Tweaking The Windows Desktop - Changing Windows XP to 7



Hey Guys. We know that you were waiting for the next post of this section. So Here we are.
Let's begin Now. Want Similar looks like Windows 7 on your Desktop. No need to buy Windows 7 If you are going to buy it just for it's looks. Let's Change your Windows XP looks to Windows 7.

Let's Start:


First You Will need a theme:
Download 7 Mizer and install it on your Computer. 7 Mizer is not just a theme. You will notice that it has changed a lot of things. Your Desktop will look like this after installing 7 Mizer.
Download Seven Mizer



But Still we need to do some changes to make our XP desktop absolutely same as Windows 7.

Now Make all the Fonts Clear Type.
For this Right Click on your Desktop >> Click on Properties >> Click on "Appearance" Tab >> Click on Effects >> Then Select "Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts:" >> Choose "Clear Type " from the Dropdown list.
You Can also use large icons if you want.


Taskbar:
In Windows 7 you must have seen large icons in the taskbar. This doesn't happens even after installing 7 Mizer. For this Effect You Need to Download ViGlance (Windows 7 Superbar for XP).
This will change your taskbar completely. Now it will show the thumbnail of the window as you keep the mouse pointer on it. Size of the icons will also increase. It will look like this.
Download ViGlance


Start Menu:
7 Mizer doesn't changes the Start Menu. For a Windows 7 Start Menu You will need to download ViStart. There's not much difference between Windows 7 and Windows Vista Start Menu. Download and Run ViStart. This will change your start menu and it will look like this
Download ViStart



Alt+Tab Menu:
The last thing we need to change is Alt+Tab Menu. Whenever you pres Alt+Tab in Windows XP to switch between the windows it looks like this.

Change this basic look. Download VistaSwitcher and install. This will change the look of the Alt+Tab Menu and then it will look like this.
Download VistaSwitcher


So Here You Are You Have Changed the look of your Windows XP Desktop to Winoows 7.