Windows XP make over

[hetzer]

Hello there.

I know some of us do like the way the UI looks in Windows Vitsa, but will not upgrade for a few months or will not upgrade because you have no problems with XP. Well I fall in to the second school of thought on this and found a way to get the best of both worlds. Check out this link.

http://www.windowsxlive.net/ and look for the Vista Transformation Pack.

There are some problems with the Sidebar that comes with it but everything else works fine. But this is still a try at your own risk program and I know that they are working on the fix for the Sidebar for the end of February.

Hope you guys enjoy this.
Hetzer

[Terry Hanushek]

Hetzer

I know some of us do like the way the UI looks in Windows Vitsa, but will not upgrade for a few months or will not upgrade because you have no problems with XP. Well I fall in to the second school of thought on this and found a way to get the best of both worlds. Check out this link.

http://www.windowsxlive.net/ and look for the Vista Transformation Pack.
Gee ..... Vista without the pain :)

Something to look into ... thanks for sharing.

Terry

[hetzer]

Hello

This is just a follow up for everyone, so far I have had this running for two weeks with no problems, and the fix for sidebar has come out and works great. Here is the link for the sidebar. http://www.thoosje.com/ and as always remember this is a try at your own risk program. Have fun guys.:D

Hetzer

[mylanta]

Just be careful as I have seen some big time crashes on the major forums from running this thing...just for some and I would bet it's the pc's that are not optimum clean of spyware and virus based on experience.

[RAK]

My wife asked me if we should upgrade her computer with the new "Vista operating system" I replied, " Hold on, honey. First let me get my ten-foot pole.:)

This seems like a good option to placate her until "Service Pack IV" comes out.

PS. This was not an anatomical reference. :eek:

[Pi rules]

I tested the Vista Transformation Pack. It isn't bad, but it can cause some serious problems. Most of you already use imaging software, so just make sure you have a good backup before trying this.

[hetzer]

Hello everyone,

Just wanted to drop you guys a line and let you know that I am going to remove this from my computer. After using this for a few months I am tired of the way it works. And I also got my upgrade to Vista in the mail so I am going to try the real thing and see what happens. I hope this program did not cause any of you a problem.

Hetzer

[mylanta]

Good idea I had some minor issues with it, other had worse.

[ThorXP]

Hello everyone,

Just wanted to drop you guys a line and let you know that I am going to remove this from my computer. After using this for a few months I am tired of the way it works. And I also got my upgrade to Vista in the mail so I am going to try the real thing and see what happens. I hope this program did not cause any of you a problem.

Hetzer

I would like to know how the removal of this Vista Transformation Pack went for this member?

Could you please post the results?

[hetzer]

Hello there,

I did a clean reload of the OS, I did not want to try doing an uninstall of the program. I have found that anytime you mess with the system files that doing an uninstall will make the computer very unstable.

Hetzer

[ThorXP]

I do not want to make you feel bad, but I agree with your thinking and also a clean install is about the only way to get these pain in the rear-end Vista tryouts completely off the computer.

You did it correctly.