- UxTheme Patcher for Windows Vista (difficult, not recommended)
- VistaGlazz (recommended)
UxTheme patch installation
If you choose to use UxTheme follow these steaps:
The installation process of UxTheme patch it`s a little bit difficult, but I will try to explain step by step:
- You need to login as Administrator
- Go to : %systemroot%\System32
- On uxtheme.dll right click and than Properties
- Uncheck ownership of the file and close the dialog box
- Follow step 3 and 4 for themeui.dll and shsvcs.dll
- On uxtheme.dll right click and than Properties
- Assign Full Control permissions and close dialogs
- Follow step 6 and 7 for themeui.dll and shsvcs.dll
- Change extension (from .dll to .old) for these 3 files: uxtheme.dll ; themeui.dll ; shsvcs.dll (example : uxtheme.dll will become --> uxtheme.old )
- Copy-Paste the parched files into : %systemroot%\System32
- Restart your computer (to see the changes)
VistaGlazz
With VistaGlazz, all you have to do is to run it, it will do the job for u (you don't need to follow those boring steps presented on UxTheme ;))
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After you have installed one of these 2 patches you will need to:
- Look after some nice windows vista themes on our vista theme website, and download theme to Windows/Resources/Themes.
- Right click on desktop here look after Personalize. It will pop-up a new page, here click on Theme and choose you preferred Vista Theme
That's all. Enjoy!
