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vista on XP
« on: December 26, 2007, 08:36:58 PM »
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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Re: vista on XP
« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2007, 09:20:29 PM »
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/
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Re: vista on XP
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2007, 09:32:51 PM »
actually i used Vista Transformation Pack

ill go see if i can fetch a link.................................fetching 23%....24%...23%....25%.......
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Re: vista on XP
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2007, 08:00:49 PM »
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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Re: vista on XP
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2007, 10:41:34 PM »
Quote from: seikene on December 27, 2007, 08:00:49 PM
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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Re: vista on XP
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2007, 08:41:52 AM »
Lol, like that? I saw the show but forgot his name, I only remember the eyebrows... :boxed:
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Re: vista on XP
« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2008, 03:15:18 AM »
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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Re: vista on XP
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2008, 08:38:57 PM »
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
« Last Edit: January 04, 2008, 11:06:29 PM by noah03ark »
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Re: vista on XP
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2008, 11:05:01 AM »
how long does dat windows blind trial last? it costs money >.>
im just sticken with alienguise, i recomend it :D
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Re: vista on XP
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2008, 08:08:00 PM »
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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Re: vista on XP
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2008, 11:59:05 PM »
I have all the vista looks with one cool app.
It's called Vista...  :cool:
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Re: vista on XP
« Reply #11 on: April 14, 2008, 06:10:33 PM »
topic is about the look in xp, not the whole os
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Re: vista on XP
« Reply #12 on: December 03, 2008, 08:29:52 PM »
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
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