Make XP look like Vista

[millski]

Poking around the web today I decided to try out the Vista Transformation Pack by Windows X. I have to say it's brilliant. Take a look at the screenshots to see how well it works:

Before

After

Unfortuantely I can't get the windows to go transparent (though I think that's just because I'm using the shareware version of WindowsBlinds) and the tooltips disappear too quickly to read them :( Still looks great though

[weejamer]

Originally Posted by millski

Unfortuantely I can't get the windows to go transparent (though I think that's just because I'm using the shareware version of WindowsBlinds) and the tooltips disappear too quickly to read them :( Still looks great though

Try this... windows explorer replacement

Windows Vista Downloads

[wii_man76]

Better than installing Vista itself!

[wiistar]

Im going to give that a go... does anybody know if it is easy to uninstall?

Thanks

[millski]

Originally Posted by wiistar

Im going to give that a go... does anybody know if it is easy to uninstall?

Thanks

The version I'm using from Windows X’s Shrine shows up in the Add/Remove programs list, though I haven't tried uninstalling yet so I have no idea if it leaves bits behind. I've updated a few of the components from the pack on that site, they all have uninstall options too as does WindowsBlinds (I haven't tried the Vista Explorer posted by weejammer; anybody using it know if it works?). I'm also using Vista Drive Status program, which doesn't have an uninstall and is in Chinese :/ but it works perfectly anyway...

Windows X’s Shrine - Vista Transformation Pack 6
Microsoft Vista sidebar - XP sidebar design Thoosje.com - Vista Sidebar 1.7.8
CrystalXP - Styler
- Visual Tooltip 2.1
- Vista Drive Status
WinCustomize: Your home for skins, wallpapers, themes, icons and everything you need to customize your pc. - WindowsBlinds 5.5

[millski]

Well I tried the above Vista Explorer, but it was a bit rubbish. So I got WindowBlinds working instead, and hey presto! I now have transparent window borders

[weejamer]

Originally Posted by millski

Well I tried the above Vista Explorer, but it was a bit rubbish. So I got WindowBlinds working instead, and hey presto! I now have transparent window borders

Sorry about Vista Explorer, I have not tried it... but I wont now lol

Thanks

[millski]

Sorry weejammer, that sounded rude of me. Vista Explorer is actually the Vista graphics and stuff ripped out of Vista for you to use on XP (or so it seems to me). So if you replace your XP explorer with it, and IExplorer with the included Vista version, you get pretty transparent windows and different buttons. But none of your other windows get skinned and I was a little concerned it might not update through windows update, or if it did it would simply overwrite the old XP versions again. WindowBlinds costs $19.95 for the full version but it works really well. Of course there are other ways of 'obtaining' the full version of WB if you want to try it...

[weejamer]

Originally Posted by millski

Sorry weejammer, that sounded rude of me. Vista Explorer is actually the Vista graphics and stuff ripped out of Vista for you to use on XP (or so it seems to me). So if you replace your XP explorer with it, and IExplorer with the included Vista version, you get pretty transparent windows and different buttons. But none of your other windows get skinned and I was a little concerned it might not update through windows update, or if it did it would simply overwrite the old XP versions again. WindowBlinds costs $19.95 for the full version but it works really well. Of course there are other ways of 'obtaining' the full version of WB if you want to try it...

No it did not sound rude at all... I had no idea what the program did other than the description about it.

I know WB but I lost patience with all that. I only really work on my site these days so my system is at a low priority.

[mcg07]

i have downloaded the vista packege but it takes such a long time to download