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Members Area => PC Themes => Theming => Art & Theme Team => Windows => Topic started by: noah03ark on December 26, 2007, 08:36:58 PM
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atm i cannot remember the name, but i got this awesome program that edits some files of windows and makes XP look and function a lot like vista
its only looks, and it looks nice (yes vista looks nice, but is troubled in various ways)
so i got 2+'s
the functionality of XP
the looks of vista
nice :D
ill find the name soon and see if i can get a link up, i dont think its illegal at all...
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windowblinds or VistaXP
i don't recommend using VistaXP because it replaces the core files on windows and the restoration can go unsuccessful, windowblinds is a way better alternative even thou u have to hunt the best vista skin, u can have the benefit of also using other skins downloaded from their website, i used both before and VistaXP messed up my icons for good.
Windowblinds http://www.stardock.com/ (http://www.stardock.com/)
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actually i used Vista Transformation Pack
ill go see if i can fetch a link.................................fetching 23%....24%...23%....25%.......
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I don't personally trust windowsblinds, mainly since I've noticed a number of computers that use it with serious slowdown problems soon after, but that's just my 2 cents. You can either use that, use vistaxp, use what big eyebrows is using, or get yourself a hacked one which I don't recommend since it's illegal and I mentioned it only as a possibility :winker:
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I don't personally trust windowsblinds, mainly since I've noticed a number of computers that use it with serious slowdown problems soon after, but that's just my 2 cents. You can either use that, use vistaxp, use what big eyebrows is using, or get yourself a hacked one which I don't recommend since it's illegal and I mentioned it only as a possibility :winker:
that made me laaaaaawl
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Lol, like that? I saw the show but forgot his name, I only remember the eyebrows... :boxed:
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i think i use Vista XP, i had to move the Restore files, but only so i have to tell XP where they are.
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i would now not like to recommend VTP,
it has been causing annoying issues like game startup... games wouldnt startup and i had to force power off
after that, i would try to log in but get stuck in the boot screen or disk check untill the 15th boot...really lame
i took it off and now im back on alienguise, which i never had issues with and those seem to be resolved...
EDIT: i take this back, it seems a boot camp thing was the issue not my schweet vista looks
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how long does dat windows blind trial last? it costs money >.>
im just sticken with alienguise, i recomend it :D
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im not paying for windowblinds....
i can get basically the same results with a combination of Vista Transformation Pack 8.0.1 and the following programs:
ViOrb (comes with vtp)-vista start orb
ViStart (still not the most stable, newest version, as vtp has older)- vista's start menu
Thoosje's Vista Sidebar (latest, as vtp is older)- a good vista sidebar replicator
True Transparency (latest 0.9, as 0.8.6 has viorb issues that cause crashes)- program that adds aero effect to the windows
Glass2k (not with vtp, latest build)- transparency of taskbar
Styler Toolbar (not with vtp) -gives the vista explorer toolbar to xp's explorer
LClock (with vtp, works fine)- replicates longhorn's taskbar clock. nice utility as clicking on it pops up a calendar
with all these, yes, its a lot of background processing, but my machine can handle it and it looks super nice
recommended...just make sure you can handle it first
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I have all the vista looks with one cool app.
It's called Vista... :cool:
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topic is about the look in xp, not the whole os
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hey if you can find a vista theme for it i use
stylexp
it comes with a lot of themes and it backups all your os files before applying a theme and you can change logon,bootscreen, icons, make start menus transparent allot of stuff