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TUTORIAL: Transform Windows XP into Windows Vista w/o 3rd Party Customization Packs

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Created on: Nov 20, 2007 2:37 AM by VishalGuptaMVP - Last Modified:  Nov 20, 2007 7:10 AM by VishalGuptaMVP


Guys!

Since we all know that Windows Vista has been released but its too costly to purchase. The most interesting thing in Vista is its look, new icons, cursors, theme, sounds, login screen, boot screen, etc. So I’m posting this tutorial to make our existing Windows XP to look-a-like Windows Vista.

Yes! There are lots of Vista Transformation packs available on net but I never use them because they slow down the windows and also install a few 3rd party utilities. So its better to do all the things manually.

In this tutorial, I’ll tell you about how to make following things to look-a-like Vista:

Visual style (or theme)
Boot screen
Login screen
Sounds
Mouse Cursors
Windows Icons
Windows Explorer
Progress dialog box
Shutdown/log off dialog box
About Windows box
System Properties dialog box
Windows Classic Startmenu Left-side Image and Start button Logo
and a few other things

A few screenshots of result:

http://img462.imageshack.us/img462/8535/vistavgultimatethumbnainy1.png

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/3622/progressdp6.jpg


http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/4176/aboutxu8.jpg

Here is the complete tutorial:

Transform Your Windows XP in Windows Vista without any Customization pack

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