Vista theme for XP

Butters · 27 Sep 2007 at 14:44

Hi,

My laptop is probably just about capable of running Vista, but I'd like to stick with XP for the mo.

However, that doesnt mean that I dont like the way Vista looks, especially the taskbar, start button, icons, etc.

So, Are there any decent, non bloatware Vista patchers available for XP?

I like XPise but they dont really have anything I like.

Thanks

Butters · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:23

Actually don't worry. Found some good ones

MTA99 · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:28

Butters said:
Actually don't worry. Found some good ones

Share the love!!!

Hen_Dawg · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:40

Windowblinds does a great job of skinnig everything in XP including transparency effects. Plus it speeds up menu access and the like compared to default XP theme.
But it does cost about £10 - worth it for me

Butters · 27 Sep 2007 at 18:33

MTA99 said:
Share the love!!!

I patched some file then did a deviant art download of a theme, plus a zip file that included nice extras (like drive Icons, start menu, system properties, etc).

Follow this:-

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1089/make_xp_look_like_vista_longhorn_free

MTA99 · 28 Sep 2007 at 12:10

Butters said:
I patched some file then did a deviant art download of a theme, plus a zip file that included nice extras (like drive Icons, start menu, system properties, etc).

Follow this:-

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1089/make_xp_look_like_vista_longhorn_free

Excellent link on there for getting the Vista Sidebar into XP (just about the only useful bit of Vista). Nice find

Huugs · 28 Sep 2007 at 12:52

I have a theme called VistaZ4 (I think) from belchfire.net. You have to patch the uxtheme.dll and the theme is not a true theme as it doesnt include icons or transparency effects but I quite like it and its nice an basic.

Paul