Make Vista Look Like XP
January 30th, 2008 . by Markus - Add a Comment
I, like millions of people around the world are running on Vista but miss the old days of XP. So a friend of mine showed me a little trick the other day that can make your version look more like XP than Vista (just looks, nothing else). Just follow these points and you will have your own version of XP-Vista.
- Right click on the start button
- Select Properties
- In the Start Menu area click Classic Start Menu
- Click Apply and OK
That has fixed up your start menu, now for your desktop;
- Right click on your desktop
- Click Personalize
- Click on Themes
- In the drop down in the themes area select Windows Classic
- Click apply (this may take a few moments to do)
- Click OK and your desktop will now have an old school feel to it
Now you can even change the look of your folders, just;
- Go to start, then open the documents folder
- Select organize
- Click the Folder and Search button
- In the Tasks area select Use Windows Classic Folders
- Click Apply and you are done
You will now have a computer that looks a lot like XP but is running with all the Vista stuff. If you want to make your computer more XP, just re-install XP.
Here is a quick look at what your desktop will now look like;
(I had to block out all my top secret stuff!)


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