Making Windows Look Modern

[Victim]

Hey. I want to make my pc look a bit more modern instead of the old dull look. I currently use Tune Up Utilities 2007 to make it look good. But the visual styles have got boring now as they havent been updated for 2 years! I would like to know if there any other program that can make your pc look modern. Like changing the taskbar and welcome screen. Also the bootscreen. Thanks in advance.

[Bearded Blunder]

there's loads of stuff out there for customising the look, including stuff to make xp look like vista, i suggest a little time spent with your friend google.

i'd also advise against messing with the boot screen, it's not overly complex to do, but it involves replacing the graphic contained within a system file & breaks windows updates as a result.

[Victim]

Hmm

Thanks.. I have never had a problem with TuneUp replacing it tho.

Does it break if you do it manually?

[Stevi]

Well I use WindowBlinds for my skins. It is really good, however, you have to pay for it. Unless of course you download it from WinMX or got a serial from somewhere. Here is the link for the download.
http://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/
This is where you can get your skins from.
http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?libid=1

I use this tool for my logon screen. It works really nice and it is free.
http://www.stardock.com/products/logonstudio/
I get the skins from here.
http://www.wincustomize.com/Skins.aspx?LibID=26

[Victim]

Hmm.. I Installed Windows Vista Transformation Pack 6.0

And It Makes Your Windows Version Look Like Vista. It's Quite Good. I Like It Anyway.

Now My PC Looks Modern

 

[Bearded Blunder]

Cool, the update problem only occurrs with some updates, service packs in particular, basically ones that involve that system file, it sees it's not standard & stops, just in case it's not standard for good reasons... it will happen regardless if done manually or with tune-up, although tune up may set it back, but why mess with it in any case? it's not like win 98 where systems crashed constantly & you saw it every few hours.. it's often weeks between me seeing my boot screen....

messing with system files routinely is a bad idea.. the modification only has to go wrong once, & in this case your system would be rendered unbootable

[Victim]

Yes i suppose.

Although i did find a few problems with Vista Transformation Pack.

It did infact delete or replace some very important files. So when i uninstalled. It dident replace them. So then. I couldent even access system restore or even my internet! Because of this i put my windows xp disc in and repaired windows. Then everything was ok. So then i reinstalled Vista Transformation Pack and everything was working to my standards until i opened the internet. When i opened the internet. There was 2 of the same toolbars! and when i removed one. The back and forwards buttons and the address bar would dissapear! In the end i fixed it all. But it took me a day to do it.

[Stevi]

The things I use dont do that stuff when you uninstall them.

[Victim]

Lmao.. Yes i guess they dont. But being as i've sorted it all out now. I'll stick with it.

[Bearded Blunder]

i 'fess up, i turn all the visual effects off on xp if i have to use it end up with something resembling the win 95 osr2 desktop & menus.. but the comp runs faster for it