These are introduction steps to upgrade a Tiger-like to a Leopard-like desktop theme.
- Visual Styles for desktop theme and appearance styles
- Remove the old Tiger dock name Y’z dock
- Add a search utility
- Change all Windows icons to Leopard icons using IconPackager
- Change Windows XP logon screen.
This is a complete guide to style a Windows XP desktop look-alike Mac OSX Leopard.
1. Download Leopard 3.0 Theme and Appearance file. It’s the best leopard skin for Visual Styles. If you have an alternative skin, please leave a comment below.
2. Extract and copy skin files to c:/windows/resources/theme. open control panel>display>appearance>windows and button>choose skin. Yeah, these instructions same with Tiger
The Dock
4. Remove Y’z dock. How? Exit from Y’z dock, delete the Y’z dock icon from StartUp folder inside Start Menu, delete Y’z dock installation folder. Reboot the computer.
5. Download RK Launcher, extract RK Laucher. Drag and drop RK Launcher.exe to StartUp folder inside Start Menu, RK launcher will be shown on your desktop everytime you reboot or start your Windows.
6. Download the Leopard Theme for RK Launcher. Extract theme to RK Launcher themes subdirectory (inside RK Launcher installation directory)
7. Run RK Launcher, click RK Laucher.exe twice. Put your mouse on top of the Launcher, click mouse right hand button to show tooltip menu. Open Settings, choose Theme : Leopard.
8. