If you cannot wait anymore until the release of Windows 7 the Windows 7 theme for Windows XP might ease the pain of waiting another year or so until the new operating system is released to the public. The theme can be installed on any Windows XP version that has a patched uxtheme.dll file. If you do not know how to check or do that read the following article about uxtheme.dll that explains how to patch the file in Windows XP Service Pack 3.
Once the file is patched you can load user made themes and not only the official Microsoft themes. The Windows 7 theme was created by Deviant Art user deskmundo who has created some other excellent themes. The theme is based on the Milestone 1 release of Windows 7 and not on the version that was used for presentation at the D6 conference.
I guess that the theme will be updated by Deskmundo soon to reflect the visible changes of the presentation version, for example a change of the start menu button.
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June 30th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
This theme is a rip-off of “VistaVG Ultimate” theme by “Vishal Gupta” a MS MVP.
http://www.askvg.com/vistavg-ultimate-theme-for-windows-xp/
VistaVG Ultimate theme is the best theme for XP which makes XP look-a-like Vista and Deskmundo has just changed the taskbar and shell style resource to make it similar to Windows 7 interface.
July 19th, 2008 at 10:09 am
thaxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
July 29th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Hello,
are there any wallpapers for the theme?
July 31st, 2008 at 6:36 am
want detail
August 26th, 2008 at 8:46 am
Oh!……Nice Theme….and good..desktop
September 4th, 2008 at 10:10 am
where can i download the converter??? thanks
September 18th, 2008 at 2:11 am
@ Teh Geek,
At the bottom of the release notes it says, and I quote “The theme is based on VistaVG Ultimate made by vishal-gupta”
So yeah, it is pretty much the same theme with some Windows 7 related changes.
Why create a whole new theme when you can just base it off of one of the best Vista themes out there?
December 25th, 2008 at 12:03 am
Detailed installation instructions with screenshots here…
http://tinyurl.com/8th6oc
January 15th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
i want ein 7 theme
February 8th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Hello. Great job. I did not expect this on a Wednesday. This is a great story. Thanks!
April 10th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Is this official theme of Microsoft ?
kindly tell give me link of Microsoft’s themes
April 27th, 2009 at 9:47 am
There is obviously a lot to know about this. I think you made some good points in Features also.