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Vistapack
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Vistapack is a software package for Windows 2000 and Windows XP designed to simulate the user interface of Windows Vista. It works by patching resources, such as icons, bitmaps, and dialog boxes. It also includes a Vista-like theme and taskbar, 32-bit icon support, a new start-up screen, Vista wallpapers and sound scheme. Aero-like transparency for windows is also provided to further enhance the user experience to simulate Vista. Enabling Aero transparency can degrade the performance of the system. It is not hardware accelerated. Most of the dialog boxes and icons are stored in shell32.dll, which can cause incompatibility with some applications. Replacement shells, including LiteStep, are not compatible with Vistapack. Vistapack takes files from the system, backs it up, and modifies resources such as icons. The modified file is copied to the appropriate directory, replacing the unmodified file. The package can be uninstalled at any time. XPize works the same way as Vistapack, however it suffers from problems with uninstallation. Release history * Vistapack 1.6 - Jan 15 2007 * Vistapack 2.0 - Nov 05 2007 * Vistapack 2.4 - Dec 10 2007 * Vistapack 2.6 - Jun 20 2008 Vistapack 3 is currently under development. Vistapack 3 Changes: *Vistapack screensaver is removed. *Extra sound schemes are removed. *The visual style will be redesigned to bypass some flaws in VistaVG (look-a-like theme for Windows XP). *Registry modifications (UI related). Vistapack 3 development has been halted, and Vistapack 3 is being replaced by 7ize. 
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