If you want to apply Mac OS X style to your XP download MAC OS XP. It is a transformation pack for XP & follow the steps described below.
Important Note !!!
- Please make backup before replace your system files.
- Also create restore point for easier to us to change back to normal.
- These files can only work in Windows XP SP2 (English version ONLY).
- Do all work in your own risk
STEP 001
Double click on "MAC OS X( P ) Setup.exe" ,And press install button.
Now you will get 10 application as described below
1) Bootskin
3)Cursor pack
3)Logon
4)Replacer
5)RK_Launcher_041_Beta_Nightly
6)System Files
7)TclockLight
8)UXtheme21
9)Visual
10)Wallpapers
STEP 002
Booting screen install
Double click on "bootskin.exe" ,And press install button.
Now you will get 2 application as described below
1)Bootskin_free
2)DaMAC
+ install 'bootskin_free.exe'
+ Open bootskin (Start -> All programs -> WinCustomize -> Bootskin )
+ Drag 'DaMAC.bootskin' into bootskin window.
+ Select DaMAC and click apply.
+ Close it
STEP 003
Cursor installing
Double click on "Cursor Pack.exe" ,And press install button.
Now you will get 15 Cursors.
+ Copy all the cursors and go to "C:\WINDOWS\Cursors" and paste them there.
+ After that go to Control Panel -> Mouse -> Pointers.
+ Click browse there and replace the normal window cursors with the Mac ones.
+ Click apply and then OK.
STEP 004
Log on screen installing
Double click on "logon.exe" ,And press install button.
Now you will get 2 application as described below
1)Logonstudio_public
2)Mac_OSX_Leopard_Logon
+ Install 'Logonstudio_public.exe'
+ Open logon studio (Start -> All programs -> WinCustomize -> Logon Studio)
+ Press Load button and browse to Mac_OSX_Leopard_Logon
+ Click Apply
+ OK
STEP 005
Object Dock installing
Double click on "RK_Launcher_041_Beta_Nightly.exe" ,And press install button.
+ Copy the folder' RK_Launcher_041_Beta_Nightly' and paste it into C Drive
+ Open the folder
+ Double click 'RK Launcher.exe'
+ Now you will get the dock on te bottom of desktop.
+ Right click on the free space in Dock
+ Click setting
+ On the behaviour tab, Check 'start with windows'.
+ OK
STEP 006
Clock installing
Double click on "tclocklight.exe" ,And press install button.
+ Copy the folder' tclocklight' and paste it into C Drive
+ Open the folder
+ Double click 'tclock.exe'
+ Thats it !!
STEP 007
Apply wallpaper
Double click on "wallpaper.exe" ,And press install button.
+ Copy the folder' mac-osx-leopard-wallpaper' and paste it into C Drive
+ Open the folder 'mac-osx-leopard-wallpaper'
+ Set any of the picture as your wallpaper
STEP 008
Theme Patching
Double click on "uxtheme21.exe" ,And press install button
+ Open the folder 'uxtheme21'
+ Double click on 'Universal UXTheme Patcher v2.1'
+ Click on Patc button
+ Reboot your system
STEP 009
Theme applying
Double click on "visual.exe" ,And press install button
+ Open the 'visual' folder
+ Double click on 'Leopard'
+ Press OK button
STEP 010
System file Converting
+ Start windows in SAFEMODE
- To open Windows in safe mode press F8 button before booting starts.
+ Double click on "System Files.exe" ,And press install button
+ Double click on "Replacer.exe" ,And press install button
+ Open 'replacer' . Then drag original 'explorer.exe' (%windir%\explorer.exe)into the 'replacer'. Follow the instruction. After that, replace it with the new 'explorer.exe' files with it include in this pack.
+ Open 'replacer'. Then drag original 'shell32.dll' (%windir%\System32\Shell32.dll)
into the 'replacer'. Follow the instruction. After that, replace it with the new 'shell32.dll' files with it include in this pack.
