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The best thing about Vista than anything else is probably the eye candy that it offers. Not all people can afford Vista though, so most of you are content with Windows XP.

Still, you can quench your thirst a bit with some Vista style themes for Windows XP. Just by downloading Visual styles and installing them, you can give a really stunning look to your XP operating system.

But note that none of these Visual styles can actually get to touch the real amount of elegance that Vista offers.

Before I take you to the list of some great Vista styles for Windows XP, here’s a quick guide on how you can install them:

  • Download UX Theme MultiPatcher from here
  • Run the setup file
  • Grab anyone of the following styles and download them on to your PC
  • Double click on the .msstyle file and apply the style.
  • Voila! Your XP has a new look

The first two themes don’t require other third party software, but you need to install WindowBlinds to use the third theme.

Razor Vista

(Download)

Razor Vista Theme

VistaVG

(Download)

VistaVG Theme for XP

AeroGlass

(Download)

Aero Glass XP theme for XP

Note that these visual styles can reduce performance, so go for them only if your computer has a good amount of resources.

Do you know of any such Windows Vista themes for XP? Share them with others in the comments.

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119 Responses to “3 Windows Vista themes for Windows XP”

  1. I always like the style of Vista. I had a theme called Universal Vista Brico Inspirat. Now I have a different theme called “xPize”. It looks good. Thanks for the Vista look alike themes.

  2. Amazing Shankar :D

    Thats a great list and the good thing is they are not transformation packs hehe :)

  3. Glad you liked it guys!
    @Dj: Right, transformation packs have spoiled my system earlier :D Themes are much better.

  4. VistaVG seems quite closer to the original one..
    BTW these are .msstyles.. So they are pretty light on system.. I’ve used the Mac OS X Tiger .(msstyle) theme on windows and the performance was normal as with default windows theme..

  5. The last time I used a Transform pack, I had to do a complete XP reinstall.

    It hurts, ouch :(

    They mess with system files, and that sucks.

  6. Great info Shankar.
    But my system is already too slow.

    I’ve tried tuneup utilities & it’s an amazing there you can customize the whole look as per your choice. This software also helps you to make the system faster.

    :smile:
    Life is too hectic on my end… how about you?

  7. Hey Shankar i’ll be soon opting for Debian. :smile:

  8. Hey themes! As DJ said, these aren’t transformation packs so I think I might just try them haha. Thanks for this one buddy.

  9. I think you are stuck with number 3. Increase that number for more links :D

  10. Nice themes buddy , loved the Aeroglass one .

  11. @TechZilo, dEEPAK, Brown: You’re right. I’ll probably try these styles rather than messing up my PC with such transformation packs hehe
    @Sunil: Great that you’re moving to Linux.
    @ReviewSaurus: Haha.. thanks for the heads up. Will try to put up some lengthy stuff.
    @Madhur: Glad you liked it.

  12. Razor Vista Looks good. I have switch to Vista though… May be I will recommend it to my friends. :)
    Thanks for sharing.

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  14. You’re welcome, Ken. I’ll be able to switch only if I upgrade my RAM :D Anyways, I’m now content with XP.

  15. [...] 3 Windows Vista themes for Windows XP [...]

  16. Another useful post here. Thanks for the heads-up:)

  17. it great i was searching for vista’s theme and got it u must put some other stuff also so that the customer will get much benifits.it’s great.

  18. nice….here is my digg.

  19. Wow! Gosh! Stumbled. Dugg. Commented. :P
    Hope this page would reach digg front page! Wish you luck!

  20. You missed out the best one: Luna Element Black

  21. [...] of Windows Vista interface but not quite ready to install the operating system yet? Shankar listed 3 Windows Vista themes for Windows XP that you can install that instantly get your Windows XP to look like Vista. These 3 themes includes [...]

  22. i like it, thanks shankar!

  23. @Rony: Thanks a lot, it brought a lot of visitors!
    @Ken: Thank you.
    @Ilker: Luna Element Black is a great theme, thanks for sharing!
    @Megat: You’re welcome, thanks for dropping by.

  24. Sorry, Ganesh i couldn’t make it..better luck next time.

  25. @Rony John: No problem :-)

  26. [...] 喜欢视窗Vista漂亮的界面，但是又不准备安装Vista的话，这里有一个方法。Shankar列出3个视窗Vista主题可以让你安装在视窗XP作业系统。这三个视窗主题有Razor Vista、VistaVG和AeroGlass。 [...]

  27. how do i get the harddrive gauges for the vista VG theme?

  28. [...] What operating system you are running currently? Maybe you work fine with Windows XP but switching to Vista just never been that easier by installing these great 3 themes blog by Shankar Ganesh. [...]

  29. @Dennis: Those are docks. Refer to http://blog.shankarganesh.com/2007/05/13/dock-applications-for-windows/

  30. hi dear,

    if anybody have window vista themes please mail to me at

    sagarmadaan_07@yahoo.com

    thanks

  31. that web page is very super & power full

  32. I also found a bunch or wallpapers and Vista themes at Vista-Skins.com. But, you can search for “vista skins” or “vista wallpaper” on Google to find more!

