Make your XP look like Windows Vista/Seven/Codename Longhorn (Tutorial)

[Kenneth Alog]

Please delete if against rules.

Seven Tut
Make your XP to look like the new upcoming Operating System (OS) by Microsoft.

You need some downloading so please be patient.

You will need to patch your Uxtheme.dll use this to patch (Safe): Here

Themes:
WB Skin: Se7en WindowBlinds Theme by ~fediafedia
msstyles: Seven VG by Vishal Gupta
Se7en Theme by sid-crafty.

Icons:
Windows 7 Icons by ~fediafedia
Vista Icons by sagorpirbd

Sounds and Cursors:
The Sounds and Cursors of Windows 7 and Vista are the same for the meantime.
Sounds and Cursors (Vista) By Joshoon

Some Mods:
ViStart: Here
ViOrb: Here
ViStart and ViOrb by Lee Matthew Chantrey and Windows X
ViOrb Skin: ViOrb Se7en by ~fediafedia
ViStart Skin: M3 7 ViStart by ~fediafedia
Note: ViStart ViOrb are really suppose to look like Vista

Other Tutorials:
Vishal Gupta's Transform Windows XP to Windows 7

I will update this when Windows 7 will have a update.

Longhorn Tut

Transfomation Packs:
LTP 10.5 by Lucifar/WindowsX
Note: Transformation Packs make your PC slow a bit, so you might want to optimize and tweak after.

Recommended Theme:

Longhorn VS Pack by -kol
I don't like some themes I searched for, they looked a bit ugly, this one has nearly all Longhorn Styles bundled.

BootScreen:
Bootskin Longhorn 4074 by jeremyddual

Logon Screen:
Slate Logon by raulwindows

Extras:
IE 6.05 from Windows Longhorn by ~fediafedia
ViStart Longhorn/Whistler Skin by counteralchemist
Karl's Sidebar, find it coz' It links to a forum.

Vista Tut
Packs:
BricoPack Vista Inspirat 2
I do not recommended VTP 9.01 cause it once crashed my Intel Core 2 Duo PC.

Visual Styles:
VistaVG Theme by Vishal Gupta

BootScreen:
VistaXP Bootscreen Perfect by jeremyddual

Logon Screen:
Vista Logon for XP by raulwindows

Extras:
Vista Rainbar v4.3 by Gavatx, ~fediafedia and Legace
ViStart, ViOrb are recommended also, but I don't recommend ViSplore, it's so buggy
Get QTAddressbar and Styler

Icons, Cursors and Sounds:
Sounds and Cursors (Vista) By Joshoon"]Vista Final Cursors and Sounds[/URL]
Vista Icons by sagorpirbd

Hope this guide helped!!!

PS: Is there any other 10-year old who made a Guide like this or is it just me?

 

[Zet]

I'm not really too fond of the windows 7 theme since it's a bit too ugly for my tastes :x but it's worth a day for a few days

 

[Gerri Shin]

It's a good guide, reminds me of my days skinning windows. *reminisces*
Ah thanks for the memory jog, but seriously that's a great text tut with good links. those are hard to find. you might put in a couple thumbnail shots so people can see what the final effect should look like though.

 

[Mitchman]

I wonder does this work with 2000? If so i will surely use!

 

[Kenneth Alog]

They don't :(, but if you like to make it look like Vista instead, Search for Vistapack 2000 in Google

 

[Thrace]

I usually don't like Vishal Gupta's themes but this one is actually half decent... or accurate anyway. I don't like how Windows Seven looks at the moment. Its too similar to Vista, I wish Microsoft had stuck to their early concepts. They looked so beautiful.

 

[Kenneth Alog]

Can a mod please change the title to Make your XP look like Windows Vista/Seven/Codename Longhorn?

 

[Gerri Shin]

here's a tip, if you're going to put a sidebar-like app on your windows machine, at least use rainbar. it uses fewer resources than even the real sidebar and looks as close as can be, plus you can get skins for it.
Vista Rainbar V4 by Gavatx