5 Tools to Transforms Windows XP to Vista

For a common user the major difference between Windows XP and Vista is the spanking new GUI of Vista. For experts it may be the added functionality, security etc, anyway I am not going into that. My point is many users wants to upgrade to Vista for the simple reason – appearance. But many hesitate to do this upgrade because of lack of system requirements and cost of up gradation. For such users who sticks on to XP but still admires the Vista appearance, here are some tips to change your XP appear like Vista. We can go one by one through these tools

Vista Start Menu
It turns XP start menu to Vista start menu. Vista start menu has got various additional functionalities like resizable start menu, zoom in/out, program launcher, tabs, power buttons, desktop search etc. Since the start menu doesn’t alter system settings it is easy to install and remove vista start menu.

WindowBlinds

It is rather a tool for applying various visual themes on your system. The themes can change the entire look of your current windows environment. It is memory friendly just as rocket dock. The various themes for your system are available at WindowBlinds gallery for download. Over 1000 of themes are available for downloading promising you 1000 different looks for your system environment.

RocetDock

It is a portable and memory friendly application launcher that rests on your desktop. It gives a clean and smoothly animated interface for dropping shortcuts, showing ‘running application indicators’, minimizing active windows to dock, supporting dual monitor etc. It is memory friendly as it consume only a little of your RAM’s space.

Vista Transformation pack 7

Vista transformation pack changes the entire XP interface. The changes appear in welcome and logon screen, appearance of files and tool bars, system dialogues, tray icons, the sound scheme, visual styles of interface and media player skin. It alters system files and hence must be carefully installed. Cases have been reported where uninstalling the VTP has failed, leading to unstable system.

VistaMizer

It is a highly customizable and trustable tool to alter the appearance of your desktop. It changes a lot of stuffs in your interface. It is trustable because, though it changes more than 400 system files it keeps backups for all. It doesn’t overwrite any file, so it is easy to revert back.