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    Vista Look in XP

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by aigle, Apr 30, 2006.

  1. aigle

    aigle Notebook Consultant

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    I want to try some Vista transformation pack, basically just for fun. Anybody has a suggestion for a free software that is good in this regard. But I don,t want system slow down.
    I have found 2 on softpedia and both are free.

    Vista transformation pack3 http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/Vista-Transformation-Pack.shtml
    Longhorn trasformation pack 10.5 http://www.softpedia.com/get/System...ation-Pack-To-the-Ultimate-Transforming.shtml

    Anybody tried these or some other one. Sorry if I have repeated the thread. I did a quck search and did not find any thing.
    Thanks.
     
    aigle, Apr 30, 2006
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    Geckoboy86 Notebook Consultant

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    i have used this program
    love it too...it does everything
     
    Geckoboy86, Apr 30, 2006
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    nathanhuth, Apr 30, 2006
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    ttupa Tech Elitist NBR Reviewer

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    Try googling Vista Inspirat. I used that for quite awhile, and it was great. I think the best thing about those transformation packs are the icons. I now have an icon transformation pack instead of the full shell change.

    What you really should try is patching the uxtheme.dll. Just google that too. It allows you to download any theme for xp and apply it just like you would the silver or olive green. Right now I'm using a brushed metal theme that looks quite nice.
     
    ttupa, May 1, 2006
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  5. kujustin

    kujustin Notebook Geek

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    nathan, you have a link to that wallpaper? i just grabbed that theme and my old wallpaper doesn't really fit
     
    kujustin, May 1, 2006
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  6. nathanhuth

    nathanhuth Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Dobee supplies it on the site, like everything else. Did you grab the icons too? They really finish out the look.

    Background ||| Iconpack For IconTweaker ||| IconTweaker
     
    nathanhuth, May 1, 2006
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  7. kujustin

    kujustin Notebook Geek

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    i got the icons, definitely an important part. i really like the taskbar up top with the dock down below. i think i'm switching to that permanently.

    i went from the vista to the osx last night. i wish there was something with that same general vista look but without so much black.
     
    kujustin, May 1, 2006
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    kujustin Notebook Geek

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    i forgot to mention that i've gotten 2 BSODs since I set all this up. Uh oh. Hopefully it won't be a recurring thing, but we'll see. There's a lot of weird software and patching involved.
     
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  9. aigle

    aigle Notebook Consultant

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    First or the second one? Does it cause any slow down of system?
     
    aigle, May 1, 2006
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    I like the black. If you don't like black, get the transformation pack.
     
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    I just installed the first one. So far so good, and it looks really cool. I haven't gotten any program errors yet, and it didn't seem to slow down my lappy. I looked at the memory consumption in the task manager and doesn't seem any different.

    So far 2 days without a prob.
     
    JasonSnake, May 2, 2006
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