Free Vista Visual Master Application

What is Vista Visual Master?

Vista Visual Master is a free application that will help you to customize your Windows Vista easily. With a clean and simple interface it brings you an All-in-One set of powerful and neatly classified tools, settings and tweaks. Now You can change the look of the windows and buttons, change the system icons and hundreds of file icons, reconfigure the boot and logon screen, patch and apply your new themes, and you can customize Windows Vista according to your wishes.

It's rich in features:

* System Settings

Remove the small arrow on each icon; show Windows version on the computer desktop and hide all desktop items; disable or enable Windows Sidebar; disable changing wallpapers; force to enable DWM effect and create seperate processes for desktop and explorer.

* Theme Patch

Patch your original theme so that you can use other themes to personalize your computer.

* Change icons

Yes,You can replace about 40 system icons and hundreds of file icons, including "Computer","Recycle Bin" or even icons for WinRar, Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel files, as well as icons for any file or folder.

* Boot and logon screens

With Vista Visual Master you can now change logon and boot screens - no more Windows logo when you switch on your computer. You can select whatever you want to see on the screen. Many logon screen and boot screen formats are supported. Just download them from the Internet and Vista Visual Master will be able to use them. You will be able to see a small preview for every logon and boot screen you have installed.

Author: vista123.net

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Free UxTheme Patcher for Windows 7

This installer is designed to work on the following operating systems and languages:
- Windows 7 (all editions, Pre Beta, Beta 1)
- Windows Vista (all editions, SP1)
- Windows 2008 (all editions, SP1)
- Windows XP (Home, Pro, RTM, SP1, SP2, SP3, Corporate)
- Windows 2003 (Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, RTM, SP1)
- Windows Media Center Edition (2003, 2004, 2005)
- Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
- All Language Versions
- 64-bit versions of Windows are NOT supported

Application Name: NiwradSoft UxTheme Patcher 1.3
Author: niwradsoft.blogspot.com | niwradsoft.deviantart.com

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Free UxTheme Patcher for XP SP3 and Server 2003

Application: Anolis UxTheme for XP SP3

This patcher supports Windows XP SP3 x86, Windows XP SP2 x64, Windows Server 2003 SP2 x86 and Windows Server 2003 SP2 x64. Earlier versions of NT5.1 or NT5.2 (e.g. Windows XP SP2 or Windows Server 2003 SP1) are not supported.

For Vista SP1 and SP2 click here.
For Windows 7 click here.

Author: anolisfx.deviantart.com

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How To Install Custom Visual Style in Vista SP1 - 2

Everyone's been asking how to install visual styles in Windows Vista so I've decided to re-post an article from winmatrix:

Download and replace these three system files (uxtheme.dll, shsvcs.dll and themeui.dll):

Windows Vista SP1:

Uxtheme Vista SP1 (32-bit) | Mirror
Uxtheme Vista SP1 (64-bit) | Mirror

Windows Vista SP2:

Uxtheme Vista SP2 (32-bit) | Mirror
Uxtheme Vista SP2 (64-bit) | Mirror

Instructions:

1. Login as a user with Administrative privileges -or- have Administrative credentials ready (check under the keyboard for a slip of paper).
2. Navigate to %systemroot%\System32
3. Right-click uxtheme.dll and click properties.
4. Take ownership of the file and close dialogs.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for themeui.dll and shsvcs.dll
6. Right-click uxtheme.dll and click properties.
7. Give yourself (or group) Full Control permissions and close dialogs.
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 for themeui.dll and shsvcs.dll.
9. Rename uxtheme.dll to uxtheme.old.
10. Rename themeui.dll to themeui.old.
11. Rename shsvcs.dll to shsvcs.old.
12. Copy patched files into %systemroot%\System32
13. Reboot (yes, this is really required)
14. Enjoy!

You can use Take Control or these registry files for taking ownership of system files in Vista:

Just add this file to your redistry and right click on the file you want to own and click on "Take Ownership".
own.zip ( 338bytes)

To remove the feature just run this file.
own_rem.zip ( 248bytes)

If you don't like above registery files, then follow these steps to do this manually:

Start button > All Programs > Accessories > Right-click on Command Prompt > Select Run as administrator > Click Continue.
At the command prompt, input takeown /f filepath
Now input icacls filepath /grant yourusername:f


For Windows XP and Server 2003 click here.
For Windows 7 click here.

Sources: winmatrix.com | withinwindows.com

Free Ag SiO GUIkit for XP (Customization Pack)

Ag SiO (the chemical names for silver and onyx) was a skin designed by me (Mrrste) with the combined efforts of some of the best names in skinning, namely iiswiis, allhopeislost, zeolyte and rippernkind.

You get:

Windowblind for XP and Vista - By Mrrste
Styler Toolbar - By Mrrste
Wallpapers - By allhopeislost
Firefox 2.0 skin - By iiswiis
Xion skin - By zeolyte
Miranda skin - By Mrrste

Author: deskmodders.deviantart.com

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Free Windows 7 Skin for ViStart

Windows 7 Skin for ViStart

Note: Please replace the resources and rollover folders in the ViStart directory (Usually in C:\Program Files\ViStart\) with the included folders in the archive. Also replace settings.xml so that the text in the search bar will be "Search programs and files" and not "Start Search".

Author: vher528.deviantart.com

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Free Windows 7 Transformation Pack for Vista

Seven Transformation Pack Keynotes:

New 3rd-party applications
ViGlance - Windows 7's Superbar emulation

Improved 3rd-party applications
ViStart - build recompile in native mode increasing its performance with Windows 7 skin
TrueTransparency - Improved stability with version 1.0 plus SevenStyle's skin

Functionalities update
Automatic theme applying - Setup now applies themes automatically without user's interaction after restart
Multi-user Login UI support - Allowing to see user accounts in horizontal view with multiline support
Setup personization - Allowed ViSplore and WinFlip and support load/save configuration
Superbar tweaks - Get Superbar UI with registry tweaks

Changes in Version 1.0 (From Vista Transformation Pack 9.0.1)
-Added Superbar tweaks for sleek and groupped taskbar item
-Added Windows 7 new wallpaper
-Added Windows 7 user pictures
-Fixed scrnrdr.exe application for being reported as malware
-Fixed WindowBlinds skin detection bug in Welcome Center
-Removed LClock as it doesn't fit new taskbar UI anymore
-Removed Styler toolbar as it becomes obsolete with ViSplore
-Removed VisualTooltip due to its glitches caused with the system
-Updated battery tray icon
-Updated logon screen with horizontal account list.
-Updated logon startup branding to Windows Seven
-Updated Vista Rainbar's default background to transparent (without border)
-Updated theming engine to apply themes and automatically
-Updated system to load/save configuration for Personalization
-Updated Transformation Destination information context for better understanding
-Updated TrueTransparency to version 1 with SevenStyle skin
-Updated user account's optimization settings
-Updated ViSplore with Windows Seven skin
-Updated ViStart to version 2.0 build 3468 (Native mode) with Windows Seven skin
-Updated visual styles to Windows 7 ones called "Windows Seven"
-Updated ViOrb to ViGlance (Superbar emulation)
-Updated Windows 7 icons
-Updated ViSplore and WinFlip to be safe applications

Author: windowsx | Website: deviantart.com

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Free Taskbar Resize Tool for Vista

Taskbar Resize Tool for Vista
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86):[link]

Author: flarejune | Website: deviantart.com

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