Shankar Ganesh

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.

Amazing Shankar

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

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

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..

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.

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.

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

Hey Shankar i’ll be soon opting for Debian.

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

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

Nice themes buddy , loved the Aeroglass one .

@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.

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

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

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.

nice….here is my digg.

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

You missed out the best one: Luna Element Black

[...] 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 [...]

i like it, thanks shankar!

@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.

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

@Rony John: No problem

[...] 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。 [...]

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

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

hi dear,

if anybody have window vista themes please mail to me at

sagarmadaan_07@yahoo.com

thanks

that web page is very super & power full

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!

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

What I need to do?

any answer?

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

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

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

astig pare 8 vista!………

dating 8 ira mga theme…..

padisan hin object dock!
wowing!!!!

download gihap kamo!

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

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

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

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?

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

huhuhuh..

Wow nice themes man U rock dogg

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

I mean the AeroGlass one.

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

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

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”

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?

no its only for windows blinds

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

is not correct

Nice

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

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

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

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?

very good to see my com again in new look.

Cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool……..

I want free download thems for windowsXP

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.

goooooooooood

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————

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

i don’t know what to say again…:)

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

very nice is razor theme ..

Great work Shankar.

nice work shankar.keep it up.

you can use stylexp

THE BEST THEME xD THx

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.

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

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

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

why doesn’t the patcher work for winzip 11.1?

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!!

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.

@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

UX patcher will not run on XP with SP3

VistaVG seems quite closer to the original one

its great wonder full theme

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

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.

i like it

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Saily

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

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

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,.

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

how do i install this?

nvm i found out lol

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,

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.

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

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

your themes looks very nice..

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

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

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

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!!

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?

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?

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?

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

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

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

Shankar Ganesh,

Are these themes uninstallable? Thanks for this though!

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Hey guys,

First of all great themes Shankar! Will feature one of them on my site soonish.
Also got some more Vista XP Themes here http://vistadesktopthemes.com/category/xp-themes/vista-xp-themes/

for god’s sake , don’t upload any garbage as themes
I’m done with it ..
i spent my time to recover from your **** .
first check with your box

your theme sucks.. it looks like made by a kid!

very nice. hats off to u

awesome themes… *hails*

guys…make sure to set a system restore point before you do any of this. if you get error messages and explorer won’t load…boot in safe mode..then open task manager…new task…cmd…then type %systemroot%system32restorerstrui.exe and restore your shit….DON’T FUCK WITH YOUR SYSTEM32 FILES!!!!!!!! I almost just had to fresh install windows cause of this damn thing..

Great …

it just add fascinating looks to OLD XP.

Thnx Shankar

Listen guys…i really dunno how 2 install this themes….i’ve been downloaded the Razor theme,i decompressed the rar. file & there was: Razor,Razor_48px,folder Shell and into it NormalColor and into Shellstyle.dll…where to put shellstyle.dll and how to install this?!?

P.S. Sry 4 my English

If i install theses themes on my xp, how do i change back to xp orignal theme? Someone please reply!

Please reply. I need to know if these can be uninstalled and we can change back to xp’s original theme.

Actually it’s quite easy to install xp and vista themes.
It hasn’t changed a lot since Xp, that’s why I can only recommend to read my article how to install vista themes:
http://vistadesktopthemes.com/vista-tweaks/vista-themes-how-to-install-them-properly/

I hope that helps a bit.

@marc: You just need to keep a copy of the original xp theme, then you can always switch back to the default theme of XP. Read my instructions.

When I click on the theme it justs opens up the theme menu in properties and it has no option to click on my new one. Please someone tell me how to set it and e-mail me at flamingdan@live.co.uk

Thanks in advance

hey can i change back to old theme??

Can anyone tell me how to get that button overlays of vista in xp?? Or that favourite bar of Vista in rthe left side??

Hi my drives icons under my computer didnt update. Do these need to be done manually?

UX Multi Theme Patcher doesnt work with WINDOWS XP SP3 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i’m glad you know that now, and really thanks to it for restoring my precious files back again.

I have SP3 installed and then when i run setup it complains and gives me the option to restore my files.
What if i cancel this option. Is it a bad thing? What happens?
Thanks.

i have downloaded “UX Theme MultiPatcher”

but i dont want it now.

please tell me how to remove it….

Thanks
Vyom

LOL

i downloaded aeroglass theme…

after i downloaded nd extracetd the i got dat in .wba extension…

then i downloaded windowblinds 30 days trial version..

i thought .wba is also a compressed file and can be extracted using windowblinds

but after i downloaded i came to know that after windowblinds expire i cant be able to use that theme anymore…

i dont want that to happen..

plzz help me..

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I have pressed download and what has happened is that something called Zamgo has installed into my computer and the theme of my computer is still the same! Can someone please help me?

how to install these 3 themes in windows xp? i’ve tried a lot

Hai this is Anurag vista theme nice but some themes not supported in xp any software needs to install vistathemes in xp

hi if i install the themes can the language of os changes to some extent. i am using korean windows can i get english windows.

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I downloaded The UX Theme MultiPatcher and then downloaded the first theme and opened it in WinRAR and clicked on the .msstyle file and all I got was the thing where you change your theme (the box that you get on control panel) and it said ‘Select Theme’ in a drop-down taskbar and all it said was ‘Windows XP’ and ‘Windows Classic’ nothing else…

Aww I don’t know what to do :’(

AeroGlass looks awesome

Hey Shankar,

How do i revert to my old theme?

Go to your desktop, right click, choose ‘Properties’ and select Windows XP and press ‘Apply’ and ‘OK’ to revert to the default XP theme

its not working they r puting NT smth …………

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VistaVG is the best Vista theme for XP. It’s safe, easy to use and incredibly nice to look at. However, what you have is an old version. Rather try the final version of the theme, VistaVG Ultimate. It’s easily the best Windows Vista msstyles theme for Windows XP.
http://www.askvg.com/vistavg-ultimate-theme-for-windows-xp/

Hello ! its working for me at first but when i restart or shutdown my Computer the themes became xp default.. i follow all the instruction above so whats the problem?