Transform Windows XP into Windows 7 without using Customization Pack !

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Dành cho những ai dùng HĐH XP nhưng thích giao diện 7

UPDATE: If you want to download all BITMAPs, AVIs and
other files mentioned in this tutorial in a single pack, you can
download it using this
link.

PS: Please create a Restore point using "System
<blockquote> Restore" before applying anything mentioned in this tutorial
so that you can restore your system back to default if you don't like
the changes.

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NOTE: If you are facing problems while
<blockquote>saving a file after editing in resource hacker, then make sure you have
disabled WFP (Windows File Protection) service using "WFP
Patcher" or use "Replacer" to replace the
file. Both utilities can be found in our "Download"
section.
Also if you are getting error "Can't create file...",
that means you have edited and saved the same file in past and there is
a backup file which need to be deleted before saving this file again.
Go to the folder containing this file and you'll see a similar file
having "_original" in its name. Delete it and
try to save the file in resource hacker.

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Windows 7 provides lots of new features along with a
newly designed interface. It looks very similar to Windows Vista but
there are many GUI changes like redesigned taskbar, Explorer, new boot
screen and login screen, etc.
If you are still using Windows XP but want to enjoy the new Windows 7
look, then this tutorial will definitely help you.
After following this tutorial, you'll get the same Windows 7 look in
your Windows XP. Following is a list of things which are going to change
after following this tutorial:

• Windows Theme or Visual Style
  
• Icons
  
• Boot Screen
  
• Login Screen or Welcome Screen
  
• Cursors
  
• Taskbar
  
• Wallpaper
  
• Progress Dialog Box
  
• Shutdown / Log off Dialog Box
  
• About Windows Box
  
• System Properties Dialog Box
  
• Volume Control Window
  
• Extras like "Aero Shake", "Aero
  Snap", "Aero Peek", "Calculator"
  and "Paint"
  
• A Few Other Mods...
  

So here we start our transformation tour:

1. Windows Theme or Visual Style:

Windows 7 provides a new refreshing look which includes redesigned
taskbar and start menu, Windows Explorer and a few other small changes.
You can get the same look in Windows XP by using following theme:

Download
SevenVG RTM Theme for Windows XP
If you want a Black version, then you can get it
using following link:

Download
SevenVG Black RTM Theme for Windows XP
If you don't like the new Windows 7 Superbar, then you can download
Normal Taskbar versions of these themes as well:
Download
SevenVG RTM Theme with Normal Taskbar for Windows XP
Download
SevenVG Black RTM Theme with Normal Taskbar for Windows XP
You can also use an excellent WindowBlinds skin created by "fediaFedia".
It requires Stardock WindowBlinds to be installed in your system.
Download
Windows 7 WindowBlinds Skin for Windows XP

2. Icons:

You can get Windows 7 icons in XP using "SevenVG Icon Pack":

Download SevenVG Icon Pack for IconTweaker
Download SevenVG Icon Pack for Icon Packager

3. Boot Screen:

Windows 7 contains a new animated boot screen which shows animated
items/balls that come together to form Windows logo.
You can get a similar boot screen in Windows XP:

Download
New Windows 7 Beta Boot Screen for Windows XP

4. Login Screen or Welcome Screen:

Windows 7 login screen looks similar to Vista login screen except the
new background image and the text displayed at bottom.

Download
Windows 7 Login Screen for Windows XP

5. Cursors:

Windows 7 cursors are also similar to Vista which you can download
using following link:
Download Vista Cursors (Thanks
Mike)

6. Taskbar:

Windows 7 taskbar has been highly redesigned. It doesn't show opened
program's name in their taskbar buttons, instead it only shows their
icons. Also the taskbar buttons are a bit large in their size.

