Microsoft pimped up Windows Vista quite a bit when you compare it visually to Windows XP. It seems to me that they have put lots of resources into the design which probably should have gone elsewhere but that’s my personal opinion. If you run Windows Vista and like the way OS X is designed you could install Vista OS X which transforms the Windows Vista theme to that of Mac OS X.
The Mac OS X theme can be installed on all 32-bit editions of Windows Vista and is fully Service Pack 1 compatible. UAC has to be disabled before installation, it will fail otherwise. The user is asked during installation to check the elements that he wants to install. He can choose eight elements in total that include Screensavers, Wallpapers, the Visual Style or the Dock.
I suggest you check all of them to make sure you get the full OS X design. Minimalists will have to check at least the System Files and the Visual Style to be installed. The System Files contain the uxtheme patch which is necessary to apply the visual theme and additional new designs for the boot screen, welcome center, buttons and so on.
The Windows Vista OS X visual style comes with an uninstaller that completely removes the theme from the system again.
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Heej funny,
I’m gonna try this out.
About an hour after I installed this, Windows Defender ran a quick scan and found a Trojan.Dumper. I confirmed this later with ClamWin Anti-Virus. This is the first virus I’ve had in over a year, so I’m pretty darn sure it came from this download. Especially since the Trojan was located in the Install Shield directory under Program Files. First time gHacks has, potentially, let me down. Otherwise no harm was done and the rest of the site’s content is awesome, keep up the good work.
James did you check the setup file or program directory ? What was the name of the virus ? Maybe it was a false positive ? Can you post the log ?
I did redownload the file and scanned it with AVG and it did not find a virus. Do you still have the installer on your system ?
I also found trojan with this download. windows defender found it.
As I said it might be a false positive
Sound Rock!!! I’m testing it now.. Let see what would happen. It’s Winmac VistaX.
AVG didn’t detect the trojan but Windows defender did. I went ahead with it anyway (and probably regret doing it, not because of the ‘virus’ but what happened).
Things messed up during the installation and a system restore point was not created. So I had to go back through another restore point, which meant removing Vista SP1 altogether and reinstalling it.
hi dboi. I had the same problem, the programm didnt create a restore point and now, I can’t either remove vista os x totally from my computer nore i can’t setup the osx theme and my sidebar and taskbar are grey and i cant change it. please help…
In my opinion. This is horrible. The help didn’t even help me. To uninstall, it told me to go to the vista os x folder. What God Damned Folder? In Windows/Resources/Themes ? In Program Files? Now Im stuck with this theme, and can’t get rid o it with system restore. ‘Safe Installer’ my arse!
i got a trojan to and removed it and everything was messed up….it sucked all i got was the dock and the background and i chekked everthing
installed okay,but didnt like it,no transparencey.used the uninstall,which said it is now uninstalled,when restarted windows, still have oxs bootsceen,logon, welcome screens,and ugly folder icons even in animated start panel icons.tried recovery,deleted all the folders i could find,and its still there,if you are just curious like i was,do not install this program.
I installed this – and had a heck of a time getting rid of it. i found an uninstall folder in program files\rk
recovery doesn’t work either.
i can’t completely uninstall it from my computet. what’s next?
Always create a RP! b4 any “deep system changes”.
I alos had the Trojan Warning from Defender, Agent 32 blabla….i pers. don´t like it. But i believe Vista i a lot faster without UAC on ??!
Can this be true, that UAC can slow down ur System ?
Installing this software to my Vista OS caused me every problem! First off, it doesn’t do what it claims to and it leaves the system to look like awful… and second it doesn’t unistall itself from your system even if you use they provided uninstaller!
I suggest not to use this software no matter what!
I suggest that you do NOT install this. There are many flaws in this and the uninstallers both (the one in the Vista OS X folder and the Vista OS X website) don’t do ANYTHING. Now my computer’s crapped up so whatever you do, do NOT use this no matter what!
Actually, I found a Trojan in this too. Avast! Anti-Virus found it as Firefox was finishing downloading it. Here’s the log:
7/23/2008 8:34:37 PM SYSTEM 1672 Sign of “Win32:Agent-AAJA [Trj]” has been found in “D:\Users\Talon\Downloads\VistaOSX.exe.part\leftsider2.exe” file.
7/23/2008 10:15:47 PM SYSTEM 1672 Sign of “Win32:Agent-AAJA [Trj]” has been found in “D:\Users\Talon\Downloads\VistaOSX.exe.part\main.exe” file.
7/23/2008 10:16:10 PM SYSTEM 1672 Sign of “Win32:Agent-AAJA [Trj]” has been found in “D:\Users\Talon\Downloads\VistaOSX.exe.part\screensaver.exe” file.
