hi guys,a month ago i came across a small program called VISTAMIZER,seeing i love the appearance of vista but the speed of xp,it is free & doesn`t use any more memory than the normal xp does,it changed my xp to the black task bar,start menu,even start up screen and drive appearancesetc,exactly like a vista pc,it`s marvellous......

A simple Google search picked this up.

Download VistaMizer 2.5.2.0 - Change the appearance of your Windows XP by giving it the Vista look! - Softpedia

Is that the same thing you're talking about?

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Well...nevermind My German is a bit rusty so it'll be hard to use that program

yes that is the one,i don`t even speak german & it works fine for me !!!!!!!!!!!!

yeah just finished the install. Its pretty cool. Just cant read the End User License Agreement

good one worf!

though if I'm honest i prefer to go down the manual route of skinning windows instead of letting a program do it for me and mess with system files etc. they can be quite troublesome and a pain to completely uninstall... your mileage may vary!

my top tip: make sure your uxtheme.dll is patched (search Google for uxtheme.dll patch and find the one appropriate for your system.)

then head over to deviantART or Customize.org and browse through their huge collection of windows visual styles.

this way you'll avoid causing any problems with your system, it's still really simple and in my opinion, much more efficient means of skinning as all you've got to do is find another theme and apply it! no uninstalling and installing programs just to achieve a new look!