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    Easiest way to install themes on vista

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by lordhidetora, Apr 5, 2008.

  1. lordhidetora

    lordhidetora Notebook Consultant

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    What is the easiest way to do this? I tired some program called VistaGlazz, but it messed up my computer so badly, and I took ownership of the uxktheme.dll? file, but doesn't seem to work.

    Is there an easy way to do this?
     
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    Gintoki, Apr 5, 2008
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    lordhidetora Notebook Consultant

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    Oops. I don't know what I did wrong, but it can't find the theme.dll files since I restarted.

    Comp won't start at all. lol. I guess I'll have to do a system restore??
     
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    Do you have Vista SP1? Did you follow the guide exactly?
     
    Gintoki, Apr 5, 2008
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    Yeah I did, and I have SP1.

    Edit: I couldn't take ownership by right clicking, so I used cmd.
     
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    Having SP1 must be the reason why VistaGlazz gave you problems, it doesn't support SP1 yet.
     
    Gintoki, Apr 5, 2008
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    Ahh, I see.

    I'm running system restore right now, hopefully it will repair the broken files and stuff.

    Edit: It works, and I'm probably not going to try this again, haha.
     
    lordhidetora, Apr 5, 2008
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    Harper2.0 Back from the dead?

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    I installed VistaGlazz on my friends computer.....he was the guinea pig. It messed up a lot of the random programs he used.
     
    Harper2.0, Apr 6, 2008
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    wow mean lol
     
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    VistaGlazz is not meant to be used with Vista SP1 yet. I'm not so sure about its x64 compatibility either.
     
    Gintoki, Apr 6, 2008
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