How to Make Windows XP Looks Like Ubuntu Linux

Still using Windows XP ? Doesn’t migrate to Windows Vista yet? Or bored with Windows OS design? How about changing the look of your Windows XP to Linux Ubuntu? Hem, to be honest its really easy. But before you can continue, you need a few things which are :
1. UxTheme Multi-Patcher
2. Human Visual Style Theme
3. IconTweaker.
4. Super Turbo Tango Patcher
5. Stardock BootSkin
6. LogonStudio

After you get that things, now lets begin the tutorial.
1. The first thing is the Visual Style. To change your visual style of Windows XP, download UxTheme Multi-Patcher and install it. After installing it, download the Human Visual Style Theme. Then extract the theme to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes and then go to your Desktop. Right click and go to Properties, then go to Appearance and Select Human as the theme. Now you are done with the visual style part.

2. The next step is to change the icons of Windows XP to something that looks like icons in Ubuntu Linux. Download Super Turbo Tango Patcher and install it. During installation, select the icon set as Tangerine as this pack contains the icons that are matches the icons in Ubuntu Linux. There is another software that can change the icons of Windows XP which is IconTweaker. Download it and then download IconTweaker Theme to change the icons of Windows XP. Use this software if you dont want to use Super Turbo Tango Patcher.

3. The next thing is to change the mouse pointers which you have in your computer. The ones that come with the human theme. Go to C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Human\Cursors and find “install.infâ€. Then right click on install.inf and select “Install”. Then go to Control Panel > Mouse and choose the newly added “xFree cursor theme.

4. Now you should change the wallpapers. Its inside the human theme folder C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Human\Wallpapers. Just chose the wallpaper, Right click on it and Click Set as Desktop background. You can find Ubuntu wallpaper anywhere.

5. Now coming to the boot screen of Windows Xp which i dont like at all. Download Stardock BootSkin, its a free application so just download it and install. And then download Ubuntu Boot Skin and apply it.

6. The last step is to change the logon screen of Windows Xp. For that first download LogonStudio and then download the Ubuntu Logon Skin and use it with LogonStudio.
Now to make 3rd party applications like Mozilla Firefox to blend in like Ubuntu, download the Ubuntu Theme for mozilla and change the look of Firefox as well.

Well done, still searching for more style you can create. Its depent on your imagination.

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