Using the brilliant Vista skin for XP. And the sidebar. All the fun of Vista, but without 50% of resources used to idle!

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Using the brilliant Vista skin for XP. And the sidebar. All the fun of Vista, but without 50% of resources used to idle!

where can i download that skin?

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where can i download that skin?

The skin is here, but you need to patch XP first to allow unsigned themes. Can't remember where I got the patch, but I found it off google anyway

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The skin is here, but you need to patch XP first to allow unsigned themes. Can't remember where I got the patch, but I found it off google anyway

wont it destroy my pc? once i tried to change the BOOT screen and i ****ed it up and had to reïnstall windows

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wont it destroy my pc? once i tried to change the BOOT screen and i ****ed it up and had to reïnstall windows

I think it's a reasonably safe hack, there are probably millions* of users using it. There might be something here about it: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=339820

*The figure might not be accurate

Well I've had it for weeks, and nothing has gone wrong. The patch only runs once, to replace a small file that stops unsigned themes, and that's it. So it doesn't impact performance either. The themes are all completely safe, as long as you download from a trusted site.

I tried changing my boot screen to a C64 one, and I had to do system restore

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Well I've had it for weeks, and nothing has gone wrong. The patch only runs once, to replace a small file that stops unsigned themes, and that's it. So it doesn't impact performance either. The themes are all completely safe, as long as you download from a trusted site.

I tried changing my boot screen to a C64 one, and I had to do system restore

Why would you do such a thing with you can get the 'signed' version of that theme right here?? I have 'Vista Inspirat 2' on my computer and it works without a problem. There's even the little zoom effect just like on the real Vista.

Because I can customize any theme to my heart's content, whereas you can only use themes signed by Microsoft

Plus, the patch is the only way to get unsigned themes to work with SP3...

Don´t worry about the patch, you can even make a customized Windows with nLite/vLite and integrate it

I changed again

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Why would you do such a thing with you can get the 'signed' version of that theme right here?? I have 'Vista Inspirat 2' on my computer and it works without a problem. There's even the little zoom effect just like on the real Vista.

I just downloaded that theme and it works fine

here is mine, the pic is from GRID in-game.
the skin theme is some sort Vista skin (they say:shrug.

-Bose

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here is mine, the pic is from GRID in-game.
the skin theme is some sort Vista skin (they say:shrug.

-Bose

its more like "XP media center" that i have, but with different colors

i know, i already thought the same

time for a update
first one is the original and the second one has my own touch on it

Your edited version is better than the original

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Your edited version is better than the original

Thanks

New desktop for a new pc

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New desktop for a new pc

thats a nice wallpaper, where did you get the pic?

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thats a nice wallpaper, where did you get the pic?

Type "Zune Wallpaper" in google images, and change the size filter to "Large Images" They got loads of cool ones

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Type "Zune Wallpaper" in google images, and change the size filter to "Large Images" They got loads of cool ones

thanks

How can you not love Gone with the Blastwave?

Just had my PC reformatted, pretty simple.