You can get the same Superbar in Windows XP using ViGlance:
ViGlance:
Get Windows 7 Look-Like Superbar in Windows XP
Windows 7 taskbar also allows you to move taskbar buttons to change
their positions, you can get the same feature in Windows XP by using
"Taskbar Shuffle" utility:
Taskbar
Shuffle: Move Taskbar and System Tray Buttons in Windows
And if you want to get the small "Show Desktop"
rectangle at the end of Taskbar just like Windows 7, please visit
following topic:

Get
Windows 7 “Show Desktop” Taskbar Icon in Windows XP & Vista

7. Wallpaper:

You can get Windows 7 Desktop wallpaper using following link:

Download Wallpaper (TheVista.Ru)
Download Wallpaper (Neowin)

8. Progress Dialog Box:

Windows 7 progress dialog box is similar to Windows Vista. We can
make our XP dialog box look like it by using Resource Hacker.

Open "%windir%\System32\Shell32.dll" file in
Resource Hacker and go to:
Dialog -> 1020 -> 1033
Now replace the existing code in right-side pane with the code
present in following file:
progress_dialog_box_code.txt
Click on Compile Script button.
You'll also have to replace existing AVIs in the file with new ones.
Download following Zip file and extract it:
Download AVIs
After extracting the Zip file you'll get 3 AVI files. Replace
existing AVIs in shell32.dll file with these new ones in following
manner:
AVI -> 160 ->1033 with 160.avi
AVI -> 161 ->1033with
161.avi
AVI -> 162 ->1033with
162.avi
AVI -> 163 ->1033with
162.avi
AVI -> 164 ->1033with
162.avi
And also download a BMP file from here:
Download BMP
After extracting the BMP file from it, add it at 404
location in file. Just click on Action -> Add a new resource
and then click on Open file with new resource button.
Select the downloaded BMP file and click on Open. Now in Resource
Name enter 404 and in Resource
Language enter 1033 and click on Add
Resource button. That's it.

9. Shutdown / Log off Dialog Box:

Windows 7, similar to Vista, doesn't have any shutdown / log off
dialog box but we can redesign Windows XP default shutdown box to make
it more refreshing like following screenshot:

Download required BMP files from here:
Download Shutdown BMPs
Extract the file and you'll get 4 BMPs with the name:
1.bmp
2.bmp
3.bmp
4.bmp
Now open "%windir%\System32\Shell32.dll" file in
Resource Hacker and then replace following BITMAPs with the mentioned
BMP files:
Bitmap -> 14351 -> 1033 with 1.bmp
Bitmap -> 14353 -> 1033 with 2.bmp
Bitmap -> 14354 -> 1033 with 1.bmp
Bitmap -> 14355 -> 1033 with 2.bmp
Bitmap -> 14356 -> 1033 with 3.bmp
now save the file and open %windir%\System32\msgina.dll
file in Resource Hacker and then replace following BITMAPs with the
mentioned BMP files:
Bitmap -> 20140 -> 1033 with 1.bmp
Bitmap -> 20141 -> 1033 with 2.bmp
Bitmap -> 20142 -> 1033 with 1.bmp
Bitmap -> 20143 -> 1033 with 2.bmp
Bitmap -> 20150 -> 1033 with 4.bmp
Now save the file.

10. About Windows Box:

To change the About Windows box you'll need to change 2 things: The
top logo and the text part.

Download the required BITMAP file from here:
Download About Windows BMP
Open "%windir%\System32\Shell32.dll" file in
Resource Hacker and then replace following BITMAPs with the downloaded
BMP file:
Bitmap -> 131 -> 1033 (For XP Professional)
Bitmap -> 147 -> 1033 (For XP Home)
Now open %windir%\System32\msgina.dll file in
Resource Hacker and then replace following BITMAPs with the downloaded
BMP file:
Bitmap -> 101 -> 1033 (For XP Professional)
Bitmap -> 107 -> 1033 (For XP Professional)
Bitmap -> 128 -> 1033 (For XP Home)
Bitmap -> 129 -> 1033 (For XP Home)
Now to change the text of dialog box, open "%windir%\System32\xpsp1res.dll"
file in Resource Hacker and then goto:
Dialog -> 14352 -> 1033
Now replace the existing code in right-side pane with the code in
following file:
About Dialog Box Code
Click on Compile Script button and save the file.

