[WIN7] How To Make it Like XP

[FORGETIT]

OK! JUST ASKED ON WRONG FORUM.

[pezzonovante]

Personally I find the XP UI the most fugly and unusable compared to the beautiful and productive Windows 7 UI. However, I understand UI preference varies from person to person.

But disabling UAC is the most lame thing to do for any Windows 7 user. I always set the UAC slider to the maximum.

[BBgamer]

But disabling UAC is the most lame thing to do for any Windows 7 user. I always set the UAC slider to the maximum.

I personally hate UAC, i left it on for a while just to see if it was not too annoying, but it's just annoying. As long as you have a good security software on your pc (Comodo Internet Security Premium - FREE!), you don't really need UAC. If you're going to have it on, at least have it on it's lowest enabled setting.

[RadishTM Veteran]

Classic Shell.

[bryonhowley]

I see no need to degrade Windows 7 UI to that of XP plus you lost any credibility by even suggesting to disable UAC!!

[honda]

....this is the most stupid thread ever?

[Electric Jolt]

Pathetic that people don't move on... :( It's a 10 year old UI... :no:

[Fraud OS 11]

Personally I find the Windows 7 UI only eye-candish with poor usability compared to the beautiful and productive Windows XP UI. However, I understand UI preference varies from person to person.

[+jamesyfx Subscriber²]

UAC and Action Center should be left on. Because Windows has the most viruses, malware, trojans, yadda yadda out there.. You kinda need notifications even if you think you're an advanced user.

[Lazure]

People need to realize that XP is done and overwith. Things change. This is no different than if someone took windows 95 and tried very hard to make it like windows 3.1. Or like someone taking Snow Leopard and trying to make it more like OS8 or something.

The XP way of doing things is not going to be around much longer. The OS is now only supported on existing installations, and no longer sold anywhere since MS has announced an EOS on it.

Fighting the change will only make things harder, and harder, and harder on you as time progresses. Imagine when Windows 7 gets replaced by Windows 8, or whatever the later versions are... and things change even more. Not only do you have to try and revert windows 7's changes to be like XP, but then you have to deal with windows 8's. Then the one after that, and after that... eventually, it will no longer be feasible to do it anymore.

It's best just to adapt to the new way of doing things, so you can continue moving forward. If you really want to stick with the same methods forever, use linux... >.>

Also, disabling UAC is pretty damn dumb. It's there for a reason; a big security reason. It's the SAME THING as MacOSX and Linux distros asking for your PASSWORD every time you run something that might change the system in some way. Do people go disabling THOSE security measures?

[pezzonovante]

Although I understand some people may prefer the fugly XP UI, but for security reasons using XP in 2010 is the dumbest thing to do. That's why XP is a disease which should be cured as soon as possible (it already has less than 48% market share). I also find it absolutely brilliant that Microsoft is finally taking a stand against XP by removing support for this ancient OS from IE9 and Windows Live Wave 4. Hopefully, soon more and more third party softwares like Paint.Net 4 will remove support for this pathetic OS.

[xtrabit racing]

Windows 7 to XP transformation pack!

[Lazure]

Although I understand some people may prefer the fugly XP UI, but for security reasons using XP in 2010 is the dumbest thing to do. That's why XP is a disease which should be cured as soon as possible (it already has less than 48% market share). I also find it absolutely brilliant that Microsoft is finally taking a stand against XP by removing support for this ancient OS from IE9 and Windows Live Wave 4. Hopefully, soon more and more third party softwares like Paint.Net 4 will remove support for this pathetic OS.

^ QFT. I say this most of the time about windows XP now:

Should only be used on old computers that cannot properly run Windows 7, or in a virtual machine for your old games or apps you still love to play/use. It should not be your main OS on any modern spec machine. XP lacks the proper security of today, and it lacks the support for modern hardware technologies and RAM capacity typically found in systems today. Using XP on such systems would gimp their performance.

[Xilo]

Here's how to make Windows 7 like Windows XP:

Install Windows XP.

[treemonster]

People need to realize that XP is done and overwith. Things change. This is no different than if someone took windows 95 and tried very hard to make it like windows 3.1. Or like someone taking Snow Leopard and trying to make it more like OS8 or something.

The XP way of doing things is not going to be around much longer. The OS is now only supported on existing installations, and no longer sold anywhere since MS has announced an EOS on it.

Fighting the change will only make things harder, and harder, and harder on you as time progresses. Imagine when Windows 7 gets replaced by Windows 8, or whatever the later versions are... and things change even more. Not only do you have to try and revert windows 7's changes to be like XP, but then you have to deal with windows 8's. Then the one after that, and after that... eventually, it will no longer be feasible to do it anymore.