+ Open 'replacer'. Then drag original 'xpsp2res.dll'(%windir%\System32\xpsp2res.dll) into the 'replacer'. Follow the instruction. After that, replace it with the new 'xpsp2res.dll' files with it include in this pack.
+ For My Documents GUI, Open 'replacer'. Then drag original 'mydocs.dll' (%windir%\System32\mydocs.dll) into the 'replacer'. Follow the instruction. After that, replace it with the new 'mydocs.dll' files with it include in this pack.
+ Open 'replacer'. Then drag original 'msgina.dll'(%windir%\System32\msgina.dll) into the 'replacer'. Follow the instruction. After that, replace it with the new 'msgina.dll' files with it include in this pack.
+ Then, restart your PC
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139. Restoring Access to CD ROMs
If you removed CD Burning software, or for some other mystical reason, can not longer access your CD ROM's,
in most cases following registry keys needs to be deleted:
Locate and delete the UpperFilters and LowerFilters values under the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
in most cases following registry keys needs to be deleted:
Locate and delete the UpperFilters and LowerFilters values under the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
138. Speed up mouse motion
Some of you people notice that no matter how high you put the speed of your mouse, it is still not at it's maximum point. A way to fix this, on most options, has a little choice under the mouse speed.
Go to Control Panel -> Mouse. Click on Pointer Options, and then you will see a bar. The first bar is the motion speed. Under that, "Enhance Pointer Precision," is shown, uncheck that and see how much faster your mouse will go.
Go to Control Panel -> Mouse. Click on Pointer Options, and then you will see a bar. The first bar is the motion speed. Under that, "Enhance Pointer Precision," is shown, uncheck that and see how much faster your mouse will go.
137. Stop modem dial up noise
The noise that some dial up 33/56k modems make is awful, and the volume slider in modem properties never seems to stop it. Here's how I stopped mine. Make sure you're modem is NOT connected to the internet at the time.
Go to Control Panel/Phone and Modem Options and click on the Modem tab, click on the modem listed and click on properties. In the new dialogue box that comes up click on Advanced. In the text box under the words Extra Initialization Commands type ATM0 (number 0 not letter O). Click on OK, then OK again, etc.
Go to Control Panel/Phone and Modem Options and click on the Modem tab, click on the modem listed and click on properties. In the new dialogue box that comes up click on Advanced. In the text box under the words Extra Initialization Commands type ATM0 (number 0 not letter O). Click on OK, then OK again, etc.
136. Load Applications Faster
Microsoft has this command in which to start up applications much faster just like Microsoft's Windows Media Player.
1) Choose an application that you want to start up quicker.
2) Create a shortcut and place it on the desktop.
3) Right click the shortcut item and click properties.
4) In the target field you will have it pointing to the location of the application. For Example it will say "C:\Program Files\Washer\washer.exe"
5) Add /prefetch:1 right after the last " marks in the target field. So you will have something that looks like this..
"C:\Program Files\Washer\washer.exe" /prefetch:1
6) Amazingly the application will start up quicker.
NB: For some applications like Kazaa Lite and some other 3rd party applicatins, this tweak will not work. You will get an error messege if it doesn't work properly. If you get the error, just simply remove the /prefetch:1 from the target field of the shortcut and the original shortcut will work fine again.
1) Choose an application that you want to start up quicker.
2) Create a shortcut and place it on the desktop.
3) Right click the shortcut item and click properties.
4) In the target field you will have it pointing to the location of the application. For Example it will say "C:\Program Files\Washer\washer.exe"
5) Add /prefetch:1 right after the last " marks in the target field. So you will have something that looks like this..
"C:\Program Files\Washer\washer.exe" /prefetch:1
6) Amazingly the application will start up quicker.
NB: For some applications like Kazaa Lite and some other 3rd party applicatins, this tweak will not work. You will get an error messege if it doesn't work properly. If you get the error, just simply remove the /prefetch:1 from the target field of the shortcut and the original shortcut will work fine again.