11. System Properties Dialog Box:

To make System Properties dialog box look like Windows 7 one, visit
following tutorial:

Get
Windows 7 System Properties Dialog Box in Windows XP

12. Volume Control Window:

Windows 7 contains a redesigned Volume Control window which shows
better details and graphics for device volumes. Now you can get a
similar window in your XP.

Get
Windows 7 Volume Control Box in Windows XP

13. A Few Extras:

Windows 7 provides 3 new features which are called "Aero
Shake", "Aero Snap" and "Aero Peek".
"Aero Shake" is quite useful. Suppose you have more
than one windows opened and you want to minimize all other windows
except the window which you are working on, then you have to simply
shake the current window with your mouse and all other windows will be
minimized automatically. Shake it again and all minimized windows will
be maximized again.
Using "Aero Snap", you can minimize, maximize,
resize windows by just dragging-dropping them to the screen corners.
"Aero Peek" has replaced the old "Show Desktop"
feature in Windows 7. It can be found as a small rectangle present at
last in Windows 7 taskbar. When you hover the mouse cursor over it, it
allows you to peek behind all open windows by hiding all windows and
showing only outlines of all windows.
You can get all these features working in XP using following
tutorials:
Get
Windows 7 “Aero Shake” Feature in Windows XP
Get
Windows 7 “Aero Snap” Feature in Windows XP
Get
Windows 7 “Aero Peek” Feature in Windows XP

Windows 7 also contains a new redesigned Calculator which has new GUI
and new options.

You can get the same calculator in Windows XP using following link:
Get
Windows 7 Like Calculator in Windows XP
Windows 7 contains re-designed "MSPaint" program
which provides Ribbons interface. You can get a similar MSPaint program
in Windows XP:

Get
Windows 7 Look Like Paint in Windows XP and Vista

14. A Few Other Mods:

1. Windows 7
Desktop context menu is much different than XP one.

Following are a few things which are new in Windows 7 menu:

• "View" menu visible in Desktop context menu
  
• "Arrange Icons By" renamed to "Sort by"
  
• "Properties" renamed to "Personalize"
  
• "Auto arrange icons" and "Align
  icons to grid" options moved from "Sort by" menu to "View"
  menu
  
• 2 new options "Screen resolution" and "Gadgets"
  added to the menu
  

So above are a few changes which are new in Windows 7 but we can get
them in XP using following tutorial:
Get
Windows 7 Desktop Context Menu in Windows XP
2. Windows 7's Programs menu is similar to Vista
but very different from XP, you can use following tutorial to make your
XP Programs menu similar to Windows 7:
Change Look-n-Feel of Windows XP Start Menu
3. Windows 7 explorer is quite similar to Vista and
shows the same small horizontal progress bar under each drive icon for
the drive space.

You can also get the same in XP by using a 3rd party utility:
Download Vista Drive Icon
Just run the file and it'll add the progress bar under each drive.
4. To get the Breadcrumbs in
addressbar you can use "QT Addressbar":

QT
Addressbar: Windows 7 Addressbar Clone for Windows XP
5. In Windows 7 whenever you hover your mouse cursor
over a Desktop icon, it shows a cool transparent rectangle over the
icon. You can get the same effect in XP using following tool:

Get
Windows Vista and 7’s Desktop Icon Mouse Hover Effect in Windows XP
6. In Windows 7 when you press Alt-Tab to switch
between opened applications, a glassy switcher screen is displayed which
shows thumbnails of all running applications. You can get similar
feature in Windows XP using following tool:

VistaSwitcher:
The Best FREE Windows Alt-Tab Feature Replacement
That's all for now. After following all the above mentioned steps,
you'll get Windows 7 look-n-feel in Windows XP.

NOTE: If you have any problem with
<blockquote>Resource Hacker and want to know about it, then please go through
following tutorials:
All About Resource Hacker in a Brief Tutorial
List of Files to be hacked using Resource Hacker
List of a few Locations in Windows XP System Files to
be Hacked using Resource Hacker

</blockquote>PS: If you are a Windows Vista user and want to
transform your Vista into 7, then following link will help you:
Transform
Windows Vista into Windows 7 without using Customization Pack