It's best just to adapt to the new way of doing things, so you can continue moving forward. If you really want to stick with the same methods forever, use linux... >.>

Also, disabling UAC is pretty damn dumb. It's there for a reason; a big security reason. It's the SAME THING as MacOSX and Linux distros asking for your PASSWORD every time you run something that might change the system in some way. Do people go disabling THOSE security measures?

+1

win7 takes a little getting used to, and i'm not sure how i feel about peek or the superbar functionality vs the older taskbar, but gimping functionality instead of learning it is kinda silly. and you'll be doing this in every new install and version of windows to come in the future.

personally i was glad to move on to vista from xp. it was a lot nicer to work with in the long run, and for the most part 7 feels like the natural evolution from vista. and i was one of THOSE people who refused to upgrade from 98 to xp for years on end.

[sc302 Veteran]

Like everyone else said. The windows UI in 7 is now. XP was yesterday (which pretty much followed the win95 start menu). It was fun while it lasted but you might as well get used to it, MS isn't going to make it go away. You could always re shell it for what you need/want, but disabling the security features is just asking for trouble. I don't find the UAC in 7 anywhere near as annoying as Vista. It is much better and doesn't nag me on a daily basis, I have it on my main system and I am a network admin. Sure when I install something I get a nag and occasionally when I need to test something I get a nag, I would say I get about 2 nags a week. I think that is very acceptable in my normal usage. I can't wait till I can deploy this for all of my users (pending financial approval).

[FORGETIT]

Bu i dont want to start a disscussion. Dont judge my habits. Just contribute to topic if you know a tweak.

BTW i like Classic Shell ;)

[+Warwagon MVC]

plus you lost any credibility by even suggesting to disable UAC!!

+10

[Roger H. Veteran]

Congrats, you've just taken your brand new Porche and slapped some Benjamin Moore "Ferrari" paint on it to make it "HOT" and took the engine from a Ford Pinto because you want better gas mileage and of-course put on some loud tailpipe to make faster, and stickers, MOOOOREEEE STICKERS!!!!

I understand some people can't deal with change but it's time to learn some new stuff so you can be more efficient. Yes i know in your current setup you are comfy and you work best when you know the ins and outs of your system. You can find anything in your "mess" in .8 seconds flat. Now this new fandangled Windows 7 comes around and you are now thrown out of wack so you must make the new system just like the old. This is similar to being a pack rat and the TV Show Extreme Homemakeover comes and rips it down and builds you a brand NEW house. You end up taking your same crap from before and put it back into your new house (which doesn't fit with the old furniture and other crap) because you wanna be comfy.

My friend was like that with her new computer. I cringe whenever I see peoeple doing things the old way:

Start - All Programs - Accessories - Paint

Or whatever option they are looking for. Sometimes the list is so freaking long (cuz of all the junk OEMs put on there) so they gotta be scrolling up and down (as it's not in alphabetical order sometimes).

I'm like WOMAN!!!! Just click start and type PAINT - DONE!

Or looking for her resume the other day, she's going to Documents, Word Docs, Resumes blah blah blah..... hey stupid how about doing it this way.

Start - type - "Resume" (as word Tags it Resume once you select from a template or something)

She was like WOW - so fast.

There's still tons of little things she does that's stuck in her head from XPs days but at least she's open to change. Some people just make no sense!!

[sc302 Veteran]

Bu i dont want to start a disscussion. Dont judge my habits. Just contribute to topic if you know a tweak.

BTW i like Classic Shell ;)

http://www.megaleecher.net/taxonomy/term/7718

luna port to windows 7

you put it on a open forum, it is open for discussion.

[BoneyardBrew Member]

I don't understand how anyone can live with UAC on. It's on for about the first 5 minutes of my clean install of Windows 7, and it nags me anytime I do anything.

That's just lame. I've lived without it in the past, and I sure as hell don't need it now.

[Fubar]

I don't understand how anyone can live with UAC on. It's on for about the first 5 minutes of my clean install of Windows 7, and it nags me anytime I do anything.

That's just lame. I've lived without it in the past, and I sure as hell don't need it now.

You are doing something seriously wrong then, only time it "nags" me is when i install something, oh noes i've gotta click yes holy crap thats soooo bad

[hdood]

I do some of these things. Make the taskbar smaller, turn on labels, enable desktop icons, disable all the fancy effects, and so on. These are just personal preferences that aren't really bad and make me more productive.

[Kenji]

I think you should buy one of those fisher price PCs. They suit your taste perfectly.

[Vishal Gupta]

7. You can remove the default Jumplist (framed right-click menu) from taskbar items using "7 Taskbar Tweaker":

http://rammichael.com/7-taskbar-tweaker

9 and 10. Classic Start Menu, Up button in Explorer, Titlebar text in Explorer, and many other things:

http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/