I’m pretty sure you must know and saw Windows Vista. It looks really nice for major GUI updates. Many of them who saw it wished to get Vistalish look for their XP or even 2003. It might sounds stupid to say this since you all know what it is but just bear it 😛

This program will transform your Windows user interface to ultimate Windows Vista look that everyone will never notice it’s the same old Windows XP (or 2003)



Vista Transformation Pack will replace many of the resources in Windows XP/Windows Server 2003. It can change such things as:
• Boot screen
• Welcome Screen / Logon Screen
• New msstyles files (visual styles)
• New desktop and file icons
• New toolbar icons
• Progress Dialogs
• Sounds scheme
• System Tray icons
• New Wallpapers
• Windows Media Player Skins
• And much more

Changes in Version 4.0
-Added batch-script blocking detection function (No more transforming with batch problems)
-Added closing explorer.exe to prevent conflicts in Repairing and Uninstalling
-Added Logoff/Shutdown button text removing option
-Added Progress message for Repairing and Uninstalling
-Added repair mode option (to repair only updates files with backing up or all files without backing up)
-Added some Vista 536x wallpapers
-Added un-official Windows Vista sounds by digitalfive.org
-Added Vista.ru’s Windows Media Player 11 (codename Eclipse) skin
-Added Vista System Properties dialog
-Added Vista Transformation Pack FAQ (contributed by members in forum)
-Added Windows drive icon
-Fixed font changing bug
-Fixed icons bug in shell32.dll
-Fixed losing updated files after transformation from repairing
-Fixed operating system detection bug in maintenance center
-Fixed WindowBlinds 5 installation path
-Removed First-Run transformation mode to prevent confusions
-Removed Longhorn and unused stuffs (developed from Lite branch)
-Removed Longhorn SideBar due to discontinued and couple of bugs
-Updated Rebuild Icon Cache program to use Visual Basic 6 Runtime
-Updated Vista Boot Screen to beta 2 inspired
-Updated Vista file processing dialog
-Updated Vista icons to build 5365
-Updated Vista LogonUI to build 5365
-Updated Vista Progress dialog
-Updated Vista Toolbar style options
-Updated Vista tray icons
-Updated visual styles
|-Fixed CaptionButton positioning bug in “Aero Style (Vista – Beta 1)”
|-Fixed CaptionButton transparency bug in WindowBlinds skin
|-Fixed Horizontal shellstyle bug in Beta 2
|-Fixed Logoff/Shutdown button alignment in Beta themes and WindowBlinds skin
|-Fixed ListviewHeader background
|-Fixed PlaceItem positioning bug
|-Fixed StartButton bugs
|-Fixed TabItem border in WindowBlinds skin
|-Fixed UserPicture positioning bug
|-Updated Glass border in visual styles WindowBlinds skin (Actual 5342 port)
|-Updated ListBox background in WindowBlinds skin
|-Updated shellstyles in Beta 2 visual styles with awesome mods!
|-Updated StartButton in Beta 2 visual styles
|-Updated StartPanel in Beta 2 visual styles
|-Updated Shutdown/Logoff button in StartPanel
|-Updated TabItem
|-Updated ToolBarBackground
|-Updated ToolBarButtons
|-Updated UserPicture background to common ones

[ Download Vista Transformation Pack v4.0 | Author’s Website ]

My opinion: I do not use much visual stuff on my computer as I don’t even have a wallpaper. But if you’re into tweaking and making your computer look nicer, then you should definitely try this. It will impress a lot of people thinking that you’ve already got Windows Vista installed! When you tell them it’s only the user interface that’s changed, the next thing is they will be asking you where you got it.. and you know where you got this information from 😉