Changing Style Vista Basic


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Hi folks, I've searched, and search and searched again. I'm in a deep quandry. Having gone through a number of windows restores I'm utterly lost as to how to change my style. Back when I was an XP user I was addicted to new styles and had an amazingly modded laptop. Now I'm Vista Basic boring.

So far I'ev used uxtheme changer from here and vista glazz beta. I'm running SP1.

I only got Basic as I cba giving Bill Gates more cash, I bought a gaming laptop a few months back and Im just so sick of this default. As I said Ive searched like crazy can some one please just guide me to how I can start modding this like mad again. Without using WB or the likes (I had always used msstyles from demonoid and customize) rather not go for litestep either.

Thanks in advance!

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I belive all you need to do is use the UXtheme patcher, then you just place our theme under Windows>Reources>Themes. Then you right click on the desktop>Personalize>I think its appeareance>advanced , and select your skin from there.

I hope it helped.

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You know mate thats perfect advice, but thats what I did first, much like my old XP days, and still and all it doesnt change :( Im not so fussed on being capable of having transparency or anything just get the hell outta default :(

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search & download the uxtheme for vista sp1 and you will have to manually replace the files under windows / system32. you will have to take ownership of the old files and rename them to .old before replacing them. reboot and then you can use a wide variety of themes but no transparency because you have basic. when you download a theme you have to place it in resources / themes.

here you go

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Tried uxtheme patch again and when I restarted I noticed where I put my password in was black (as apposed to white)

Then an error appeared, uxtheme.dll is not present, windows explorer and desktop proceeded to crash and I came back to my restore point. I took ownership, renamed files, copied across patched ones, and then this :/

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Tried uxtheme patch again and when I restarted I noticed where I put my password in was black (as apposed to white)

Then an error appeared, uxtheme.dll is not present, windows explorer and desktop proceeded to crash and I came back to my restore point. I took ownership, renamed files, copied across patched ones, and then this :/

use the advice and link i gave you. don't use that vista glazz application.

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  • 4 weeks later...

Guys I've managed to copy the files now without it crashing like before.

When I try to load a new theme it goes to appearance and shows me Windows Aero, Vista Basic, Vista Standard etc. I click apply and it loads but there's no change. Am I still doing this wrong or is there a knack to this I'm missing.

(all files are copied and in resources\themes as required)

I read somehwere I might need .mui files and or to edit msstyles to include .aero somehow?!

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