Over the next few days i am going to show you how to make your basic copy of windows Vista or XP look and feel like a copy of Vista Ultimate. Most of this tutorial involves installing 3rd Party alternatives to Vista Ultimate features, however, some parts also require registry edits.
Some of the things we will be doing today are against the windows EULA, so if you want to stay clean, avoid patching windows files.
We are going to be covering the following:
- Activating the Aero Theme in Vista or installing a Vista Aero style theme in XP.
- Activating Windows DreamScenes for Vista or installing a 3rd Party alternative for XP.
- Rearranging of taskbar items
- thumbnail window previews
- 3d flip alternative
- windows media center alternative
- and more
Below is an example video of what your system could look like when we are finished.
In this guide i will try and give you as many options as possible. Each person has their own needs and i will try and cater to those.
Color Guide:
- RED = Vista Only
- BLUE = XP Alternative to Vista only method
- GREEN = XP + Vista
The first guide will be activating the Aero theme… Watch this space.
If you think i am missing something and would like to see some more features in this guide, simply comment on the post and let me know 