Bored of the same [b]old Looks of Windows Xp [/b]? I am sure you are , this[b] tutorial [/b]is really goonna help you to give your Windows Xp a new and cool Windows Vista Look and that too [b]WITHOUT[/b] [b]decreasing your computer performance by even 1 %.[/b]
Guys i do Know There are many[b] Vista Transformation packs [/b]avaliable on the net ,But I suggest everyone not to use that because of the following reasons :-
1.They make your comp really[b] slow[/b](You might feel that your comps running at the same speed for some days ,But after some time it will become really Slow)
2.They also install many unwanted[b] 3rd Party utilities [/b]which further slow down your computer.
You may also install the [b]original Vista [/b],But for that you need to have a [b]comp with good hardware resources [/b].The hardware requirement for Windows Vista is also [b] high [/b]and the cd is also [b]costily[/b].In this tutorial I will tell u how to get the Vista look for Free on your comp , [b]WITHOUT sacrificing your comps performance.[/b]To make Windows xp to look-a-like Windows Vista you need to change the following things :-
[color=orange]
[i]Visual style (or theme)
Mouse Cursors
Windows Icons all in shell32.dll 9replaced as in vista)
Boot screen
Login screen
Vista wallapapers
Sounds
Windows Explorer
Progress dialog box
Shutdown/log off dialog box
About Windows box
System Properties dialog box
Taskbar Icons
Vista taskmanager
Vista drive status bar etc…[/i][/color]
[size=18][b][i][color=orange]1. Vista Style:-[/color][/i][/b] [/size]
First thing which u should change in your windows is theme. I m Uploading A Theme . To use this theme u need to downlaod uxtheme patcher to patch your uxtheme file .You can Download uxthemepatcher from [url=http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhancements/Themes/UXTheme-Patch-For-Windows-XP-SP2-Final.shtml]here[/url]
[img]http://aycu38.webshots.com/image/18357/2000538998024837607_rs.jpg[/img]
[url=http://rapidshare.com/files/32658371/skin.rar.html] Download Theme[/url]
You may aslo want to use trensparent themes .there are many of them avaliable on the net.AND It requires Windowsblinds 5.5 Full Version!
[size=18][b][i][color=orange]2.Vista Mouse Cursors[/color]:-[/i][/b][/size]
Vista Cursors Look really cool download the pack from
[url=http://rapidshare.com/files/32718709/aero_cursors.zip.html][u]HERE[/u][/url]
How to Install It:-
- Extract the archive to a temporary folder.
- Right click the “Install.inf” file and click on “Install”
- Choose the cursorset in the control panel mouse applet
It appears as “Aero Cursors (Alphablended)”
[size=18][color=orange][b][i]3.Bootscreen:-[/b][/i][/color][/size]
In Vista, Microsoft has removed the graphical boot screen and there is a minimal boot screen with just a progress bar,it really looks good.
have a look :-
[img]http://aycu21.webshots.com/image/20660/2000550396028141922_rs.jpg[/img]
if u like it download it from [url=http://rapidshare.com/files/32721204/boot.zip.html][u]HERE[/u][/url]
and also download [url=http://www.soft32.com/Download/Free/BootSkin/4-18196-1.html]Startdock Bootskin[/url] To use it !!
You can also make your own boot screen using Tuneup Utilities. Its the Easiest Way to do it .
[size=18][color=orange][b][i]4.Login Screen:-
[/i][/b][/color][/size]
Heres A Look At Vista Login Screen created by me .
[img]http://aycu10.webshots.com/image/21409/2000593355869189892_rs.jpg[/img]
To apply the same login screen ,Just download the logonui.exe file file from [url=http://rapidshare.com/files/32727056/logonui.rar.html][u]HERE[/u][/url]
2. You will need to replace your current loginui.exe file with this new one
(the default login screen is stored in windows/system32 folder.)
3.To replace the logonui.exe file you will need replacer,Its a software
which is used to replace system files .
