How to Transform Your Windows XP System into a Vista Skinned Machine with Vista Inspirations
Hey everyone, I'm Ken from the computer clan, and welcome back to my channel! Today, we're going to take a look at how to transform your Windows XP system into a Vista skinned machine using a little program called Vista Inspirations Brick Opac Ultimate 2.1. If you've ever wondered how I managed to make my Windows XP system look like Vista, now's the time to find out.
To get started, I want to give you a link to download the software from the Soft32 site. Make sure to avoid all the lovely clickbait and download it from there at your own risk. I don't want to be held responsible if stuff blows up once it's downloaded. Once you've downloaded the program, open up your downloads folder right-click on the zip file and extract all. I'll just set this to the desktop for simplicity.
Now that we have our software installed, let's open up the Installer and get started with the transformation process. Double click the Installer, and voila! We're greeted with a beautiful splash screen in English. If you speak English but not French, don't worry – I've got a challenge for you. Choose French if you want to test your language skills; it'll be very fun. Hit okay, and we're ready to get started.
Note that this software does not work with 64-bit versions of Windows XP, so maybe there's a workaround for compatible systems. Next, we need to accept the license terms and choose what configuration we want to use. I just stick with the classic because it gives us the Vista skin, but also comes with a third-party app that gives us a Mac OS X-style dock interface. We'll keep the default install location and start menu location for simplicity.
Now we're preparing to install, and as you can see, the progress bar is starting to fill up. As we install, you'll notice some default desktop icons appear on your screen. This includes our new wallpaper and dock interface – it's looking great so far!
Before we finish up, we need to reboot the computer to complete the installation process. But don't worry; we won't be stuck in a loop of restarting forever. We're almost there! And as you can hear, we have some awesome sound effects coming through with this software – I believe they're the long horn sounds from Vista, but I'm not quite sure. Either way, they sound nice!
Once we've finished installing, let's take a look at what we've got so far. We've got our new start button and taskbar interface, and everything looks pretty cool. But wait – we can customize this even further! There are different theme settings available for the dock, and if you want to change things up, you can double-click on these options to configure your system.
One of the best things about Vista Inspirations Brick Opac Ultimate 2.1 is that it allows us to switch between our current Windows XP style and our new Vista-inspired look at any time we want. We can choose from different color schemes and even customize our start button and taskbar interface to suit our needs.
So, if you're feeling adventurous and want to transform your Windows XP system into a Vista skinned machine like mine, give this software a try! It's easy to use, and the results are well worth it. You can find out more about the County series by watching the season finale right here, or check out our Daiso con cosplay music video by clicking on that link.
That's all for today's tutorial, everyone. I hope you learned something new and had a bit of fun along the way. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more content from the computer clan!
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: engreetings Internet I am Ken from the computer clan and I was recently asked how I made my Windows XP system look like Vista someone asked for me to do a tutorial on how to change it I showed a Windows XP system in crazy Ken using a Vista skin so I'll show you the met that I've been using for a long time I'm using a little program called Vista in spirits brick opac ultimate 2.1 long name so you can google search that and download it I'll give you a link to the soft 32 site that I used make sure to avoid all the lovely clickbait and download it from there again do this at your own risk I don't want to be held responsible if stuff blows up once it's downloaded open up your downloads folder right click on the zip and extract all I will just set this to the desktop for simplicity boom boom next and let it go finish so now here's the Installer double click the Installer open it up beautiful splash screen so English if you speak English and if you speak English but not French and you want to challenge yourself choose French it'll be very fun hit okay this does not work with 64-bit versions of Windows XP maybe there's a workaround compatible systems next accept the license terms and now you can choose what configuration you want I just use the classic because it gives you the Vista skin but it also gives you a third-party app that gives you like a Mac os10 type dock interface so we'll do that keep the default install location and I just keep the default start menu location and preparing to install let's watch that progress bar go oh yeah here we go come on it's modifying a lot of files now as you install you will notice you'll get some default desktop icons here so you see there's the wallpaper and here's our dock interface and we do need to reboot the computer so we'll do that now and as you can hear we have the long horn sound effects that's what comes with this pack and I believe they're