  33. How to install it? I don’t know.
    Anyone can help me?

    What I need to do?

  34. any answer?

  35. @Annberg: Please read the beginning of the article on how to install these themes.

  36. I extract the archive wba, and I did’t find “:Double click on the .msstyle file and apply the style.”

  37. @Annberg: In the wba, there’ll be a file in .msstyle format, you’ll have to double click on it for installing it.

  38. astig pare 8 vista!………

    dating 8 ira mga theme…..

    padisan hin object dock!
    wowing!!!!

    download gihap kamo!

  39. Oh,So good the style you are said,but i don’t know how 2 download it !!!

  40. VistaVG is very nice looks real good i lov xp hate how vista runs put i like the looks of vista so this works for me thanks d-_-b

  41. Did the vista xp pack slows my NoteBook?
    i have 1gb ram,225mb vga ram,centrino duo 1.73 ghz…

    please tell me..

    umm i love the aeroglass remix..The tranparent looks greats

  42. I could this to work but just remember that after installing UX - it need a reboot to be effective.

    But I couldn’t get the Vista Icons! Is there a simple way to get hem?

  43. I need help.. i run the setup then the message says that it doesnt support the operating system.. I am using windows xp pro operating system. What should i do? Thanks

  44. huhuhuh..

  45. Wow nice themes man U rock dogg

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  48. Downloads links of these 3 links give links to files which windows blinds can open. where are the .msstyle files?

  49. I mean the AeroGlass one.

  50. AeroGlass is .wba file
    I think i need windows blinds for it

  51. its a third class theme hey friends download vista inspirat 2 from crystalxp.net have a nice day shankar

  52. Can u help me,when i doubl click on the uxpatcher it says “UX Theme multipacther has detected that thers any windows NT setup file in c:/i386,please eject ur cd or move the folder to somewhere else,click ok to exit the uxpacther”

  53. Am I crazy or is there not a .msstyles file in the Aeroglass file. I extracted the wba file and there is a ton of images and some random files but no .msstyles file. Does anyone know what the secret is?

  54. no its only for windows blinds

    the comment “These themes don’t require other third party software such as WindowBlinds, etc.”

    is not correct

  55. Nice

  56. its not working i downloaded the patcher and the vista style but it did’nt work can you help?

  57. @Mark, Dava Moto: Thanks for the heads up. The last theme does require WBlinds to run. I’ve updated the post with the details.

  58. oh my god that’s crazy thanks~~~谢谢啦～～～

  59. This says that I need to get rid of my windows i386 file and I don’t want to do that. any ideas for getting around that?

  60. very good to see my com again in new look.

    Cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool……..

  61. I want free download thems for windowsXP

  62. give a shot of my collection of vista themes. i have iPhone Theme, Xbox 360 Theme PlayStation 3 Theme, Mac OS X Leopard Theme and much more.

  63. goooooooooood

  64. ur themes are awsome and i liked it please continue to create more awsome thems for us =X some themes i couldent use try to fix the buggs in the files bangala….

    ——-ladyred————

  65. wow,
    great,
    amazing,
    splendid,
    cool,
    awesome,
    magnificent,

    i don’t know what to say again…:)

  66. To Say the thing is this is the worst website I ever visited.

  67. very nice is razor theme ..

  68. Great work Shankar.

  69. nice work shankar.keep it up.

  70. you can use stylexp

  71. THE BEST THEME xD THx

  72. I will go ahead and say what no one else will…lolol…the…Vista Transformation Pack SUCKS!!! I have tried each version that has come out hoping that it would work. It has for a moment and then my system goes haywire. This last 8.0 version rendered my system useless in 3.2 seconds. I mean just great!!! I have reformatted around 8 times just off of TP’s alone. Stick with .msstyles.

  73. Brico packs are the best …
    they dont mess ur pc even!
    http://www.crystalxp.net
    Vista Inspirat 2 rocks!

  74. vista transformation pack sux !!!
    believe me it really does mess up ur system!

  75. Why doesn’t the patcher work for winzip 11.1??

  76. why doesn’t the patcher work for winzip 11.1?

  77. dude! this is awesome!!!! this is gr8!! u can get a gr8 look without suffering on stupid transformation packs! it won’t mess up ur system!!

  78. hey when i download the vista vg theme, the file extension of that file is .rar instead of.msstyle. wht do u think is the problem…. plz reply.

  79. @Vadiraj: Hey that MSSTYLE file is present inside the RAR file, you need a tool called ‘WinRAR’ to decompress the RAR file and get the msstyle extracted. You can download WinRAR from here - http://www.rarlab.com/rar/wrar371.exe

  80. UX patcher will not run on XP with SP3

  81. VistaVG seems quite closer to the original one

  82. its great wonder full theme

  83. any one can say me where can i get vista theme for xp please mail me on this id batman42016@yahoo.com
    plz…..
    plzzz…….

  84. Hi, im very interested with the theme but i have problem when apply it.
    I’ve downloaded and run UX Theme MultiPatcher. Restrat the PC and double click Razor_48px.msstyles but i can’t find the theme in Display Properties. There are only WindowsXP (modified) with no change in screen, My current theme (display still original XP), WindowsXP and Windows Classic.