4.You can download it from [url=http://www3.telus.net/_/replacer/Replacer.zip]Here[/url]
And also download the login screen user images from [url=http://rapidshare.com/files/32727737/Vista_User_Images.zip.html][u]Here[/u][/url]
[color=orange][size=18][b][i]5.Vista Sounds-:[/i][/b][/size][/color]
Vista sounds are really good.You can download the whole pack from
[url=http://rapidshare.com/files/14250508/VistaSounds.zip.html][u]HERE[/u][/url]
[size=18][color=orange][b][i]6. Vista Explorer:-[/i][/b] [/color][/size]
Vista Explorer is Really Cool. It Contains Back & Forward Buttons along with the Address bar & Searchbar and under it there is another toolbar containing useful links, like Tile icons, details, and many more things. But there is a 3rd party utility available called “Styler”, which can add the same toolbars in XP explorer too
Download Styler from [url=http://www.crystalxp.net/galerie/en.id.551.htm][u]HERE[/u][/url]
And now download the skin for styler from [url=http://rapidshare.com/files/32732931/Vista_styler_skin.rar.html][u]HERE[/u][/url]
Now extract it and copy this skin to “%ProgramFiles%\Styler\TB\skins\Styler’s” directory and then apply it from the styler.
[size=18][color=orange][b][i]7. Vista Wallpapers:-[/i][/b] [/color][/size]
Download Some of the Vitsa Wallpapaers from [url=http://rapidshare.com/files/32731793/vISTA_WALLPapERS.rar.html][u]Here[/u][/url]. There are many more avaliable on the net.
[size=18][color=orange][b][i]8.Progress Dialog , Shutdown Dialog ,Run dialog ,System Icons and many more:-[/i][/b][/color][/size]
[color=orange][b][i]8.1Progress Dialog[/i][/b]:-[/color]
Vista progress dialog box is different from XP. But we can make our XP dialog box to look-a-like Vista one by using Resource Hacker.Resource HackerTM is a freeware utility to view, modify, rename,add, delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables and resource files (*.res). It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler and works on Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT,Win2000 and WinXP operating systems. Navigate [url=http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/tools/ResHack.zip]Here[/url] to download Resource Hacker.
[img]http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/1282/666666666666666666666lo6.jpg[/img]
Just open “%windir%\System32\Shell32.dll” file in Resource Hacker and then goto:
Dialog -> 1020 -> 1033
Now replace the existing code in right-side pane with the following code:
[code]
1020 DIALOGEX 20, 20, 266, 108
STYLE DS_FIXEDSYS | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_NOIDLEMSG | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
CAPTION “”
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
FONT 8, “MS SHELL DLG”
{
CONTROL “”, 106, “SysAnimate32″, ACS_AUTOPLAY | ACS_TIMER | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 0, 0, 267, 25
CONTROL “”, 103, STATIC, SS_LEFTNOWORDWRAP | SS_NOPREFIX | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 7, 34, 250, 10
CONTROL “”, 102, STATIC, SS_LEFTNOWORDWRAP | SS_NOPREFIX | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 52, 88, 132, 10
CONTROL “”, 104, “msctls_progress32″, WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 7, 58, 250, 14
CONTROL “”, 105, STATIC, SS_LEFT | SS_NOPREFIX | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 7, 44, 250, 10
CONTROL “”, 106, STATIC, SS_GRAYFRAME | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 0, 76, 266, 1
CONTROL “Stop”, 2, BUTTON, BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 200, 85, 56, 16
CONTROL “Current file:”, 2, STATIC, SS_LEFT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 7, 88, 40, 10
}
[/code]
Click on [b]Compile Script [/b]button.