135. Minimize Outlook to the System Tray
To Minimize Outlook XP to the System Tray / Taskbar:
Start-> Run -> Regedit and navigate to : HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Office \ 10.0 \ Outlook \ Preferences
Click on the right side of the screen, right-click and create:
DWord Value: MinToTray
Set value at: 1 (enable) or 0 (to disable MinToTray)
Start-> Run -> Regedit and navigate to : HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Office \ 10.0 \ Outlook \ Preferences
Click on the right side of the screen, right-click and create:
DWord Value: MinToTray
Set value at: 1 (enable) or 0 (to disable MinToTray)
134. How to make Windows shell to look similar to a Mac OSX ?
Ever wanted you Windows shell to look similar to a Mac OSX? Changing the icon size will add that final touch. Mac OSX has a max size of 128x128 icons. (Windows Max: 72x72).
- Open Registry Editor.
- Click on HKEY_CURRENT_USER
- Then expand Control Panel.
- Then expand Desktop.
- Then expand Windows Metrics
- Select the Shell Icon Size key.
- Right click Shell Icon Size and select Modify.
- Then type 128 in the box, and there you go!
Huge Mac OSX size icons!
133. Prevent personalized classic start menu
The Classic Start menu (Windows 2000 look) defaults to hiding programs that haven't been used recently.
If you're using the Classic menu, and want to make it always show all programs:
1) Right-click the "Start" menu button
2) Select "Properties"
3) If you're not already using the Classic Start menu, click the radio button next to this option, then click "Customize" next to "Classic Start menu".
4) Scroll to bottom of the "Advanced Start menu options"
5) Uncheck "Use Personalized Menus"
6) Click "OK", then "Apply" to save.
If you're using the Classic menu, and want to make it always show all programs:
1) Right-click the "Start" menu button
2) Select "Properties"
3) If you're not already using the Classic Start menu, click the radio button next to this option, then click "Customize" next to "Classic Start menu".
4) Scroll to bottom of the "Advanced Start menu options"
5) Uncheck "Use Personalized Menus"
6) Click "OK", then "Apply" to save.
132. Remove user name from Start Menu
To remove username from start name click on start > Run and type "GPEDIT.MSC" (without the quotes).
Navigate to the following keys
USER CONFIGURATION > ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES > START MENU AND TASKBAR .
Find REMOVE USER NAME FROM START MENU
Right click on it. Check enabled >OK
NOTE: The group policy editor (gpedit) is only available in XP Pro
Navigate to the following keys
USER CONFIGURATION > ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES > START MENU AND TASKBAR .
Find REMOVE USER NAME FROM START MENU
Right click on it. Check enabled >OK
NOTE: The group policy editor (gpedit) is only available in XP Pro
131. Select theme and color scheme for welcome screen
With this tweaks you will be able to modify which color selection of the default theme is shown when the computer start up screen is displayed. Currently since there is only one theme you can only change the color scheme for the theme but in the future when more themes are available for XP you will be able to change which theme is used in the same place in the windows registry.
1. Start regedit, if you are unfamiliar with regedit please see our FAQ.
2. Navigate to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager
3. Locate the key ColorName
4. Right Click on it and select modify.
5. Change where it says "NormalColor" to "Metallic"
6. Click Ok, and exit regedit
7. Restart
Note: To go back to the old color scheme durring startup just change "Metallic" back to "NormalColor" Once more themes are released you will be able to modify the DllName key to select different themes.
1. Start regedit, if you are unfamiliar with regedit please see our FAQ.
2. Navigate to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager
3. Locate the key ColorName
4. Right Click on it and select modify.
5. Change where it says "NormalColor" to "Metallic"
6. Click Ok, and exit regedit
7. Restart
Note: To go back to the old color scheme durring startup just change "Metallic" back to "NormalColor" Once more themes are released you will be able to modify the DllName key to select different themes.
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