    Please help.

    many thanks.

  85. i like it

  86. i downloaded it and it wants to know what program to open with……what program????

  87. This is for all those complaining about this theme. This theme is awesome; specially when you want to run xp on the new hardware out there instead of hogvista. Like some have say it doesn’t put any stress on the system and is very appealing. Nice Job!!! for those that don’t like it, do your own theme so you can appreciate talents like the ones creating this themes.

  88. This themes is specially design for those people who have a desire for Vista but doesnot support by their hardware. So , this themes fulfill the thrist of those people.

  89. [...] of Windows Vista interface but not quite ready to install the operating system yet? Shankar listed 3 Windows Vista themes for Windows XP that you can install that instantly get your Windows XP to look like Vista. These 3 themes includes [...]

  90. hey sgdsg

  91. [...] alternativne rešitve. Zato sem preprosto uporabil le temo, katera spremeni izgled v Visto, na tem linku najdete tri take teme, ter instalacijska navodila. Sam uporabljam tisto, ki sliši na ime [...]

  92. thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks

  93. hi

  94. [...] alternativne rešitve. Zato sem preprosto uporabil le temo, katera spremeni izgled v Visto, na tem linku najdete tri take teme, ter instalacijska navodila. Sam uporabljam tisto, ki sliši na ime [...]

  95. The .rar file wont open!
    P.S.
    I am not a computer genius

  96. @JewelJames: Use WinRAR to open .RAR files. Download at http://www.rarlab.com

  97. I tried to launch Multi-Patcher 5.5 but I got a message it does not support this operating system (Windows XP Pro Corporate with SP3).

    Anyone else get this same message? Any ideas?

    Thanks

  98. Looks greate, but i am not able to use it.
    rar file contain AeroGlassXP The Remix.wba
    how to use this file?

    Saily

  99. Jist install Windows Vista Transformation Pack 8.0.0.1 and everything is gonna be better

  100. Thank’s lot to the developer, your themes looks very nice..

  101. hi shankar iam unable to download from your site not accesing proxy blocked i am browsing from proxy sites . can any one can send the downloaded files to my mail id. thanks,.

  102. Jist install Windows Vista Transformation Pack 8.0.0.1 and everything is gonna be better

  103. how do i install this?

  104. nvm i found out lol :)

  105. I was just wondering Shankar if there is a button package that can be applied w/ the themes within the start menu and user account VI as Vista has, without Vistart or can these themes work with Vistart Menu or is this too much for the application? I’m unable to process the user account options through the start menu icon at the top as well, Properties Windows and Buttons Blank, but the themes are awesome, VistaVG<img src=http://www.chipmunk-scripts.com/smiley/smileyface2.jpg.

    thank you, :P

  106. I was just wondering Shankar if there is a button package that can be applied w/ the themes within the start menu and user account VI as Vista has, without Vistart or can these themes work with Vistart Menu or is this too much for the application?

    I think it’s out of scope for the themes, it’s not possible.

  107. Hi.. I downloaded the Vista VG Theme for my PC. But it shows a .RAR File. How to use that. I have tried many times but it dosen’t download any folder. plz help. Urgent

  108. after download..
    n install..
    wat should i do..??

  109. your themes looks very nice..

  110. Nice work dude….please let me know how we ger buttons on desktop as shown in above picture…….????

  111. Nice share man.i like this themme for windows xp!

  112. Nice theme. Get more themes link from http://www.fnfzone.com

  113. Shankar,

    I’ve downloaded and loaded up the theme and it looks awesome!!! But when I shut down my computer for the night, and turn it back on in the morning, the theme is not loaded…just the old school windows. So I have to click on the .msstyles file to load it up again.

    Is there a way to prevent this from happening, where I can turn off and turn on my computer and the theme will stay put?

    Let me know!

    Thanks!!

  114. I need help with installing the Razor Vista theme. I already installed the UX Theme MultiPatcher and the Razor Vista theme already, but i don’t know understand the “Double click on the .msstyle file and apply the style” thing. Where is the .msstyle file and how do i use the Razor Vista theme?

    Can anyone help me please?

  115. O.K. I downloaded the stupid themes and patcher, but when i run the theme with the WinRAR working perfectly, the same theme i have now pops up and i don’t see Razor OR VistaVG anywhere. Do i have to do anything else?

  116. EDIT POST:on June 15th, 2008 at 5:00 pm

    O.K. I downloaded the Razor Vista theme and VistaVG theme and UX Theme MultiPatcher, but when I run the themes with the WinRAR, which is working perfectly, I get the same theme I have now in the apperance properties and i don’t see the theme “Razor” OR “VistaVG” anywhere as a choice of theme either. Do i have to do anything else? Can anyone help me?

  117. thanks shankar…. your themes are just……..great…..

  118. These are great Themes! I downloaded 2 of them and will try them later today! Great work

  119. great work shankar… i hav a doubt… can we download vista themes and use it using the software (uxpatcher) ?

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