http://www.pcmech.com/article/give-windows-xp-that-vista-feeling/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:17:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.pcmech.com/article/give-windows-xp-that-vista-feeling/comment-page-1/#comment-2403 t-ready Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:05:31 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/give-windows-xp-that-vista-feeling/#comment-2403 Don't forget XPize (xpize.net) Don’t forget XPize (xpize.net)

]]> http://www.pcmech.com/article/give-windows-xp-that-vista-feeling/comment-page-1/#comment-2083 Luis R. Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:26:43 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/give-windows-xp-that-vista-feeling/#comment-2083 One thing the article didn't mention is that there are a couple of free programs on the Internet that change the appearance of Windows XP to that of Vista. One of them is Vista Transformation Pack which includes several programs to add things like the sidebar, the visual preview on the taskbar, a Vista-like Start menu and some other things. I am using this Vista Transformation Pack and except from some sort of glitch in the start menu program that causes icons to revert to 32 pixels after waking up from the screen saver this program is neat. Except for the extra programs to provide additional functionality, the visual parts require no resident program, it is just a desktop theme. However, I do warn that this program seems to modify or replace some OS core files because all icons, boot, login, startup, shutdown screens and some dialogs are modified from their original XP appearance. Use with caution. One thing the article didn’t mention is that there are a couple of free programs on the Internet that change the appearance of Windows XP to that of Vista. One of them is Vista Transformation Pack which includes several programs to add things like the sidebar, the visual preview on the taskbar, a Vista-like Start menu and some other things. I am using this Vista Transformation Pack and except from some sort of glitch in the start menu program that causes icons to revert to 32 pixels after waking up from the screen saver this program is neat. Except for the extra programs to provide additional functionality, the visual parts require no resident program, it is just a desktop theme. However, I do warn that this program seems to modify or replace some OS core files because all icons, boot, login, startup, shutdown screens and some dialogs are modified from their original XP appearance. Use with caution.

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