7/23/2008 10:16:12 PM SYSTEM 1672 Sign of “Win32:Agent-AAJA [Trj]” has been found in “D:\Users\Talon\Downloads\VistaOSX.exe.part\spaces2.exe” file.
7/23/2008 10:16:13 PM SYSTEM 1672 Sign of “Win32:Agent-AAJA [Trj]” has been found in “D:\Users\Talon\Downloads\VistaOSX.exe.part\systemfiles.exe” file.
7/23/2008 10:16:14 PM SYSTEM 1672 Sign of “Win32:Agent-AAJA [Trj]” has been found in “D:\Users\Talon\Downloads\VistaOSX.exe.part\wallpaper.exe” file.
7/23/2008 10:16:14 PM SYSTEM 1672 Sign of “Win32:Agent-AAJA [Trj]” has been found in “D:\Users\Talon\Downloads\VistaOSX.exe.part\deinstall.exe\uninstall.exe” file.
7/23/2008 10:16:22 PM SYSTEM 1672 Sign of “Win32:Agent-AAJA [Trj]” has been found in “D:\Users\Talon\Downloads\VistaOSX.exe.part\deinstall.exe\uninstallsys.exe” file.
No comments about v3.
Did someone try the new version (V4)… maybe a good video will be cool to see before installation and the official site only delivers snapshots. But at this link http://fr.youtube.com/user/edvdesign we can see a good demo of OS X integrated in VISTA.
Actually, I just noticed that v4 is the version I tried. From every official mirror I download it from, Avast finds that it contains several Trojans, and if I continue installing, I get several errors. If I click Continue on all of them, the installer seems to continue like it should, and eventually tells me to reboot. But, of course, when I restart, everything is exactly the same as it was before. I’ve looked in the Themes folder, and in the mouse cursors, but nothing new is there.
i have downloaded this transformation pack a thousand times and i cannot install it. I keep getting a message in dutch (i think) and the installation stops. here is the message:
einige dateien konnten nicht erstellt werden. Bitte Schlieben sie alle anwendunngen, startie sie windows neu und starten sie die installation erneut.
If anyone has a solution to this please, please help me out.
PS: i also noticed that this file has a virus ( a trojan)
thanks,
* WARNING * vista osx has many viruses not just one…. V4 came with like 7 viruses that avast picked up “thankfully” – i understand this is V3 but same company and i got mine from the original site ((use caution)) if there is any doubt iam lieing than download avast free version and scan before install… presto multiple viruses you could have been in danger from… hope this helps u guyz :) F#@king virus givers need to do life in prison
I CAN’T DOWNLOAD IN MY WINDOWS VISTA WARNING
I installed VistaOX about 6 months ago. I haven’t had any problems and it is great for people who like the look of OS X but still like the functionality of Windows. I didn’t get any viruses whatsoever (and I’m running 3 virus programs)so I believe it is safe. Another thing for you whiny people who are like “after I uninstalled it it messed up my system”, if you didn’t want it permanently, then why install it? To Waste Your Life Maybe? Other Than That I Think The Software is great for my laptop (Toshiba with 2GB RAM and 160GB HDD(running Windows Vista Home Premium SP1)). Also, just a note, doesn’t interfere with the downloading of windows automatic updates either.
Is there a way to make Vista OS X work on Vista Basic? Because I can get the cursors and the dock and wallpaper but not the theme.
Mcafee also found these viruses while i was downloading the file
LEFTSIDER2.EXE, DETECTED (Generic.dx), DETECTION TYPE (Trojan)
AND
VISTAOSX.EXE, DETECTED (Generic.dx), DETECTION TYPE (Trojan)
wait ok is this a virus or NOT !?
i have downloaded and all i can say the publishers can shove this program up there asses
windows deffender found trojans in it, while i was downloading SP1
heres the log:
Category:
Trojan
Description:
This program is dangerous and exploits the computer on which it is run.
Advice:
Remove this software immediately.
