Transform Windows XP into Windows 7 without using Customization Pack

[Posted in Windows XP, XP Themes]

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NOTE: Since Windows 7 is under beta testing, its GUI is going to change in later builds. So we'll keep updating this tutorial to match the latest changes.

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As you all know Windows 7 Beta build has been released and is available everywhere on the net. We posted a small review of Windows 7 at following link:

What’s New in Windows 7: A Small Review with Screenshots

Windows 7 provides lots of new features along with a newly designed interface. It looks very similar to Windows Vista but there are many GUI changes like redesigned taskbar, Explorer, new boot screen and login screen, etc.

If you are still using Windows XP but want to enjoy the new Windows 7 look, then this tutorial will definitely help you.

After following this tutorial, you'll get the same Windows 7 look in your Windows XP. Following is a list of things which are going to change after following this tutorial:

Windows Theme or Visual Style
Icons
Boot Screen
Login Screen or Welcome Screen
Taskbar
Wallpaper
Progress Dialog Box
Shutdown / Log off Dialog Box
About Windows Box
System Properties Dialog Box
Extras like "Aero Shake", "Aero Snap", "Aero Peek", "Calculator" and "Wordpad"
A Few Other Mods...

So here we start our transformation tour:

1. Windows Theme or Visual Style:

Windows 7 provides a new refreshing look which includes redesigned taskbar and start menu, Windows Explorer and a few other small changes.

You can get the same look in Windows XP by using following theme:

Download Windows 7 Theme for Windows XP

You can also use an excellent WindowBlinds skin created by "fediaFedia". It requires Stardock WindowBlinds to be installed in your system.

Download Windows 7 WindowBlinds Skin for Windows XP

2. Icons:

Windows 7 icons are almost same as Vista icons atm. You can use following icon pack to install them in XP:

Download Windows 7 Icon Pack for XP

3. Boot Screen:

Windows 7 boot screen shows "Starting Windows..." text along with a glassy progressbar in the middle of screen.

You can get a similar boot screen in Windows XP:

Download Windows 7 Boot Screen for Windows XP

PS: If you want to get new Windows 7 Beta animated boot screen, then follow this topic:

Download New Windows 7 Beta Boot Screen for Windows XP

4. Login Screen or Welcome Screen:

Windows 7 login screen looks similar to Vista login screen except the new background image and the text displayed at bottom.

Download Windows 7 Login Screen for Windows XP

5. Taskbar:

Windows 7 taskbar has been highly redesigned. It doesn't show opened program's name in their taskbar buttons, instead it only shows their icons.

You can get the same behavior in XP by using following tutorial:

Get Windows 7 Iconized (Icon Only) Taskbar Feature in Windows XP

Or you can use following small utility which can do the task automatically:

Taskbar Iconizer: Utility to Iconize Taskbar in Windows XP

6. Wallpaper:

You can get the official Windows 7 wallpapers from following links:

Download Windows 7 Official Wallpaper Shown at PDC 2008

Download Windows 7 Beta Build 6936 Default Desktop Wallpaper

7. Progress Dialog Box:

Windows 7 progress dialog box is similar to Windows Vista. We can make our XP dialog box look like it by using Resource Hacker.

Open "%windir%\System32\Shell32.dll" file in Resource Hacker and go to:

Dialog -> 1020 -> 1033

Now replace the existing code in right-side pane with the code present in following file:

progress_dialog_box_code.txt

Click on Compile Script button.

You'll also have to replace existing AVIs in the file with new ones. Download following Zip file and extract it:

Download AVIs

After extracting the Zip file you'll get 3 AVI files. Replace existing AVIs in shell32.dll file with these new ones in following manner:

AVI -> 160 ->1033 with 160.avi
AVI -> 161 ->1033 with 161.avi
AVI -> 162 ->1033 with 162.avi
AVI -> 163 ->1033 with 162.avi
AVI -> 164 ->1033 with 162.avi

And also download a BMP file from here:

Download BMP

After extracting the BMP file from it, add it at 404 location in file. Just click on Action -> Add a new resource and then click on Open file with new resource button. Select the downloaded BMP file and click on Open. Now in Resource Name enter 404 and in Resource Language enter 1033 and click on Add Resource button. That's it.

