Make Vista Look & Behave Like Win 7

[iMav]

A list to make Vista look & behave like Windows 7. based on 3rd party applications, modifications & resources.

1. Windows 7 Boot Screen by Vishal Gupta.

2. Logon Screen by pugalengthi.

3. Theme - Windows 7 Vista Style FINAL by ~giannisgx89

4. Wallpaper - Official PDC Blue Wally

5. Taskbar: Using Taskbar Iconizer

6. Right Click Menu hack using registry trick by Vishal Gupta.

7. Aero Snap

8. Aero Shake

9. Win 7 Calculator

10. Sidebar: Drag your gadgets out of the sidebar then:

1. right click on the Sidebar.
2. select Close Sidebar.

Now you won't be having the sidebar obstructing your desktop wallpaper.

Screen shots: Make Vista Look & Behave Like Windows 7 | I'm Just Being Manan

 

[Vishal Gupta]

Nice tutorial.

 

[infra_red_dude]

Good compilation and a thotfully written tut

 

[skippednote]

Great Tutorial.

 

[iMav]

Nice tutorial.

Good compilation and a thotfully written tut

Great Tutorial.

Thank you.

 

[BBThumbHealer]

Nice Tutorial Manan !

 

[Krazzy Warrior]

excellent

 

[thewisecrab]

Great Compilation. Nice tut too
A great win7 transformation pack for Vista
Got anything for XP?

 

[RCuber]

good work dude..

PS:you got something to make vista run as fast as win 7? j/k

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Er... all this feels neat and funky, but has MS even FINALIZED how Windows 7 is going to look like ?

good work dude..

PS:you got something to make vista run as fast as win 7? j/k

Yeah. A better rig with a SSD instead of HDD and 6GB of triple channel DDR3 2200MHz RAM with Core i7 965 and GTX280 SLI GPU

 

[thewisecrab]

Yeah. A better rig with a SSD instead of HDD and 6GB of triple channel DDR3 2200MHz RAM with Core i7 965 and GTX280 SLI GPU

Is there something similar for XP?

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Is there something similar for XP?

Do the exact same thing

 

[iMav]

Nice Tutorial Manan !

excellent

Great Compilation. Nice tut too
A great win7 transformation pack for Vista
Got anything for XP?

I think most of this, other than the theme will work on XP too.

good work dude..

PS:you got something to make vista run as fast as win 7? j/k

Er... all this feels neat and funky, but has MS even FINALIZED how Windows 7 is going to look like ?

Seems to be yes. Might be some tweaks, but this is what seems to be what the final thing is going to look like.

Yeah. A better rig with a SSD instead of HDD and 6GB of triple channel DDR3 2200MHz RAM with Core i7 965 and GTX280 SLI GPU

Absolutely.

Is there something similar for XP?

My pleasure.

 

[jal_desai]

Sexy Tutorial...

but hey manan, my Calc.exe is not getting replaced, nor can i change the permissions... any tut for that?

 

[iMav]

Jal, download & apply this file and then right click, select take ownership. SHould take care of it.

 

[jal_desai]

bro i already have 'Take Ownership' thingy and I used the one that u gave me in above post too.. but the option does not come up when i right click on EXEs... i mean the option appears on any file except exes... else i would have done it in first place... i really wanna use this new calc..

 

[iMav]

Hmmm ... weird, anyway another process, manual and long.

Right click -> properties -> Security -> Advanced -> Owner -> Edit -> Choose the Administrator group. -> OK

Now Do OK and Apply and close everything. Right click and properties again. Security, choose the Admin group, press Edit and give it full control.

Should work, besides that I'm stumped.

 

[Faun]

good tutorial

 

[hahahari]

gr8 tut
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[casanova]

Would this softwares work on Vista 64 bit.

A good tutorial.