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An XP skin for vista

  • 29-01-2008 11:01pm
    #1
    Leman_Russ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 680 ✭✭✭


    Hey ya'll. After trying both XP and Vista all I can say is that the vista interface is incredably crap.

    However, since there seems to be no support for XP 64 (and I have my reasons for wanting a 64bit OS) I feel compelled to upgrade to vista64.

    Does anyone know of a way to place an XP UI onto a vista OS system?


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  • #2
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,379 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    You can always turn off the Aero stuff, and run it with the Windows Classic theme...


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    dulpit wrote: »
    You can always turn off the Aero stuff, and run it with the Windows Classic theme...
    You still end up with the Vista interface though, just it looks like Windows 2000. Still has everything in strange places.

    I even tried disabling everything to see if I could get it to look like Windows 95 - no dice. With XP and earlier you can get it pretty close.


  • #4
    Leman_Russ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 680 ✭✭✭Leman_Russ


    Yeah the 9x interface is good for speed but I like the cosy XP one :)


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,579 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Leman_Russ wrote: »
    Yeah the 9x interface is good for speed but I like the cosy XP one :)
    don't forget the 95 interface is far faster than the 98 one, but you miss being able to right click, with 98 lite you could use the windows 95 shell on windows 98 , noticeable faster.
    On 95/NT4 you could set shell=progman.exe and go back to the windows 3.x interface.

    Point is most people seem to prefer the older interfaces that they are used to unless there are major improvements. I appreciate the way 2003 server didn't use Luna. The shell I'd love would be compiz-fusion / beryl but that's a totally different animal :(


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Point is most people seem to prefer the older interfaces that they are used to unless there are major improvements.
    I was trying to use Vista's search system in work today to find a serial number and it just wouldn't work for me. It seems to rely too much on indexing, the files are on a network drive so can't be indexed. I ended up using a third party app to do the search which worked as I expected it to. But the in-built search has been crippled since XP anyway, couldn't beat the old Windows 95 Find.

    So that's something I see as a major downgrade. As is the inability to drag and drop at a command prompt.


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  • #7
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    I have a WinXP skin on Vista using WindowBlinds and the classic taskbar option - much better. :)


  • #8
    Leman_Russ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 680 ✭✭✭Leman_Russ


    HavoK wrote: »
    I have a WinXP skin on Vista using WindowBlinds and the classic taskbar option - much better. :)

    Does it fix the Start menu also?

    If it does I may have to look into it


  • #9
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    No it's an XP skin, and I just use the classic control bar within Vista - so it looks like Win2K.


  • #10
    SickBoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,537 ✭✭✭SickBoy


    Karsini wrote: »
    I was trying to use Vista's search system in work today to find a serial number and it just wouldn't work for me. It seems to rely too much on indexing, the files are on a network drive so can't be indexed. I ended up using a third party app to do the search which worked as I expected it to. But the in-built search has been crippled since XP anyway, couldn't beat the old Windows 95 Find.

    So that's something I see as a major downgrade. As is the inability to drag and drop at a command prompt.

    You know in advanced search options you can make it search non indexed files and folders...


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