If you are facing menu cut-off problem in Start menu, then take a look at this link.
Its a Windows XP port of "Vista Black Theme for Vista".
Download Link
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HOW TO USE:
1. In the downloaded pack, you'll get 2 folders:
=> Fonts (This folder contains Segoe UI fonts required for the theme. Copy them to "%windir%\Fonts" folder.)
=> Theme (This folder contains the main theme.)
2. Copy all contents in "Theme" folder to "%windir%\Resources\Themes\" folder.
3. Now you can set the theme using Desktop Properties.
4. Also make sure you have patched the "uxtheme.dll" file to allow 3rd party visual styles, if its not patched, then download and run the UXtheme Patcher from here:
For XP SP3 Users - Download UXTheme Patcher
For XP SP2 Users - Download UXTheme Patcher
This article was posted in Windows XP, XP Themes.
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VG
^^ Use WinRAR or 7-Zip. Both can be found in our Downloads section.
Mark
A bit too dark, I've never been a fan of black themes.
Zezee
hi sir
i m using windows xp sp2 when i m patch uxthem my windows curpt plz help me
thanks
Regards
Zezee
Joe
Very great themes, I like everything in the vista black theme except for 1 thing, the icon line up when viewing documents, folders ect. it seems that the theme has changed the setup order of them and they only show up in rows if you open the document/folder windows in full size. Also the start menu looks great but the pinned icons on left side should have a black background to fill out the black environment. I did not install the patch to the theme.dll file, because this theme seems to run great without patching anything and also im not using anything addional programs like xp styler or visual styler to use this theme because it is great the way it is by manually inserting the visual files in resources theme folder. I rate this theme a 9/10.
Joe
Also another question, how can I set a certain background to that specific theme to automatically load when I apply the theme, I tried adding a picture to the theme file next to the shell and visual file and set the properties to read only and it doesn't load with the theme.
VG
^^ Edit the .theme file in Notepad and put the exact path of the wallpaper.
Joe
Everytime I load up windows, the task bar appears as a flat blue color for a few seconds and then the black task bar appears, I noticed this problem in the other vista vg themes as well.
Pedro
Looks nice!!
Can I also change the old logoff buttons and screen with this or it remains the same?! Then how can I do that?
Thanks!
VG
^^ Are you talking about the buttons in startmenu? If yes, then they are automatically changed by this theme.
And if you are talking about the dialog box which appears once we click on the log off and shutdown buttons, then check this tutorial:
http://www.askvg.com/transform-your-windows-xp-in-windows-vista-without-any-customization-pack/
Zezee
hi
good nice one
i think in future u will launch your own oprating system 
best of luck vishal