U’ll also hv to replace existing AVIs in the file with new Vista ones. Just download the Vista AVI from [url=http://rapidshare.com/files/33313645/a.b.rar.html]here[/url] and after extracting the AVI from it, replace following AVIs in the Shell32.dll file with this one:
[i][b]
AVI -> 160 ->1033
AVI -> 161 ->1033
AVI -> 162 ->1033
AVI -> 163 ->1033
AVI -> 164 ->1033[/b][/i]
[b]
NOW CLICK ON FILE AND THEN CLICK ON ‘SAVE AS’ .SAVE THE FILE ON YOUR DESKTOP WITH THE SAME NAME AND SAME EXTENSION (I.E SHELL32.DLL).tHEN REPALCE IT USING REPALCER .THE LINK TO DOWNLOAD REPLACER IS GIVEN IN THE 4 STEP i.e(Vista Login/Welcome Screen).THE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO REPLACE A FILE IS ALSO MENTIONED THERE .
FOLLOW THE ABOVE STEPS WHEN YOU MODIFY A SYSTEM FILE AND WANNA SAVE IT.[/b]
[b][i][color=orange]8.2:- Shutdown/log off dialog box[/color][/i]:[/b]
Windows Vista doesnt hv any shutdown/logoff dialog box just like XP hv but XP default dialog box doesnt look good. So here I’ll tell u how to change it in XP?wit my Own customized dialig box
Heres how it looks :-
[img]http://aycu40.webshots.com/image/21079/2000355687050655382_rs.jpg[/img]
To make it like this :-
Download required BMP files from [url=http://rapidshare.com/files/33314731/shutdown.rar.html]here[/url]. Extract the file and u’ll get 4 BMPs with the name:
[i]
[b]a.bmp
b.bmp
c.bmp
d.bmp[/b][/i]
Now open “%windir%\System32\Shell32.dll” file in Resource Hacker and then replace following BITMAPs with the mentioned BMP files:
[i][b]
Bitmap -> 14351 -> 1033 with a.bmp
Bitmap -> 14353 -> 1033 with b.bmp
Bitmap -> 14354 -> 1033 with a.bmp
Bitmap -> 14355 -> 1033 with b.bmp
Bitmap -> 14356 -> 1033 with c.bmp[/b][/i]
now save the file and open %windir%\System32\msgina.dll file in Resource Hacker and then replace following BITMAPs with the mentioned BMP files:
[i][b]Bitmap -> 20140 -> 1033 with a.bmp
Bitmap -> 20141 -> 1033 with b.bmp
Bitmap -> 20142 -> 1033 with a.bmp
Bitmap -> 20143 -> 1033 with b.bmp
Bitmap -> 20150 -> 1033 with d.bmp[/b][/i]
Now save the file[b].(follow the steps Mention in 8.1)[/b]
And if u want to change the text of the shutdown dialog (ie make it same as shown in the image)
open %windir%\System32\msgina.dll file in Resource Hacker
and go to:-
[b]
Dialog -> 20100 -> 1033[/b]
and in the right hand side repalce the default code with the following one :-
[code]
20100 DIALOGEX 0, 0, 208, 122
STYLE DS_SYSMODAL | DS_SETFOREGROUND | WS_POPUP | WS_BORDER
CAPTION “”
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
FONT 8, “MS Shell Dlg”
{
CONTROL “Cancel”, 2, BUTTON, BS_PUSHBUTTON | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 155, 104, 42, 18
CONTROL “Flag”, 20101, STATIC, SS_OWNERDRAW | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 171, 3, 32, 26
CONTROL “Bye Bye.”, 20102, STATIC, SS_OWNERDRAW | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 7, 3, 149, 26
CONTROL “&Wil B Back”, 20104, BUTTON, BS_OWNERDRAW | BS_NOTIFY | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 36, 51, 22, 19
CONTROL “T&ake Care”, 20103, BUTTON, BS_OWNERDRAW | BS_NOTIFY | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 93, 51, 22, 19
CONTROL “&Just Coming”, 20105, BUTTON, BS_OWNERDRAW | BS_NOTIFY | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 150, 51, 22, 19
CONTROL “&Hibernate”, 20106, BUTTON, BS_PUSHBUTTON | BS_NOTIFY | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 13, 104, 42, 18
CONTROL “”, 20108, STATIC, SS_OWNERDRAW | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_DISABLED, 22, 73, 50, 8