8. Shutdown / Log off Dialog Box:

Windows 7, similar to Vista, doesn't have any shutdown / log off dialog box but we can redesign Windows XP default shutdown box to make it more refreshing like following screenshot:

Download required BMP files from here:

Download Shutdown BMPs
Mirror

Extract the file and you'll get 4 BMPs with the name:

1.bmp
2.bmp
3.bmp
4.bmp

Now open "%windir%\System32\Shell32.dll" file in Resource Hacker and then replace following BITMAPs with the mentioned BMP files:

Bitmap -> 14351 -> 1033 with 1.bmp
Bitmap -> 14353 -> 1033 with 2.bmp
Bitmap -> 14354 -> 1033 with 1.bmp
Bitmap -> 14355 -> 1033 with 2.bmp
Bitmap -> 14356 -> 1033 with 3.bmp

now save the file and open %windir%\System32\msgina.dll file in Resource Hacker and then replace following BITMAPs with the mentioned BMP files:

Bitmap -> 20140 -> 1033 with 1.bmp
Bitmap -> 20141 -> 1033 with 2.bmp
Bitmap -> 20142 -> 1033 with 1.bmp
Bitmap -> 20143 -> 1033 with 2.bmp
Bitmap -> 20150 -> 1033 with 4.bmp

Now save the file.

9. About Windows Box:

To change the About Windows box you'll need to change 2 things: The top logo and the text part.

Download the required BITMAP file from here:

Download About BMP

Open "%windir%\System32\Shell32.dll" file in Resource Hacker and then replace following BITMAPs with the downloaded BMP file:

Bitmap -> 131 -> 1033 (For XP Professional)
Bitmap -> 147 -> 1033 (For XP Home)

Now open %windir%\System32\msgina.dll file in Resource Hacker and then replace following BITMAPs with the downloaded BMP file:

Bitmap -> 101 -> 1033 (For XP Professional)
Bitmap -> 107 -> 1033 (For XP Professional)
Bitmap -> 128 -> 1033 (For XP Home)
Bitmap -> 129 -> 1033 (For XP Home)

Now to change the text of dialog box, open "%windir%\System32\xpsp1res.dll" file in Resource Hacker and then goto:

Dialog -> 14352 -> 1033

Now replace the existing code in right-side pane with the code in following file:

About Dialog Box Code

Click on Compile Script button and save the file.

10. System Properties Dialog Box:

To make System Properties dialog box look like Windows 7 one, visit following tutorial:

Get Windows 7 System Properties Dialog Box in Windows XP

11. A Few Extras:

Windows 7 provides 3 new features which are called "Aero Shake", "Aero Snap" and "Aero Peek".

"Aero Shake" is quite useful. Suppose you have more than one windows opened and you want to minimize all other windows except the window which you are working on, then you have to simply shake the current window with your mouse and all other windows will be minimized automatically. Shake it again and all minimized windows will be maximized again.

Using "Aero Snap", you can minimize, maximize, resize windows by just dragging-dropping them to the screen corners.

"Aero Peek" has replaced the old "Show Desktop" feature in Windows 7. It can be found as a small rectangle present at last in Windows 7 taskbar. When you hover the mouse cursor over it, it allows you to peek behind all open windows by hiding all windows and showing only outlines of all windows.

You can get all these features working in XP using following tutorials:

Get Windows 7 “Aero Shake” Feature in Windows XP

Get Windows 7 “Aero Snap” Feature in Windows XP

Get Windows 7 “Aero Peek” Feature in Windows XP

Windows 7 also contains a new redesigned Calculator which has new GUI and new options.

You can get the same calculator in Windows XP using following link:

Get Windows 7 Like Calculator in Windows XP

One more interesting thing in Windows 7 is the new Wordpad UI. Wordpad in Windows 7 contains Ribbons.

You can get a similar Ribbon UI Wordpad in Windows XP. “Solo-Dev” aka “Villain” has released an updated version of Windows default Wordpad which includes Ribbon UI:

Get Windows 7 Like Wordpad with Ribbon UI in Windows XP

12. A Few Other Mods:

1. Windows 7 Desktop context menu is much different than XP one.

Following are a few things which are new in Windows 7 menu:

"View" menu visible in Desktop context menu
"Arrange Icons By" renamed to "Sort By"
"Properties" renamed to "Personalize"
"Auto Arrange" and "Align to Grid" options moved to "View" menu from "Sort By" menu
2 new options "Display Settings" and "Gadgets" added to the menu

So above are a few changes which are new in Windows 7 but we can get them in XP using following tutorial:

Get Windows 7 Desktop Context Menu in XP, Add “View”, “Display Settings”, “Gadgets” & Other Options

2. Windows 7's Programs menu is similar to Vista but very different from XP, you can use following tutorial to make your XP Programs menu similar to Windows 7:

Change Look-n-Feel of Windows XP Start Menu

3. Windows 7, similar to Vista, shows the same ORB just before the Login screen. You can also get a similar thing in XP. Just download following BMP:

Download ORB BMP
Mirror

Open regedit and goto:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop

In right-side pane change the value of Wallpaper String value to the Path of downloaded BMP file. e.g., if you saved the BMP file at "D:\Startup.bmp", then set the value of Wallpaper to D:\Startup.bmp. Now you'll get a similar ORB before the Login screen in XP.

4. Windows 7 explorer is quite similar to Vista and shows the same small horizontal progress bar under each drive icon for the drive space. You can also get the same in XP by using a 3rd party utility, which is uploaded here:

Download Vista Drive Status Utility
Mirror

Just run the file and it'll add the progress bar under each drive.

5. To get the Breadcrumbs in addressbar you can use "QT Addressbar":

QT Addressbar: Windows Vista Addressbar Clone for Windows XP

That's all for now. After following all the above mentioned steps, you'll get Windows 7 look-n-feel in Windows XP.

We'll keep updating this tutorial whenever we get something new to add or Microsoft makes some new changes to Windows 7...

NOTE: If you have any problem with Resource Hacker and want to know about it, then please go through following tutorials:

All About Resource Hacker in a Brief Tutorial
List of Files to be hacked using Resource Hacker
List of a few Locations in Windows XP System Files to be Hacked using Resource Hacker

If you get error while saving any system file, it means WFP (Windows File Protection) service is active in your system. Disable it using WFP Patcher or use Replacer to replace system files with your modified ones. You can get both utilities from our Downloads section.

PS: If you are a Windows Vista user and want to transform your Vista into 7, then following link will help you:

Transform Windows Vista into Windows 7 without using Customization Pack

88 Replies:

Nikolaj said:

cool but can u make one for vista?
Nikolaj said:

oops missed the last line
VG said:

^^ Just wait a little.
Ingnition said:

Thank you so very much for this nice tutorial, I really appreciate this and I hope you can come up with more awesome tutorials like this.
Stefan Pavikevik said:

Ok! I'll wait too, for tutorial for vista.
Asif said:

Thx a ton !!

Awsome Tut will try it out
laaalaaajee said:

During progress dialogue box setup Dialogue->1020->1033 i try to ''compile script'' resource hacker do nothing and not save the script. what could be the problem?
VG said:

^^ When you'll click on "Compile Script" button, the button should get disabled. Does it happen in your file?
Bahjaw said:

This is a nice tutorial, On behalf of everyone reading, I say Thank you for all the hard work you put into making all of these tutorials. =D
ashwin said:

hey cool man ...... but for me the Ribbon UI Wordpad in Windows XP does not work .. the site deviantart is saying that you are fore bidden to us this site... please copy it directly to your site.....
VG said:

^^ because the developer has removed the program. I'll update the link whenever he puts it again.
larry said:

good stuff vishal!!!
keep up the good work
ssj4Gogeta said:

it's no use really if you can't get the aero and glass.
VG said:

^^ You can get the glass if you use WindowBlinds:

http://www.askvg.com/download-windows-7-theme-for-windows-xp/
Si Bandel said:

hei thanks VG ?
i like this stuff
but onething that still bodering me, when i intall the Taskbar, i'm step by step carefuly that you sugested, but the result is not like my expectation. there still not only shows their icons, there is 1 character left after the program's icon. i follow to add the string registry MinWidth, and set to -255, any sugestion for it ? 'coz i want only the icons that displayed on taskbar.
however it's soooooooo greeeaaaaaaattttt.....
thank's VG.
GD said:

hey Vishal, man..im back and with a prob...infact the same prob...my sys admin reset all my rights...WTF...now do u remember what i told you that i did to install all the prog..i cant even edit the registry..says access denied....plz plz help me...

to sum up my probs..
1. i cant install anything
2. cant edit the registry
3. dont have the Xp start menu option...Only the classic start menu

plz plz help VG thanx.
VG said:

^^ Sorry but if your administrator has disabled all these things, then nothing can be done.

