NOTE: If your anti-virus software shows a warning message while running it, ignore that. Its a false positive.
Yesterday I told you about a standalone app which can provide Windows Vista Welcome Center in Windows XP. Today its turn of Vista System Properties. Windows Vista provides a different System Properties window which doesn't contain any tab but shows all required tabs as links in left side pane. It also shows more system details than Windows XP.
The above screenshot has been taken from Windows XP which shows same System Properties window which you get in Windows Vista. It became possible with the help of a standalone app called "Vista System Properties for XP" developed by "fediaFedia".
You can download it using following link:
Download Windows Vista System Properties for Windows XP
Extract the ZIP file and you'll get 4 folders. 2 for Vista Glass theme and 2 for Vista Basic theme. There are separate versions available for AMD and Intel processors. So you can use whichever you want.
You can simply run the "sysdm.exe" file to get Vista System Properties window. But if you want to integrate it in XP similar to Vista so that you can open it using the normal way, then copy all 3 files: sysdm.cpl, sysdm2.cpl and sysdm.exe to "%windir%\System32" folder. It'll already contain the "sysdm.cpl" file and will ask you to replace existing file, accept it and overwrite the existing file but before overwriting take a backup of existing sysdm.cpl file so that you can restore it whenever you want.
This article was posted by VG in following section: Windows XP.
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Tomi
Looking good. Thanks for sharing :D
Kaskisola
But, remember you should not overwrite these files with your original XP files.
It can cause system failure and everything you can imagine.
But, great post VG.
goldi
THANKS VG , but what happen if we compress all 3 files & include in setup disk i386 folder? after installation of windows can we see properties as shown above?? & do u have any thing which can show right click properties as vista containing screensaver, display setting & all?
VG
^^ here you go:
http://www.askvg.com/get-vista-styled-desktop-personalization-in-windows-xp/
Regarding integrating in setup, I have not tried it. You can try it, may be it works? I think it should work.
GoodBytes
Ok.. well if it goes like this, why not just use Vista.
If you have a mid range computer of today, it will run Vista 64-bit in a way that will massacre XP any day now, on all aspects.
Then again, if you can't run Vista, you probably don't need as a web browser is all you use.
Osku Kaskisola
@goldi said:
THANKS VG , but what happen if we compress all 3 files & include in setup disk i386 folder? after installation of windows can we see properties as shown above?? & do u have any thing which can show right click properties as vista containing screensaver, display setting & all?
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:)) it worked. ( that install thing ).
just use makecab command.
Jason412
I can't download the file for some reason. I think the link is down.
Sam
Help! How can you slipstream all 3 into the i386 directory, it doesn't make sense. XP doesn't install the other 2 natively so it would not have all the required files to run! I was trying vista system properties for xp by ~fediafedia but I can't figure out how you'd slipstream it :| Weird!
Samuel Konger
Great I have done it in many machines. Thanx
Izzat
Great work! but can you make a PENTIUM 4 version?