CONTROL “”, 20107, STATIC, SS_OWNERDRAW | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_DISABLED, 79, 73, 50, 8
CONTROL “”, 20109, STATIC, SS_OWNERDRAW | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_DISABLED, 136, 73, 50, 8
}
[/code]
[b]Compile it n save it …………[/b]([b]Follow The steps mentioned in 8.1 To save it)[/b]
[color=orange][b][i]8.3.Run Dialog[/i][/b]:-[/color]
heres a look at my customized run dialog ;-
[img]http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/3005/555555555555555555555yq0.jpg[/img]
to make it like thid open shell32.dll in resource Hacker n go to
[b]Dialog->1003->1003[/b]
In the right hand plane replace the default code with the following one;-
[code]
1003 DIALOGEX 0, 0, 256, 102
STYLE DS_FIXEDSYS | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_NOIDLEMSG | DS_CONTEXTHELP | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
CAPTION “Run”
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
FONT 8, “MS Shell Dlg”
{
CONTROL “”, 12298, COMBOBOX, CBS_DROPDOWN | CBS_AUTOHSCROLL | CBS_DISABLENOSCROLL | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_VSCROLL | WS_TABSTOP, 33, 7, 183, 199
CONTROL “OK”, 1, BUTTON, BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 23, 80, 50, 14
CONTROL “&Browse.”, 12288, BUTTON, BS_PUSHBUTTON | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 182, 80, 50, 14
CONTROL 9890, 0, STATIC, SS_BITMAP | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS | WS_GROUP, 65533, 65535, 260, 105
}
[/code]
[b]Click on compile [/b]
And also download a BMP file from [url=http://rapidshare.com/files/33318975/1.rar.html]here[/url] and after extracting the BMP file from it,then . Just click on Action -> Add a new resource and then click on Open file with new resource button. Select the downloaded BMP file and click on Open. Now in Resource Name enter 9890 and in Resource Language enter 1033 and click on Add Resource button.
([b]Follow The steps mentioned in 8.1 To save it)[/b]
[color=orange][b][i]8.4.About Windows Dialog[/i][/b][/color]
[img]http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/2319/44444444444444444444444gn2.jpg[/img]
Download the required BITMAP file from [url=http://rapidshare.com/files/33319936/about.rar.html]here[/url] and then open “%windir%\System32\Shell32.dll” file in Resource Hacker and then replace following BITMAPs with the downloaded BMP file:
[i][b]
Bitmap -> 131 -> 1033 (For XP Professional)
Bitmap -> 147 -> 1033 (For XP Home)[/b][/i]
Now open %windir%\System32\msgina.dll file in Resource Hacker and then replace following BITMAPs with the downloaded BMP file:
[i]
[b]Bitmap -> 101 -> 1033 (For XP Professional)
Bitmap -> 107 -> 1033 (For XP Professional)
Bitmap -> 128 -> 1033 (For XP Home)
Bitmap -> 129 -> 1033 (For XP Home)[/b][/i]
Now to change the text of dialog box, open “%windir%\System32\xpsp1res.dll” file in Resource Hacker and then goto:
[b]Dialog -> 14352 -> 1033[/b]
Now replace the existing code in right-side pane with the following code:
[code]
14352 DIALOGEX 20, 20, 275, 198
STYLE DS_FIXEDSYS | DS_MODALFRAME | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
CAPTION “About %s”
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
FONT 8, “MS Shell Dlg”
{
CONTROL 0, 12297, STATIC, SS_ICON | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 7, 55, 21, 20
CONTROL “Microsoft ® %s”, 13568, STATIC, SS_LEFTNOWORDWRAP | SS_NOPREFIX | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 35, 55, 200, 10
CONTROL “”, 13579, STATIC, SS_LEFTNOWORDWRAP | SS_NOPREFIX | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 35, 65, 235, 10