@Si Bandel
Its a known issue in XP. first character of the program name is shown.
ErKaz said:

Hi Vishal,
how i can get a transparent explorer toolbar bg?. I tried fediaFedia's Aero Glass Beta, but that's just a fake. I also tried ViSplore, but i'm not satisfied.
Or maybe there's some script to add nav button in da titlebar?;-)
P2D said:

can u tell me how to hack checkdisk background that appears before logon window whenever window shutdowns suddenely.
Rajesh said:

Dear Vishal Sir,
I have Created "Shutdown / Log off Dialog Box" , As inspired by Windows 7.
If You Wish You can Put Mine Shutdown / Log off Dialog Box in This Page.

Below is Link Sir:
http://www.rajeshpatel.net/shutdown-log-off-dialog-box-for-windows-xp/

Thanks
Rajesh, Your Small Student
Ayslan Dielf said:

Cara parabens esse windows 7 parece que vai chegar para ficar (pelo menos na aparencia)

ainda não tentei na minha casa mas certamente se eu conseguir comentarei denovo informando como foi.

Parabens novamente.

Ayslan Dielf
kero said:

Hey this is kero again, I dont see my first post on here. I'm still having the same problem with using the program to replace my Pictures so I can have the new shut down menu. I will change them, save them and then when I open the file up again it reverts back to the old picture files. Any help with this?
kero said:

lol nevermind, I'm a noob at mod-ing system files... I forgot to confirm the patch for WFP after I started to run it. Thanks though.
Syphoner2002 said:

Every time I try to change the Shutdown / Log off Dialog Box I get This is not a Win32 executable file. What do you suggest?
kero said:

Well what steps have you gone though? explain step by step if you can what you are trying to do and maybe I can help you out. Also tell me what programs you are using when you are trying to change it. If you are trying to access the two files one of them being shell32.dll with out using ResHack then you will get that error messge.
Syphoner2002 said:

I'm going by the same steps on step 8. Shutdown / Log off Dialog Box and I'm using Resource Hacker to change the files Shell32.dll and Msgina.dll.
kero said:

Are you using the WFP patch program? windows file protection will also prevent you from changing the files. Depending on your settings it might even prevent reshack from moding them. You can find WFP Switch in their downloads section here http://www.askvg.com/downloads/

You have to run it then restart your computer then do step 8, save the files then do the switch again then restart. When you mod the two files, you might want to look for files that have the same name and then said "_orignal" after then, you will have to delete them or move them out of the folder if you perfer to do that.

I hope this helped if not come back and we can do trial and error again.
Syphoner2002 said:

Yes I did the WFP patch thinking that will help me. Which it didn't. I just tried once again.. I noticed that if I on reshack and do it through the action tab it will not give me the error. But it doesn't seem to work cause it ends up not changing anything after I save it and Delete the orignal.. I have to wait till after I reboot in order to delete the orignal two files or else it won't let me.
kero said:

Okay try copying the files and saving them to your desktop. After that try to mod those files with windows file protection off. If you are able to do that then save the changes. Open up the area where the orignal file is delete it, and drag and drop the file in to the folder. That is how I ended up doing it. I would try and find a way just to send you my modded file so you could just replace it but I dont want to take any risks.

Note: once you are all done with getting it set up, you have to run the WFP patch again to turn WFP on again.
syphoner2002 said:

ok. I have done everything you have told me 100% to the T. But its still not letting me replace or delete the Shell32.dll and Msgina.dll in System32. It tells me that the file is in use. I tried it in safe mode as. I even tried renaming them and rebooting. But that didn't work. I hope you have a few more tricks up your sleeve...
tyu said:

what is regedit that u always refer to? where is it
kero said:

Okay well make sure that WFP if disabled, it sounds like you dont have WFP Pacthed. When you run the program you have to hit "Y" to tell it to run the patch, after you do that you have to restart your computer. If the patch it working then you will be able to go in to your two system file and edit them with out it giving you the crap of them being in use and all that. You should easly be able to delete the one, and drag and drop the other in its place.

If that method doesnt work, then you can try do download "the replacer" from the downloads menu here. enter the paths of the file you want replaced and it will replace them for you.

If that doesnt work then post again, and I'll see what other tricks I can give you from up my sleeve.

Download link for Replacer: http://www3.telus.net/_/replacer/Replacer.zip

Replacer is another easy way to replace system files with your modified one. Suppose you downloaded a patched or customized system file and you need to replace existing file in your system with the new one.

