TO www.deviantart.com





and look for any themes you would like..i suggest using a vista one, they look cool..search for ';vista inspirat theme'; and download it if you want





ok, when you download zip files...what you have to do is right click the folder...then click on extract all... then click on next and then type in this:





C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes





and there you go....now go to the desktop properties by right clicking any where on your desktop and clickin properties....ok then from there click on the appareance tab and choose one from there...if the one you unziped is not there..then go to my documents and type in





C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes





then look for the theme you unziped and click on the one that has an icon that looks like a brush painting a window...then the desktop properties will pop up and it will show you a preview...after that click apply and there you go...