Make Windows XP Look Like Windows 7 in Three Steps

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re: Make Windows XP Look Like Windows 7 in Three Steps

tayme — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:42:27 GMT

Wow...migegalos has Barrack Obama syndrome now!!! Figures!

--tayme

re: Make Windows XP Look Like Windows 7 in Three Steps

g6672D — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:27:19 GMT

->robertsjoe

Fortunately, most people will be able to change it, unless they've taken that stupid limitation out. In that case, everyone. Ha ha ha.

re: Make Windows XP Look Like Windows 7 in Three Steps

robertsjoe — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:05:32 GMT

Great to see Gruber correcting Paul's mistakes.

Also, that wallpaper looks really bad. Design and art is not something Microsoft has EVER been good at. This proves it, yet again.

re: Make Windows XP Look Like Windows 7 in Three Steps

Mum — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:39:20 GMT

"I don't tend to back down on a point just because a group of people yell the same factually incorrect answer. That tends to annoy people who are used to getting their way once their friends pile on whether they are right or wrong."

You don't tend to back down on a point if you're wrong, either. At best, you stop talking about it.

Which tends to annoy people who can lead a valid discussion and know what they're talking about.

re: Make Windows XP Look Like Windows 7 in Three Steps

mikegalos@msn.com — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:28:20 GMT

chuckb

No need to call me Jesus. Really. Even I'd say that's over the top.

I did notice, though, that nobody actually commented on the actual point of the futility of pasting a cloned UI on top of an old OS rather than actually going for a modern architecture. Apparently the people who went for personal attacks instead feel that appearance is all that matters.

re: Make Windows XP Look Like Windows 7 in Three Steps

mikegalos@msn.com — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:24:02 GMT

DaveInLA,

Looks like we learned something new about you.

re: Make Windows XP Look Like Windows 7 in Three Steps

shark47 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:33:38 GMT

" iSwallow said:

Funny how people try to polish a turd with another one. It's pointless."

Hmmm...

The next time you decide to post under a different name, make sure your pic's different too.

re: Make Windows XP Look Like Windows 7 in Three Steps

chuckb84 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:18:43 GMT

Jesus.

Mike, Could you please only pick the fights in the threads where Paul starts the rants about Apple. That's called "on topic".

You're worse than Paul and I'm unutterably sick of your "Oh, so you've stopped beating your wife with a boxed copy of OS X" rhetoric. It's not clever; it's just pathetic.

And here I was hoping to see a nice XP vs. Windows 7 cat fight and just watch from the sidelines....

re: Make Windows XP Look Like Windows 7 in Three Steps

Asoka — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:11:56 GMT

Funny how people try to polish a turd with another one. It's pointless.

re: Make Windows XP Look Like Windows 7 in Three Steps

SPiotr — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:30:44 GMT

@mikegalos

"I didn't mention Apple"

No you didn't mention them .... but you meant them. Your MO is pretty obvious to us Mike. Why do you feel the need to try and subvert a perfectly uncontroversial thread?

"I don't tend to back down on a point just because a group of people yell the same factually incorrect answer."

Fine, but the problem is that you NEVER seem to back down and are also guilty of repeating factual inaccuracies,

re: Make Windows XP Look Like Windows 7 in Three Steps

GoodThings2Life — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:19:07 GMT

*ignoring the pathetic pissing match above*

This is a pretty neat hack for those stuck on WinXP... and for that matter, I can see it as a great training tool to help transition people to Windows 7's new UI. As they become acquainted with the taskbar groupings and previewing, they can be even more thrilled to get the real thing.

re: Make Windows XP Look Like Windows 7 in Three Steps

birdshot80 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:44:05 GMT

Can anyone tell me if ViGlance (or even Windows 7 for that matter) is able to stretch the taskbar across multiple monitors? I am currently using UltraMon to do so on my XP machine at work.

Thanks.

re: Make Windows XP Look Like Windows 7 in Three Steps

mikegalos@msn.com — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:53:55 GMT

Lotsa

Actually, the Apple estimate was about 33 Million total Macintosh users running add-on GUIs on top of an old OS, plus another 40 Million iPhone and iPod Touch users running add-on GUIs on top of an old OS plus, shall we be kind and say 9 Million Linux users running add-on GUIs on top of an old OS and even a few Solaris and other Unix users running add-on GUIs on top of an old OS. Now add to that the number of XP users doing these shell tweaks plus the users running other shells on top of XP and you've got just about any number or combination you choose.

But, you picked Apple.

re: Make Windows XP Look Like Windows 7 in Three Steps

lotsamystuff — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:42:07 GMT

"Why did you assume that description had to refer to Apple users? "

I should swim right past that bait, but there are some new readers here who are unfamiliar with your tendency to throw fresh meat into shark-infested waters. The statement you made is a constant refrain of yours, Mikey, and the "35 Million" number is clearly a reference to your oft-repeated estimate of the number of OS X users. Don't be a d1ck (or a "waethorn"), Mikey. You're better than that (or at least you believe yourself to be).

"Also, why, oh why bring the discussion down again, when Paul made no mention of the "other side" in his post?"

Because that's what he does. Consistently. He enjoys the notoriety it brings him. He's like the Barack Obama of this board—he's not happy unless he's the center of attention.