Using "Replacer", you can simply drag-n-drop the default system file in its window and then drag-n-drop the new modified file. It'll ask for confirmation, press "Y" and you have done. Restart your system and it'll replace the default file with new one upon next reboot.

PS: You can also type the complete file path in Replacer window instead of drag-n-drop the file.
kero said:

I'm not sure what the "regedit" is you are refering to, I wish I could help you...
syphoner2002 said:

Using Replacer worked out great.. I just checked it and its running perfect.. Thank you very much Kero.
kero said:

No Problem, I'm glad I could help!
tyu said:

VG says : open REGEDIT and goto .................
what is regedit?????????
plz help!!!!!!!!
kero said:

I'm not exactally sure, It might be one of the programs like RegHack, or he might have just ment RegHack and typed regedit... either way you can check the downloads area. I posted the link in a post above this one...
Rajesh said:

REGEDIT is Registry Editor, from This You can edit any type of Registry in Windows i.e Related to Program, Startup, folder, style, etc
VG said:

Open RUN and type regedit and press Enter. It'll open Registry editor.
SYAH said:

hi vg... can you please create the setup for this windows7??.... because I have do it many time.. but it does not work ! please vg.. I begging U to do the setup...
Guilherme said:

Sorry to say, but i had a hard time trying to fix windows (user32.dll suddenly corrupted) after adding the boot screen [correctly, i think] and rebooting.
I had to system restore, but maybe another time i'll try it again
Good job, and go non-beta
tyu said:

i have a problem with resource hacker. Even when I disable wfp, ResHacker asks me to save as? What do i do????? every time i try to save as; it will just save a weird file and it won't stay the next time i open ResHacker. What do i do?
Help!!!!!!!
VG said:

^^ Are you logged in as Administrator?
tyu said:

yea
tyu said:

my acount is the admin
Komang said:

What the editor (software) to open shell32.dll
Rajesh said:

^^ Use Resource Hacker to Open shell32.dll. Resource hacker Can be Found Here: http://angusj.com/resourcehacker/
MeGa said:

Need some help with the progress dialog box. I never worked with resource hacker before. How do you replace the AVI files. I dont see it.
MeGa said:

Nevermind. http://www.askvg.com/tutorial-all-about-resource-hacker-in-a-brief-tutorial/
rthmn3021 said:

the "wordpad 2009" link says you do not have access to this file!!! UGH
Rajesh said:

^^ Yes, Vishal Sir File Deleted from DeventArt Server, Error Coming While Downloading: Forbidden, You don't have permission to access the page at http://www.deviantart.com/download/105410281/Wordpad_2009_by_Solo_Dev.zip.
VG said:

The "Wordpad 2009" developer has deleted the application because of some permission issues. He'll start the development again in start of 2009. So wait for a few days.
Piyush said:

You've mentioned above that ~
Windows 7 Beta build has been released and is available everywhere on the net.
WHERE???????????
Can u pls. give me the link!
VG said:

Thats true that its available all over the net to download but we can't provide the link here as its illegal. Its available to a few selected testers only but wait for a few days and it'll be available to all very soon.
J Dias said:

Hi VG
I really like your customisation pack, but i have one or two doubts:
When i installed in my Xp Home Edition, it disabled the screen saver. As i try to re-enable, it started to give some error, trying to re-install styler toolbar, and asking for styler disc 1...
What happened? Is there any problem with screensaver and styler?
Thanks
VG said:

^^ can you please provide more details? What did you install which caused screen saver problem? and what exact error its giving?
tyu said:

VG answer meeeeee!

i have a problem with resource hacker. Even when I disable wfp, ResHacker asks me to save as? What do i do????? every time i try to save as; it will just save a weird file and it won't stay the next time i open ResHacker. What do i do?
Help!!!!!!!
Waluh Sajoko said:

apik numen bro, so gooooooooooooooooooooood..........
Nikolaj said:

Hay tyo
try to download a new resource hacker app

and to anyone else try this screensaver i found it is a modded version of the defolt xp one and look like windows 7

http://raulwindows.deviantart.com/art/Windows-7-6801-ScreenSaver-102264103
Checked it myself no virus or anything
Anirudh said:

Guess I missed this post! Very thoughtfully written post (as usual :P). Great job, Vishal
mykee said:

i have the same problem with tyu.

every time i open my pc the FPS is enabled, then i would run the switcher, disables, then it is needed to be restarted to be able to hack the systems folder. but when i restart my pc, the FPS is enabled again. what seems to be the problem?
Binoy xavier joy said:

Hey VG thanks for this wonderful post.
Mayank said:

Hey.......nice tut...!! keep the work up...!!

