Get a Vista facelift and transform your XP....
0 Comments Published by ITSGUI Man on Friday, May 18, 2007 at 9:42 AM.
Vista!, who needs it. I have been investigating and come up with some cool apps that can give your PC a Vista face-lift without major surgery or cost!
1. First you have to patch or alter the uxtheme.dll to allow it to except third-party styles. Install and run UXtheme Patcher from http://tinyurl.com/qp9kh . Windows will restart.
2. Download VistaVG v2.0 from http://tinyurl.com/2poeep Once installed this will open the Display Properties box. Select VistaVG and click Apply
3. Add a cool Vista Wallpaper to complete the look from http://www.vistawallpaperarchive.com/
4. Another cool app is TopDesk from http://www.otakusoftware.com/ that gives a 3D view of your open tasks, very similar to Vista's Flip3D.
5. Finally add an app like http://www.klipfolio.com/ which has a host of cool widgets direct on your desktop.
There are obviously a lot more applications to add, but 1-5 above 'give the look' without the grief of moving to Vista with all the bugs and software issues this throws up.
I'm delighted with the look, so give it a go and let me know what you think.
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