VistaVG Black: New Black Theme For Windows XP

[Vishal Gupta 4]

Guys

After getting lot of demand for XP port of my "Vista Black Theme for Windows Vista", I'm glad to announce my new XP theme "VistaVG Black".

ABOUT:

Its an update over my previous XP theme "VistaVG Ultimate". I have changed Startmenu, titlebar, buttons and a few other things in this theme.

HOW TO USE:

1. In the downloaded pack, you'll get 2 folders:

=> Fonts (This folder contains Segoe UI fonts required for the theme. Copy them to "%windir%\Fonts" folder.)

=> Theme (This folder contains the main theme.)

2. Copy all contents in "Theme" folder to "%windir%\Resources\Themes\" folder.

3. Now you can set the theme using Desktop Properties.

4. Also make sure you have patched the "uxtheme.dll" file to allow 3rd party visual styles, if its not patched, then download and run the UXtheme Patcher from here:

[link]

I hope you all will like this theme as you liked all my previous themes.

Please give your valuable feedbacks.

Download VistaVG Black Theme for Windows XP

Edited May 24, 2011 by Vishal Gupta

[vb86 0]

hi vishal.. does installing this theme hamper my computer's performance in any way? is it heavier on resaources than the default xp theme?

also, since ur already into all this, can you also mention some other popular options used by people worldwide to transform their xp interface to vista?

thanks.

btw, i saw the screenshots and the theme looks fabulous!

[Vishal Gupta 4]

Using msstyles is absolutely same as default XP theme. Luna theme (default XP theme) is also a msstyles file and all my themes are also msstyles. So there will be no performance issue in using them. Consider them just like you changed the wallpaper.

And to change XP into Vista u just need to follow this:

http://www.merawindows.com/Home/Forums/tab...ts/Default.aspx

[vb86 0]

thanks.. one more question.. if i use the vistablack theme instead of the vistaultimate theme, can i skip any of the steps mentioned on the link given above or do all of them still need to be followed?

[Vishal Gupta 4]

If you are already using "VistaVG Ultimate" theme, then you just need to download this pack, extract the folder and then copy all contents in "Theme" folder to "%windir%\Resources\Themes\" folder and then apply it.