Which is the theme in the pic of Calculator:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/Windows_7_Calculator_for_XP.jpg

Can u give me this theme for xp........never mind if its a window blinds theme.....coz looks like its a .wba theme.....!!!

Thnx...!!
VG said:

^^ That theme is "AeroVG" which is a Vista theme.
Jugs said:

I think the Windows 7 and Vista styles are both ugly as hell. The XP theme was simple, yet clean cut and unobtrusive. Vista improved upon this, but the simplicity disappeared. This Windows 7 theme is just hideous. I'm on a 1920x1200 24" display, and the taskbar is as thick as my middle finger. The theme is just so bulky and too complex for my liking. Now that that's out of the way.. great job to you, AskVG, on creating this tutorial, it's very easy to complete.

Hmm.. I wonder what the Windows 7 'Basic' theme will look like. *pukes*
frederic said:

man can u plz put all these transformation in on simple bricopack or a transfoermation pac k plz it s so complicated!!!!!plz!!!!:S
anthony said:

hello. Um how do we display that huge blue sidebar on the My Computer folder?
Carlos said:

I'm running WIN XP PRO SP3
When I try to use "WFPS" to change the Progress Dialog & Shutdown / Log off Dialog Box
The change is there when I use Resource Hacker but after reboot is back to the default?
VG said:

^^ Try Replacer to replace files.

@anthony
Make sure "Common Tasks" are enabled in your Folder Options.
Carlos said:

Yes "Common Tasks" are enabled.
How would I use "Replacer" to change the files for Shutdown / Log off Dialog Box change?
VG said:

^^ Save the file at some other location and then use Replacer to replace original file with your modified one.
Carlos said:

I've just tried that and when I rebooted it was back to the original again??
Carlos said:

Now does having a "Theme" have anything to do with it?
I switched over to log in a a guest, to the default XP.
When I clicked on the "log off" the change was there.
But when I clicked on "shut down" the change wasn't present?

And the Windows 7 Desktop context menu is not showing either?

My apologies for all the questions!
Carlos said:

The "shell32" is set but "msgina" is the one that keep going back to default?
WFP is disabled, I've tried replacer & resource hack a number of times?!
VG said:

^^ Replace the "msgina.dll" file in "Windows\System32\Dllcache" folder also. This folder will be hidden.
Carlos said:

OK, I followed what you said, went into "Windows\System32\Dllcache" threw the "run" cmd.
changed msgina.dll to the one I modded. After reboot in resource hacker it stays changed & in DLLcache folder it's changed but when I click on either log off or shut down the default XP still apears?!
Now would having a "Aero Theme" threw WindowBlinds be causing this problem??

Once again apologies for all the questions & bugging you!!
Carlos said:

I checked System32 folder and there's 2 msgina.dll files.
One is msgina.dll and the other is msgina_original.dll
Could that be the problem?
VG said:

^^ WindowBlinds skins contain their own shutdown dialog boxes. Thats why you are not getting your customized dialog box.
Carlos said:

Yes there it is, Thank you once again for your help!!
Shishir said:

Hi....how to add "Turn off computer" to the right click menu on desktop?
alzain said:

hi.is this a safe way to change your boot screen or will it mess your system up
alzain said:

hi i was wondering if you could make a transformation pack out of this
kool said:

Vishal, I have a small problem. After I replaced the About_windows.bmp file in msgina.dll it does not let me save the changes. It says "Cannot create file C:\WINDOWS\system32\msgina.dll." Is there anyway to fix this?
kool said:

Also it didn't let me save for the Shutdown edit either
kool said:

nevermind I scrolled down and read the last bit of information hoping it could help and it did
Neil said:

Very clean work Vishal
Keep it up
Rick said:

That's great but the iconized tweak did not work for the vertical taskbar! - only on bottom or top taskbar
nvzeal said:

well it's kinda annoying to see the whole thing is kinda long ... i mean the first time i saw it ... i closed the page o.o
well you could upload the edited Shell32.dll file for XP so as in to save everyone from the resource hack ... or something like that ... just a suggestion though

well anyways .... really nice tutorial here ... and kudos on the new visual style .. looks pretty much perfect

guess maybe you could try adding the small bar like thingy at the edge of the superbar

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