Since this seems to be the thread for it, I have two beginners questions.
The first is related to Visual Styles. I used UltraUXThemePatcher to patch my uxtheme dll and then installed a theme according to this (
http://www.howtogeek.com/168270/how-to-install-custom-themes-and-visual-styles-in-windows/) website. All I'm getting though is recolors of Windows XP themes. I'm quite sure I didn't do anything wrong since I followed the instructions to the letter, so I'm a bit confused. I feel like I must've made a really obvious mistake.