Ok…So we are not all ready to move to Windows Vista because we want to stick with XP for a little longer, or because we can’t afford it. But we want the look of it.

There are plenty of software that can help us get the Vista look, so I am going to attempt to put together few of them.

Option 1

is one of them. If you have a 15 or 17 inch screen though, it won’t look that pretty.

The Sidebar comes with and lots of skins.

It uses minimal system resources (according to them) and it is a freeware.

Now that you’ve got the Sidebar, we also need some Visual Styles, so let’s go browsing through and see what we can find.

This skin – seems to have some nice features including a sidebar ( not very rich in gadgets though).

Once you’ve picked up your style, make sure you are reading the documentation before attempting to install it.

You can also pick up visual style from Crystalxp.net. ( I know! Crystal Xp again… but they are reliable).

Icons – You can install and download the pack.

Update – To make things look even better than in Vista, you can download and install Vista Start Menu SE freeware. 

Now you can get here a , to finish the job.

Option 2

Get Windows Blinds. This is a shareware but it has a free version as well. See .

Some extras:

You can also install (if you didn’t do it till now) , , .

That’s it…for now.

For any other suggestions, drop a message into the comment box.

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