Vista Customization Pack v1

[widkidone]

"Once I know there is a 100% safe one of these I will try it out."

It will never be a 100% safe. :crazy:

[M118LR]

"it is basically icons boot screen theme wallpaper and some other gui changes "

Yes but I would still like to know if there is a way to open the .exe file without installing it.

[MaStErHaCk]

there's no bootscreen in this package! :happy:

[protoss_chaos]

no bootscreen, only 1/2 the icons actually changed... This pack didn't really do what it should have... and i am afraid to uninstall it!

It also did something to odd files like notepad, and mspaint, but I cant see what it did! They run the same, and look no different.

Can someone email me (general.chaosNOSPAM@gmail.com) the iconpackager pack for the icons so i can get the rest in place? Thanx!

[SGMD1]

I had the same problem...the boot screen didn't work properly for me and it was too much of a hassle to customize everything manually that it didn't change so I uninstalled the pack, but some things didn't get uninstalled, for example:

When I click on the Start Menu, the vertical writing on the left says "Longhorn XP Professional" instead of "Windows XP Home Edition" like it used to say.

It also didn't change the C:\ drive icon in My Computer. Can someone help me with getting these things and others I might have missed back to normal???

[RGadelha]

Mades some PNG's for other folders... someone tell me the best way to make them into icons?

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Use IconX, from Stardock.

[Mahmood]

It is in beta state but it is really dangerous to install it because it screws with the xp system and u get rare errors that i donnot want to begin if someone is not got ion computers then he goes in to state to RE INSTALL XP AGAIN FROIM BEGINNING>

PLEASE STOP THIS SOFTWARE BEFORE U HARM SOMEONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:

[nightRider]

It is in beta state but it is really dangerous to install it because it screws with the xp system and u get rare errors that i donnot want to begin if someone is not got ion computers then he goes in to state to RE INSTALL XP AGAIN FROIM BEGINNING>

PLEASE STOP THIS SOFTWARE BEFORE U HARM SOMEONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:

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Dude, please CALM DOWN!!!!!

A lot of what we post here screws with the windows xp system. Windowblinds, stylexp, the patch, and all that all modify the windows XP system in different ways. the only reason WHY those people reinstalled their system was because the UNINSTALLER did not work and they dont want the icons any more, NOT BECAUSE this software disabled or harmed their system. I havent had any error windows come up either and i havent heard people posting here that say they have some error window come up for some reason. The only time when i did have a mysterious errors was when i used Stardock's Bootskin program where my computer wouldnt boot.

I have used this customization pack for over a week and it has been great. I have also used similar software before and none of them did anything bad to my computer.

Still, isnt there a way to do a manual uninstall? I believe the install progress said that backups were made. Cant one just use replacer to replace the modified files with the backups??

[Samoa]

It's a GUIDE not a customization pack....someone please change the title...sheesh.

[thecableguy]

why are some ppl getting errors and some aren't? :huh:

[azz0r_wugg]

I cant get it to work 100%...I dont see why you'd use an uninstaller either, use tweakui to restore default icons

[Quarzimodo]

@JoJoey

I followed your link to download the Vista Customization Pack.

That link directed me to your "Windows XP 2 Windows Vista Guide".

On that page it says "Vista Customization Pack - Coming Soon 2005".

There's no possibillity to download the Vista Customization Pack.

So is this thing available for download now or not?

[Quarzimodo]

I've managed to download and install the Vista Customization Pack now.

First I want to congratulate you for your great work.

It runs absolutely perfect on my machine with no errors or something.

Additionaly I've installed your Sidebar and now my desktop is nearly perfect.

[JiveMasterT]

what bewilders me is that everone is all about making xp look like vista and as soon as vista comes out everyone is gonna switch over to some other random vs. nice pack though... looks really nice.

[Event]

Does somebody have that Vista iconpackager set? idk why they used yousendit, but that link is dead.

[NightmarE D]

I have TweakUI and using Repair Icons just makes all the icons Vista icons on my system. Didn't fix a thing. Well if I wanted them all Vista icons I guess it did, but I don't.

