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Actually I've never used Windows 2000, I went straight to Windows XP, whose UI was already too bloated (many colors, gradient buttons, ...)

• 0xffff2 6y ago
  But at least XP would let you switch back to Windows 2000 look and feel. The eye candy was just that, and easily removed. When Windows 7 rolled around I spent years being mad that it was no longer possible to have a Windows 2000 style UI in unmodified Windows. I recently set my desktop to the Windows 2000 default blue background color just for a bit of nostalgia. As far as I can tell, it's the only bit of Win 2000 UI that it's still possible to achieve.
  • gsich 6y ago
    There still was a "classic" theme.
    • 0xffff2 6y ago
      Ah, I guess my memory is faulty. It looks like Windows 8 was actually the first version to do away with the classic theme entirely.
  • dmitrygr 6y ago
    To the day I remember the color (all my desktops are that color) rgb 45,110,145