Make XP look like Windows Vista

Posted by Martin in Operating Systems, Windows  Tags: , , , ,

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Not many users like Windows Vista. It surely looks better than Windows XP, but other than that ? Please raise your hand if you think that UAC is more annoying than helpful. Windows Vista is just not that ready for prime time and there is not really a good reason to make the switch.

Windows XP users who love the Vista looks can easily change their XP theme to one that looks pretty much like Windows Vista. A software called VistaMizer does that automatically. VistaMizer replaces more than 380 files in Windows XP, mostly icons and graphics, and the result looks astonishingly well.

Below are two screenshots of how a Windows XP system looks like after using VistaMizer. Click on the image to get a bigger screenshot.

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Please keep in mind that your language is not changed during the transformation which means that the above screenshots are from a German XP, an English XP would of course have English menus and such.

VistaMizer has a size of more than 22 Megabytes and can only be downloaded using Bittorrent.

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SQrL says, October 23rd, 2007   

how does this compair to “Vista Transformation Pack 7.0″ ???

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Streaker says, October 24th, 2007   

I hate to sound like a Vista shill, but I should tell you that the vast majority of people who use Vista have no problems with it other than learning how to do things differently.

It’s certainly not the case that “not many users like Windows Vista”. I bought a computer with Vista installed and after using it for a few weeks have found that I like it better than XP, much like the people I know who have upgraded.

D3 says, October 24th, 2007   

I don’t see myself changing from XP anytime soon.

NightFlyer says, October 24th, 2007   

nor me until they at least do something about TV card support, I own 4 different TV cards that all work perfectly in XP but not one of them works in my wifes Vista machine.

SQrL says, October 24th, 2007   

My main pc is dual boot (XP Pro SP2 / Vista Ultimate)… “Starforce” protected games do not install on Vista. I use the Vista Transformation Pack on XP and it does an amazing job making XP look all pretty ;)

just wondering why i would bother trying this “VistaMizer”… seems like a copy cat of VTP 7.0 to me…

Rico says, October 24th, 2007   

I decided to give VistaMizer a try. The overall look of the Vista graphics were impressive, but unfortunately it froze my system, forcing me to have to uninstall it.

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