In addition to your country's theme, depending on the Windows 7 language you have, the installation may also contain additional themes.

Windows Themes Installer is a freeware portable utility which allows you to install a theme, remove a theme and restore defaults easily in Windows 7 & Vista.

Top 10 Free Windows 7 Desktop Themes Take a cue from thousands of PCWorld readers, and try one of these popular downloadable themes.

XP Mode, in theory, gives the new OS 100 per cent backwards compatibility with its ubiquitous ancestor. But what is it, how does it work and is it really the magic bullet it claims to be?

Windows XP Mode simply allows older or legacy applications to be projected from the behind-the-scenes Windows XP copy onto your Windows 7 desktop.

New Windows 7 users who have held on to XP are particularly vulnerable to compatibility issues. XP Mode virtualization can ease the pain of transition.