the long horn sounds simply because this pack might have predated the actual Vista sound effects I'm not quite sure but they sound nice so now you'll notice we have those sound effects the new default wallpaper the dock interface the Vista style taskbar start button and even a tweet start menu so we can actually go to settings here for the dock if you want to change things for the dock it actually has different theme settings and a bunch of other cool styles and everything so that's an option you can also double click here to configure the Vista inspired system so let's say I don't want rocket dock on I can say turn off and boom hit ok now that's going if you right-click on the desktop and go to properties you can then choose the appearance tab so we're using Vista inspire it too and we can change that to our Windows XP style if we want to go back to that or we can choose Vista and we get some different color scheme options as well so there's a lot of customizable settings inside of here so I'll turn this one on so you can get a look at that we get a different type of start button and a different type of taskbar interface and I'll just set it back to Vista inspire it to for this demo and as you can see the buttons change the windows change everything changes so that's a quick look at Vista inspire it you can transform your XP system into a Vista skinned machine if you have any questions feel free to let me know hit me up in the comments section or on Twitter or on any of our other social networks that are part of the computer Clin I hope you learned something and I'll see you in the not-too-distant future would you like to check out our County series if so you can watch the season finale right here or perhaps you'd like to watch our Daiso con cosplay music video if so you can click right here yougreetings Internet I am Ken from the computer clan and I was recently asked how I made my Windows XP system look like Vista someone asked for me to do a tutorial on how to change it I showed a Windows XP system in crazy Ken using a Vista skin so I'll show you the met that I've been using for a long time I'm using a little program called Vista in spirits brick opac ultimate 2.1 long name so you can google search that and download it I'll give you a link to the soft 32 site that I used make sure to avoid all the lovely clickbait and download it from there again do this at your own risk I don't want to be held responsible if stuff blows up once it's downloaded open up your downloads folder right click on the zip and extract all I will just set this to the desktop for simplicity boom boom next and let it go finish so now here's the Installer double click the Installer open it up beautiful splash screen so English if you speak English and if you speak English but not French and you want to challenge yourself choose French it'll be very fun hit okay this does not work with 64-bit versions of Windows XP maybe there's a workaround compatible systems next accept the license terms and now you can choose what configuration you want I just use the classic because it gives you the Vista skin but it also gives you a third-party app that gives you like a Mac os10 type dock interface so we'll do that keep the default install location and I just keep the default start menu location and preparing to install let's watch that progress bar go oh yeah here we go come on it's modifying a lot of files now as you install you will notice you'll get some default desktop icons here so you see there's the wallpaper and here's our dock interface and we do need to reboot the computer so we'll do that now and as you can hear we have the long horn sound effects that's what comes with this pack and I believe they're the long horn sounds simply because this pack might have predated the actual Vista sound effects I'm not quite sure but they sound nice so now you'll notice we have those sound effects the new default wallpaper the dock interface the Vista style taskbar start button and even a tweet start menu so we can actually go to settings here for the dock if you want to change things for the dock it actually has different theme settings and a bunch of other cool styles and everything so that's an option you can also double click here to configure the Vista inspired system so let's say I don't want rocket dock on I can say turn off and boom hit ok now that's going if you right-click on the desktop and go to properties you can then choose the appearance tab so we're using Vista inspire it too and we can change that to our Windows XP style if we want to go back to that or we can choose Vista and we get some different color scheme options as well so there's a lot of customizable settings inside of here so I'll turn this one on so you can get a look at that we get a different type of start button and a different type of taskbar interface and I'll just set it back to Vista inspire it to for this demo and as you can see the buttons change the windows change everything changes so that's a quick look at Vista inspire it you can transform your XP system into a Vista skinned machine if you have any questions feel free to let me know hit me up in the comments section or on Twitter or on any of our other social networks that are part of the computer Clin I hope you learned something and I'll see you in the not-too-distant future would you like to check out our County series if so you can watch the season finale right here or perhaps you'd like to watch our Daiso con cosplay music video if so you can click right here you\n"