XP Skins for Win98

Eagle

aka Alshain

Moderator

• May 26, 2002

• #1

Where do I find all that stuff that makes Win98 look like XP?

 

Remote

Active member

Moderator

• May 26, 2002

• #2

I can't remember the adress now but browse around www.download.com and see what you can come up with...

 

mesman00

What's that...?

• May 26, 2002

• #3

if you find anything let me know cuz ive been wanting to get my hands on them too.

 

OP

Eagle

aka Alshain

Moderator

• May 27, 2002

• Thread Starter
• #4

Well, I already new about WindowBlinds (www.windowblinds.net) but I thought I remembered a website article that listed many other programs to compliment WindowBlinds and somebody had once listed it here.

 

A

Angechu

Computer wizard :)

• May 27, 2002

• #5

i *think*

I'm pretty sure that the people who make WindowBlinds make a ton of other programs that compliment it. Search around on their website - i believe they have a suite. I dont know if it can be completely like XP, cuz of Xp's new stuff.. (transparency), but it should come close.

-Angechu

 

OP

Eagle

aka Alshain

Moderator

• May 27, 2002

• Thread Starter
• #6

lol, I didn't expect it to be identicle to Windows XP

 

The Khan Artist

Warrior for God

• May 27, 2002

• #7

www.stardock.net

StarDock - the makers of WindowBlinds

ObjectDesktop is da bomb. It makes Windows almost as good as Linux.

But I still prefer good ol' KDE, and BlackBox, and Enlightenment, and AfterStep, and all the rest...

If you have Win2K, then y ou can get transparencies like XP. But 98 can't.

And for the Mac, there's Kaleidoscope and PowerWindows - www.kaleidoscope.com

 

OP

Eagle

aka Alshain

Moderator

• May 27, 2002

• Thread Starter
• #8

Transparencies?

 

pj64er

PJ64 Lubba

• May 28, 2002

• #9

ive never actually seen transparencies come into play. and ive had xp ever since its launch!

 

pj64er

PJ64 Lubba

• May 28, 2002

• #10

Eagle try this.

tell me if it works. ive never tried it because i think WindowBlinds is a poor piece of software (it and zonealarm are the only programs capable of crashing my rock solid winxp pro)

 

OP

Eagle

aka Alshain

Moderator

• May 28, 2002

• Thread Starter
• #11

Thanks PJ64er, I tried Stardock.net and couldn't find a thing that looked like XP.

 

OP

Eagle

aka Alshain

Moderator

• May 28, 2002

• Thread Starter
• #12

It works great except the takbar isn't the right color

 

The Khan Artist

Warrior for God

• May 28, 2002

• #13

Nope, you need ObjectBar for that.

And PJ64er, that's rather odd, because I think WindowBlinds is the only piece of software I've never had crash on me.

 

OP

Eagle

aka Alshain

Moderator

• May 28, 2002

• Thread Starter
• #14

Some of the skins can change the taskbar. Look at my screenies in the desktop thread. (toward the end there are two of them showing desktop skins)

http://www.emutalk.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2227

 

pj64er

PJ64 Lubba

• May 29, 2002

• #15

Eagle said:

Thanks PJ64er, I tried Stardock.net and couldn't find a thing that looked like XP.

Click to expand...

stardocks take a few skins from the skin community sites. go to these sites, such as www.wincustomize.com (where i got ur skin), to get the good ones.