Vista theme for everybody!

macnoob · 03-05-2007, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by PC eye

It's a little more involved then "just a new skin". There are several changes in the way things work as well as new features not seen before in any previous version of Windows. That includes newer security features as well. One of those that can prove to a reall annoyance is the user account control feature that will issue "allow, deny, end program" prompts literally on "everything" even when starting a program already installed like your favorite game. Most will disable that quickly.

yeah it is more, but right about now it doesnt nessecarily matter. id go with xp right nw and wait for them to iron out any bugs with vista the skin is great though

Risingtide93 · 03-05-2007, 03:19 AM

Hey

Thanks alot! I really love it!

**epidemik** · 03-05-2007, 03:47 AM

I just installed it.

Amazing, I was looking for one of these. Thanks.

PC eye · 03-05-2007, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by macnoob

yeah it is more, but right about now it doesnt nessecarily matter. id go with xp right nw and wait for them to iron out any bugs with vista the skin is great though

So far the installation on the second drive here has been good. This includes several games while the current sound card lacks the needed driver support. The "translucent effect is one thing to look at. But the aggravation comes mainly when trying to change various settings and seeing how folders are now different from XP there as well. No more DocumentsandSettings! Now you have "users" and "Program Data" folders to contend with. Plus the "BCDedit" command hasn't worked at the Run prompt.

Someone mentioned a 2009 followup with "Vienna" as a name for the next version. That's supposed to include things "left out" of Vista?

Another MS flop? Meanwhile the Vista transformation pack has to be manually removed since there is no indication found in the add/remove programs list in the control panel. You have to use the msconfig to disable two items in both the startup and services groups along with a registry edit to remove a key or two. That's just to advise anyone going to try that out on XP.

Kornowski · 03-05-2007, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by epidemik

I just installed it.

Amazing, I was looking for one of these. Thanks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Risingtide93

Hey

Thanks alot! I really love it!

Good, You're welcome

Kabu · 03-05-2007, 10:45 PM

Sweet! Thanks for the info, Kornowski. Had no problems at all with your help!

codeman0013 · 03-05-2007, 10:51 PM

I gave up on this one I couldnt get it working on my pc at work so i said screw it up matter what I did it did not work for me..

Kornowski · 03-06-2007, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by codeman0013

I gave up on this one I couldnt get it working on my pc at work so i said screw it up matter what I did it did not work for me..

Well, I don't really see any reason why it won't work, you followed all the instructions?

Tried on your PC at home, It will work

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Originally Posted by Kabu

Sweet! Thanks for the info, Kornowski. Had no problems at all with your help!

Your welcome

Well, I thought I'd put the help in there as the instructions on some sites aren't very good and are often too complicated and wrong.

Kabu · 03-06-2007, 05:39 AM

I do appreciate the instructions. I had tried a different program. It made everything black like Vista, but it didn't change the color of the font. As you can imagine, I was in the dark!

PC eye · 03-06-2007, 06:48 AM

Try right clicking on the desktop and changing the background. You can choose a picture or lighter color. In the desktop tab you can go without a background and choose from a list of different colors. The advanced tab found in the appearance tab will allow you to change colors on the Start menu bar and borders of IE and WE winodws. Plus there's all kinds of backgrounds to set as the desktop background itself. http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/3...desktopvl7.jpg

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