If you like Vista because of its restored GUI then it definitely does have a good-looking interface but many are still cautious to upgrade. Some because of its system requirements and some because of the entire negative buzz around it. Now you still can get a Vista like look even on Win XP system. Some free tools help you to create your Windows XP look like Vista are given below. Ensure that you got a bit of spare RAM on system.

Vista Start Menu

Vista Start Menu turns XP’s Start menu into similar on Vista. Not only do you obtain a better look but also many latest aspects that are not there. These contain resizable start menu, zoom in/out, program launcher, desktop search, power buttons, tabs, and more. Another aspect, Vista Start Menu does not modify system settings, so making it simple to install, and easy to remove.

Vista Transformation Pack 7

VTP alters XP’s interface, containing Start menu, Control Panel, system dialogs, icons, and more, to Vista style. Also contains a transparency function to mimic Vista’s Aero Glass functionality. It is possibly most complete package out of all, so cautious with it. While I have not faced any problems some folks reported problems in uninstalling it. Here are some of outstanding alters that will be created to system.

• Boot screen / Welcome Screen / Logon Screen.
• New desktop, file and toolbar icons.
• Progress Dialogs.
• New System Tray icons.
• New Sounds scheme.
• New interface visual styles.
• Windows Media Player Skins.

RocketDock

It is a handy, memory-friendly, easily animated, alpha blended application launcher that sits on screen. It gives a good clean interface to drop shortcuts on simple access and organization. Some aspects that are value looking at contain Minimize active windows to dock, drag-n-drop interface, Dual-monitor support, Auto-hide and Popup on mouse over, and Running application indicators.

VistaMizer

It changes about 400 system files, and when you restart system after installation you won’t memorize how your old desktop looked. It’s very customizable and changes many thing. What is good about is that it will keep backup of all modifies and won’t replace or overwrite anything that would risk destabilizing your system.

WindowBlinds

Windows Blinds is not a program particularly intended to visualize system. It’s a tool for applying several visual themes on current Windows environment varying look and feel, title bars, push buttons, start bar, start menu and more. It states to be memory-friendly, so it should not slow down your system. After installed, you can either apply one of default visual themes or download one from WindowsBlinds gallery. It comes both in a free and paid version. Though free version needs some of extra features it still does job.