TUTORIAL: Make Your Windows XP look-a-like Windows Vista

[phreak0ut]

Super!! Reps to you!

 

[casanova]

Thats excellent Vishal. Installed Vista and XP today itself. Now can call it VISTA and V!5TA

 

[Vishal Gupta]

thnx a lot guys for ur valuable comments.
thnx again, u guys are really gr8.

 

[Tech Geek]

Vishal
I had replaced the Windows Vista image in the start menu in the shell32.dll.
I saved it and restarted. but no effect

 

[Vishal Gupta]

Which image are u talking about?
If u meant with startmenu left-side image, then its in "Explorer.exe" file and if u meant with "About Windows" dialog box image, then its in "Shell32.dll" file. Pls be more clear about it.

 

[jyoti.mallick02]

i just say WOW
i love the progress box it looks awesome!!!!!!

 

[navjotjsingh]

The BootSkin link you posted is of old version 1.05.

Latest version of it is 1.05a and its link is *www.download.com/BootSkin/3000-2105_4-10257781.html

 

[rakeshishere]

Is there any way i can Topdesk feature in xp?

 

[saurabh.sauron]

excellent. i tried some of the tricks and the effects are really comparable to vista. except Aero, everything's gr8.

 

[Ron]

No Words To Say..............
Tried Some Tricks...........
Reps For You.........

 

[Vishal Gupta]

thnx to all of u for the wonderful comments.

 

[Ron]

hey
Vishal boot screen is not working.
After applying the bootscreen.My window resatarts automatically............
and
The Drive Status is working in c: and d: but not in E:
Ron

 

[Vishal Gupta]

Thats strange!
Just apply it using Stardock Bootskin software. I hv used it without any problem.
And regarding to the Drive Status, Just try to run it again. I also hv 3 drives and its working for all of them, as u can see in the screenshot of my VistaVG theme.

 

[Tech Geek]

OK
More clearly
I have replaced the files in msgina.dll and shell32.dll for the shutdown box.
But after i saved it, a file shell32_original.dll was formed in which the new images were not there(i.e the ones i had put).
In other words how to replace the files????

 

[Vishal Gupta]

shell32_original.dll file will always be created whenever u'll edit/save the original Shell32.dll file. This file is created by Resource Hacker as a backup.
U don't need to replace the file. I think WFP (Windows File Protection) service is causing the problem. Just disable it using WFP patcher or use Replacer to replace the "Shell32.dll" files in both:

%windir%\System32\
%windir%\System32\Dllcache folders.

 

[Anup Nair]

*www.puretna.com/pic/smilies/thankyou.gif for a excellent tutorial . Here are some utilities that give thumbnail preview image for each task in the Windows Taskbar.
*chsalmon.club.fr/apercu.jpg

 

[anandk]

Add Vista Features to XP.
These tools add slick sidebars, Start menu enhancements, Taskbar tricks, and more without upgrading your OS.
*www.pcworld.com/downloads/collection/collid,1433-c,downloads/files.html

 

[iceeeeman]

thnx dude !!!!!good tut

 

[Arsenal_Gunners]

Nice tut,but after I installed Vista I reverted xp to its default blue scheme

 

[Tech Geek]

Nice tut,but after I installed Vista I reverted xp to its default blue scheme

Vishal How do i disable the WFP???


@vimal
You use XP even now, even after you got Vista