And the answer to "why are some getting errors and others aren't?" Well for one thing, notice that most are getting errors and a very small handful actually said it worked fine. Don't give me that "worked fine for over 200 people". That's soo obviously a load of crap. That's most likely how many people downloaded it and had to format their computers to get rid of it :laugh:

Like I said before, this thing was nowhere near ready to be released and still isn't anywhere near it. You're lucky you mentioned that any damage created by it wasn't your fault. If you guys hadn't you'd be soo screwed right now. The fact you mentioned it in all caps seems a little odd honestly. If you guys hadn't you'd be soo screwed right now.

I think they knew it was messed up and released it anyway not caring the damage it did to systems and that's just plain wrong. How many have had to format their computers? And if they didn't they are now stuck with these Vista icons that look like crap

[VanAlex]

I was kinda hopping this was the opossite, something that would make vista look like XP :)

[walpurgis999]

Anyone that uses a FREE, third patry application such as a theme or style, or this for matter of fact, has no legal rights to go after the maker of the program--IF U USE IT KNOWINGLY. Leave the guys along, their doing a good job, and if you having troubles with patching or using this then dont use it. Thank you for making this theme, its rather nice. Thank you. Most of you folks are like little kids, "Mommy he broked'ed my computer!", and she says "Lets sue em!" Grow up, learn how to use your computer, and when all else fails--reformat.

[Unimatrix Xero]

It is in beta state but it is really dangerous to install it because it screws with the xp system and u get rare errors that i donnot want to begin if someone is not got ion computers then he goes in to state to RE INSTALL XP AGAIN FROIM BEGINNING>

PLEASE STOP THIS SOFTWARE BEFORE U HARM SOMEONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:

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ohh do shut up.... this patch has worked perfectly for myself and over 200 other users!!!

[JiveMasterT]

does anyone remember that mod for windows 95 that gave you the gradient on the tops of the windows like from windows 98? yeah, i installed that once and totally screwed up my computer to the point where i couldnt use it anymore. did i sue the author? no. that would be stupid. did i complain? no... it was my own fault for installing something that modded a bunch of system files. when MS sends you windows it works right out of the box. what you do to it is your own choice and the effects can be positive or negative and are not supported by MS. if you use tools written by someone else then thats not their fault that you used the tools. who knows if you even did it right? basically, if you're not happy, stop complaining. if you want to help him test this then please post something constructive.

[protoss_chaos]

Does somebody have that Vista iconpackager set? idk why they used yousendit, but that link is dead.

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I need this too!

[Event]

does anyone remember that mod for windows 95 that gave you the gradient on the tops of the windows like from windows 98?  yeah, i installed that once and totally screwed up my computer to the point where i couldnt use it anymore.  did i sue the author?  no.  that would be stupid.  did i complain?  no... it was my own fault for installing something that modded a bunch of system files.  when MS sends you windows it works right out of the box.  what you do to it is your own choice and the effects can be positive or negative and are not supported by MS.  if you use tools written by someone else then thats not their fault that you used the tools.  who knows if you even did it right?  basically, if you're not happy, stop complaining.  if you want to help him test this then please post something constructive.

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to a certain extent ;)

[thecableguy]

Here is what I did to get it to work:

1. Installed Vista Customization Pack 1

2. Reboot

3. Used TweakUI to repaired Icons (clicked repair now twice)

4. Installed Vista Customization Pack 1.1

5. Reboot

6. Used TweakUI to repaired Icons (clicked repair now twice)

7. Done and it works fine. :)

[Mike_Wilson]

This pack just replaces system files, it does not patch the file. This means your updated original dll which has been patched and updated by windows updates will be replaced by some file which could be from another xp version with different hotfixes installed and even worse another language. This can cause more harm than good because that file is not from your system. Also with poor uninstalling which probably replaces the files with other ones which are default icons this is just as bad. The best solution is to patch your original files with vista icons and then when you uninstall it as such just repatch them with default icons.

[nightRider]

for me it's:

1. Unload IconPackager

2. Install

3. Reboot

4. Re-apply default icon package in IP

5. Install updatd

6. Reboot

and it works great. I havent experienced any system slowdown.