5 Best Desktop Apps to Get Vista’s Look in Xp without Getting Slow

5 Best Desktop Apps to Get Vista’s Look in Xp without Getting Slow

“Get your XP to Look like Windows Vista. Transform your simple looking XP into the Gorgeous Vista. Make Xp Look & Feel like Vista.” Well these are always said in almost every tech site, where links to the Vista Transformation Packs etc are given. But this Post compiles the best of those software which you can use not only to make your XP look like Vista but also get some added & extended Functionalities which are not even there in vista itself.

5 Best Desktop Apps to Get Vista’s Look in Xp without Getting Slow

Vista Start Menu

(Download) : It turns XP start menu to Vista start menu. Vista start menu has got various additional functionalities like resizable start menu, zoom in/out, program launcher, tabs, power buttons, desktop search etc. Since the start menu doesn’t alter system settings it is easy to install and remove vista start menu.

Windows Blinds

(Download) : It is rather a tool for applying various visual themes on your system. The themes can change the entire look of your current windows environment. It is memory friendly just as rocket dock. The various themes for your system are available at WindowBlinds gallery for download. Over 1000 of themes are available for downloading promising you 1000 different looks for your system environment.

 

 

 

 

 

Rocket Dock

(Download) : It is a portable and memory friendly application launcher that rests on your desktop. It gives a clean and smoothly animated interface for dropping shortcuts, showing ‘running application indicators’, minimizing active windows to dock, supporting dual monitor etc. It is memory friendly as it consume only a little of your RAM’s space.

Vista Transformation pack 7

(Download) : Vista transformation pack changes the entire XP interface. The changes appear in welcome and logon screen, appearance of files and tool bars, system dialogues, tray icons, the sound scheme, visual styles of interface and media player skin. It alters system files and hence must be carefully installed. Cases have been reported where uninstalling the VTP has failed, leading to unstable system.

VistaMizer

(Download) : It is a highly customizable and trustable tool to alter the appearance of your desktop. It changes a lot of stuffs in your interface. It is trustable because, though it changes more than 400 system files it keeps backups for all. It doesn’t overwrite any file, so it is easy to revert back.

For users like me who sticks on to XP but still admires the Vista appearance, here are some tips to change your XP appear like Vista. We can go by one of these tools.