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License:
Free
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Downloads:
404,793
- Operating Systems:
Windows 2000, Windows XP
- Additional Requirements:
No additional requirements
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
April 16, 2009
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Publisher's description of Transform XP to Vista
Bring innovation into your work without buying a new PC or a system. The best freeware safely installed. The package contains time-tested developments of Microsoft and Yahoo, as well as a convenient substitute--Vista Start Menu. The items of the package complement each other, and do not disrupt your work.
Version 3.11 is a bug fixing release.
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Editor's review of Transform XP to Vista
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- "Transform XP to Vista"
- Version reviewed: Transform XP to Vista 3.11
If you like the look of Vista, but don't want to upgrade Windows XP, this suite of desktop applications makes it easy to emulate most aspects of Microsoft's controversial operating system. It doesn't replicate the Aero theme, but what it does do is take existing XP emulations of parts of Vista and combine them under one installer.
To replicate the sidebar, the program installs Yahoo Widgets. For the Start menu, the publisher uses its own XP Start menu replacement, Vista Start Menu. And for the look of Vista, Microsoft's own Vista desktop theme for XP is included. The Yahoo and Microsoft solutions are the most elegant, while OrdinarySoft's Vista Start Menu has never quite worked right for us. It's bloated and feels chaotic, although it is free.
Overall, the hodgepodge of programs works fine, even if some users might feel mislead for thinking this was one unified solution to their Vista desires. However, these applications are available on their own and this round-up doesn't bring anything new to the table.
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Version: Transform XP to Vista 3.11
"Best Thing ever if you want to get a windows vista look"
Pros: looks great on your PC
Cons: still got XP start button
Summary: this is a great product and would highly reccommend it!
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Version: Transform XP to Vista 3.11
"great but there are still a few bugs"
Pros: it transforms the looks in your pc, it really looks like a vista!
Cons: you have to press the start button 30 billion times just to open up the start menu.
Summary: i enjoys this, i highly recomend it. you can access any file from just the start menu. it isnt perfect though, sometimes you have to press the start menu 30 trillion times just to open up the start menu which gets old fast. that is why i give it a f... read more >>
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