HOW TO: Make Vista Look & Behave Like Windows 7!

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HOW TO: Make Vista Look & Behave Like Windows 7!

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Since Windows 7 has been unveiled at PDC 2008, coders and artists have been hard at work to emulate it's look for it's predecessor – Vista. Along with the theme, coders have come out with applications that provide you with 7's features like Shake & Snap on Vista too. As a matter of fact, 7's calculator can run on Vista too! To make your Vista look & feel like Windows 7 here are some resources that you can use.

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There actually some pretty cool stuff there. thx for the link.
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You can get a theme form here.

http://giannisgx89.deviantart.com/art/W ... -102269037

then get vistaglazz

http://www.codegazer.com/vistaglazz/downloads/

Windows 7 icons

http://mheltin.deviantart.com/art/Windo ... -102529828

will show you my desktop in bout 10 min.
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Vista sucks. Win7 is going to be win. I'll take a look at this but it's the same software underneath really.
Soon Google will know everything...including how to divide by zero :(
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Here we go . My desktop.

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Vista sucks. Win7 is going to be win. I'll take a look at this but it's the same software underneath really."

Yea but SP2 for vista is siad to fastly reduce the memory footprint.
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Nice screeny! Looks awsum!

Yeah but I get a BSOD every few hours or so. "IPhelper has failed", "explorer has failed" and so on.
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Frozenfireside wrote:Vista sucks. Win7 is going to be win. I'll take a look at this but it's the same software underneath really.
Wowee ... most useful post EVAR goes to Mr. Frozenfireside. Congratulations! You win a free copy of Windows XP Home edition, without service packs, on which updating has been disabled. Enjoy!
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Well, Stuart, your post is just spam. So shut up.

If anyone wants the benifits of Win7 with the look of Win7, try the Beta. My mate said it's more stable then Vista and I wouldn't be surprised.
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well then lets get a link up of the beta......
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Don't be silly! Windows Vista can't behave.

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Firestrm wrote:well then lets get a link up of the beta......
It's only available to Testers

Windows 7 Beta Letter To Testers

jan 5th rumoured date of public download
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Frozenfireside wrote:
Firestrm wrote:well then lets get a link up of the beta......
It's only available to Testers

Windows 7 Beta Letter To Testers

jan 5th rumoured date of public download
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*cough*linux*cough*...

making vista look like w7:
deltree c:\windows* :P
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rustypup wrote:*cough*linux*cough*...

making vista look like w7:
deltree c:\windows* :P
*cough* linux gaming is like an apple macs, non existent *cough*

thats the only reason i still have windows :roll: :twisted:
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rustypup wrote:*cough*linux*cough*...

making vista look like w7:
deltree c:\windows* :P
Don't even tempED me.
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Firestrm wrote:*cough* linux gaming is like an apple macs, non existent *cough*
i am, of course, referring to the layout... :wink:
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rustypup wrote:
Firestrm wrote:*cough* linux gaming is like an apple macs, non existent *cough*
i am, of course, referring to the layout... :wink:
:lol: im sure you were
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Stuart wrote:
Frozenfireside wrote:Vista sucks. Win7 is going to be win. I'll take a look at this but it's the same software underneath really.
Wowee ... most useful post EVAR goes to Mr. Frozenfireside. Congratulations! You win a free copy of Windows XP Home edition, without service packs, on which updating has been disabled. Enjoy!
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ADV4NCED wrote:
Stuart wrote:
Frozenfireside wrote:Vista sucks. Win7 is going to be win. I'll take a look at this but it's the same software underneath really.
Wowee ... most useful post EVAR goes to Mr. Frozenfireside. Congratulations! You win a free copy of Windows XP Home edition, without service packs, on which updating has been disabled. Enjoy!
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Somebody put that in your sig :mrgreen:
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Firestrm wrote:why dont you put it in yours? :P
Too lazy :lol: 8)
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Firestrm wrote:
rustypup wrote:*cough*linux*cough*...

making vista look like w7:
deltree c:\windows* :P
*cough* linux gaming is like an apple macs, non existent *cough*

thats the only reason i still have windows :roll: :twisted:
News for you: titles are released in a Mac Version, just takes a while. I'm so tempted to buy a Mac to Run Jedi Academy on. :lol:
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Frozenfireside wrote:Well, Stuart, your post is just spam. So shut up.

If anyone wants the benifits of Win7 with the look of Win7, try the Beta. My mate said it's more stable then Vista and I wouldn't be surprised.
True, but I was nominated in the most-likely-to-go-off-topic award. What's your excuse? :P

If Vista proves unstable for you it must be something in your configuration or hardware. Unless, as I alluded to elsewhere, I have two ninja copies of Vista which have proven rock solid since I've started using them. ;)
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Looks like I will be frog-leaping from XP to windows 7 in the future...
When i get a new pc...
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