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
Alternate Download Link
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
^^ Run UXTheme Patcher before applying the theme.
Matthew
Hey, everytime i install the theme and you know do all that stuff and it shows up, it looks nothing like the picture it keeps going to the old windows 98 look for some reason.
Matthew
thanks it worked
RAVI_VALLI
i'ts fantastic but not too good....
rendo
hi.. i copied the Fonts and the theme contents to the destination as u told.. but when i applied the theme, the taskbar switched to window classic taskbar.. ='( please reply asap.. thank u
VG
^^ Have you run UXTheme patcher?
Me
Hello,
My desktop looks awesome after I installed the theme
However I have one small problem...my icons (such as my computer, recycle bin, etc...) show the xp icons.
VG
^^ Use following Icon pack:
http://www.askvg.com/vistavg-icon-pack-for-windows-xp/
masdream
mcm mane nk dptkan windows black ni???bantu sy....
michael
dude i cant see my icons in the bottom right corner, and when i extract the theme to windows, resources, themes. when i click the 3kb theme file i get a black and white toolbar and everything looks bad, i have to use the theme file in the theme C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\VistaVG Black by Vishal Gupta\Theme\VistaVG Black folder