CONTROL “Copyright © %s Microsoft Corporation”, 13578, STATIC, SS_LEFT | SS_NOPREFIX | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 35, 75, 210, 10
CONTROL “”, 13581, STATIC, SS_LEFT | SS_NOPREFIX | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 35, 85, 180, 20
CONTROL “This product is licensed under the terms of the End-User License Agreement to:”, 13586, “SysLink”, 0×50000000, 35, 105, 180, 20
CONTROL “user name”, 13575, STATIC, SS_LEFT | SS_NOPREFIX | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 45, 125, 180, 10
CONTROL “org name”, 13576, STATIC, SS_LEFT | SS_NOPREFIX | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 45, 135, 180, 10
CONTROL “”, 13095, STATIC, SS_ETCHEDHORZ | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 35, 147, 235, 1
CONTROL “Physical memory available to Windows:”, 13570, STATIC, SS_LEFT | SS_NOPREFIX | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 35, 152, 130, 10
CONTROL “”, 13571, STATIC, SS_LEFT | SS_NOPREFIX | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 167, 152, 88, 10
CONTROL “OK”, 1, BUTTON, BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 220, 178, 50, 14
}
[/code]
Fianally Click On[b] compile Button [/b]And Save the File .
[size=18][color=orange][b][i]9.Vista Icons:-[/i]………..[/b][/color][/size]
There r lots of icon packs available on net, which can be used to change default XP icons with the Vista ones automatically. I’m posting a link to a iconpack which is the best :
http://www.joejoe.biz/joejoe/Download/VIP3_IP.ip
Just download it and then u can use [url=http://www.soft32.com/Download/free-trial/IconPackager/4-13518-1.html][u]Startdock IconPackager[/u][/url] to apply the iconpack.
[size=18][color=orange][b][i]10.System Properties Dialog:-[/i]………..[/b][/color][/size]
To change ur system properties dialog refer to the tutorial[url=http://www.chip-india.com/townsquare/viewtopic.php?t=22326]HACKING UR SYSTEM PROPERTIES DIALOG [/URL]
[size=18][color=orange][b][i]11.Taskbar Icons[/i][/b][/color] [/size]
Guys I Hv also modified My netshell File (which is reponsible for the taskbar icons) I hv made it Look Like Vista.here’s a look
[img]http://i14.tinypic.com/54k1eyq.jpg[/img]
Download the file from [URL=http://rapidshare.com/files/32744727/netshell.zip.html][u]HERE[/u][/URL]
And Then Replace It With Replacer .
[size=18][color=orange][b][i]1.Vista Taskmanager:-[/i][/b][/color][/size]
Guys I have also made a Windows Vista taskmanager for windows Xp .Navigate [url=http://windowstweaker.prohosts.org/?page_id=40]Here[/url] to Download it .Its really cool.
[size=18][color=orange][b][i]13.Vista Drive Status Bar:-[/i][/b][/color][/size]
in Windows Vista there is a small horizontal progress bar is displayed under each drive icon showing the filled/remaining space in the drive. U can also do the same in XP by using a 3rd party utility uploaded . Just run the file and it’ll add the progress bar in each drive.
[img]http://i8.tinypic.com/4lencjm.jpg[/img]
DOWNLOAD IT FROM [url=http://rapidshare.com/files/32747874/aaaaaaaa.zip.html][u]HERE[/u][/URL] IT LOOKS REALLY COOL[i][/i][img][/img]
[size=18][color=orange][b][i]14.Sidebar:-[/i][/b][/color][/size]
Windows Vista also contains a Sidebar, which is displayed on right-side on desktop (by default and can be changed to be displayed at left-side). U can also use a sidebar in XP. Just download it from [url=http://www.thoosje.com/][u]Here[/u][/url]
Hope You All Like it ,If u hv more suggestions then pls post them. [b][u]Remember this tutorial is for doing the task manually and not using the transformation packs[/u][/b]
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