Resources:
file:
C:\Users\David\Desktop\VistaOSX.exe->(ZipSfx)->wallpaper.exe->(UPX)
file:
C:\Users\David\Desktop\VistaOSX.exe->(ZipSfx)->systemfiles.exe->(UPX)
file:
C:\Users\David\Desktop\VistaOSX.exe->(ZipSfx)->spaces2.exe->(UPX)
file:
C:\Users\David\Desktop\VistaOSX.exe->(ZipSfx)->screensaver.exe->(UPX)
file:
C:\Users\David\Desktop\VistaOSX.exe->(ZipSfx)->main.exe->(UPX)
file:
C:\Users\David\Desktop\VistaOSX.exe->(ZipSfx)->leftsider2.exe->(UPX)
file:
C:\Users\David\Desktop\VistaOSX.exe->(ZipSfx)->deinstall.exe->(RarSfx)->uninstallsys.exe->(UPX)
file:
C:\Users\David\Desktop\VistaOSX.exe->(ZipSfx)->deinstall.exe->(RarSfx)->uninstall.exe->(UPX)
containerfile:
C:\Users\David\Desktop\VistaOSX.exe
to publishers: you guys are idiots…i mean the guys who posted this stuff and claim that it will work on WINDOWS when its only compatible with APPLE…whats suspectible is that the publishers claim that you take actions to disable the UAC whereas you shouldnt simply because the UAC detects what is being downloaded
AND those “posters” keep putting in the same lines of text explaining what it does and how to do it along with their informal intentions that they have not tried it out yet – whereas in this case they only sstate that they havent tried it is because they know there’s a high level threat of a trojan seeking into your computer which would most likely affect some majot files and cause major damage
and lastly beware YOU CANNOT REPLACE WINDOWS WITH APPLE – in this case only the MAC OSX can be run on apple, never on windows
and why do you need to disable UAC to install it?
because if you do disable UAC thats where the viruses are planted and its where the password to protect your username is stored making it seem that that’s wheere the newer files are stored..aka the viruses,a nd trojans
and where they stated that you can uninstall it it just informs you of what you can do..it doesnt seem to explain how its done…making it more like a virus because the virus doesnt want to be removed
the purpose of this program is to trick people into thinking its a MAC based OS when its a virus but just looks like a mac…
this can be removed with a malware removal
also please remember you can only get true feeling of a different OS thats made from the same company as the OS from a CD…not a small sized file…
which in this case the OS thing on here is eing install improperly….DO NOT DOWNLOAD
MAC OSX = Apple
XP, vista, 98,95 = windows…and 2 different OS from a different company will not work on a computers thats only coded for windows
hi random!
Thank god you got what this programm is about..
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random says, September 1st, 2008
MAC OSX = Apple
XP, vista, 98,95 = windows…and 2 different OS from a different company will not work on a computers thats only coded for windows”
The Program this topic is about is a Desktop Theme for Windows Vista.
But great that You gave us your wisdomabout apple programjs cant be installed on windows pcs.
LOL LMAO
Can you flip the Close, Resize, Minimise buttons?
Wow, random must be a hacker. Knows so much about computers, he could even tell the difference between Apple and Microsoft. Which one has a fruit on it?
For the record, you can install OS X on PC’s now. Same hardware, illegal licensing.
how to uninstall this theme?as it doesnt show up in the add/remove programmes in the control panel so how 2 remove it?
yea u can flip the toggle buttons, google search for leftsider.dll, works very simply, small app too.!
hi
HEY PEOPLE, THE DOWNLOAD IS SAFE IF YOU CAN RESTORE YOUR HARD DRIVE, AND IT IS REALLY COOL THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE TELLING BULLSHIT IN THIS PLACE NO RISK JUST DOWNLOAD IT
looks good ill have a go
I just installed this last night on a new Vista laptop, as per the installation instructions I rebooted the OS and now I have nothing – the system hangs upon booting up and can’t even get it to run in safe mode! Any suggestions would be appreciated!
please help – I need my laptop for an important project this weekend!
thanks.
I started downloading, then quickly canceled it when I read all these comments.
This looks crap, don’t download it.
This laptop is new, so no way am I risking it just because of some stupid theme.
i recommend not to download this either. if your want your vistas looking like macs, i suggest you download other mac os themes from other sites. theyre way better too! visit vistaknowledge.com! youll find awesome themes there!
Copy cats get a real mac! lol
i h8ted this software….COULD NO UNINSTALL…HAD 2 SYSTEM RESTORE……RUINED MY COMPUTER….DONT INSTALL….DNT DOWNLOADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!
is this good
Wow
Well, I use Mac at school and Vista at home, but the Exit/Minimize/Restore/Maximize buttons are supposed to be at the left-top corner, not at the right-top corner, also when you see a sign light, it has the colors at this order:
Red.
Yellow.
Green.
Not:
Yellow.
Green.
Red.
The rest (The accept, cancel buttons and that CRAP) are exactly the same.
Maybe this Isn’t the real download? I downloaded it from the MAIN Vista OS x website and I haven’t found on virus/trojan yet. It works fine, and hasn’t messed up my computer a bit.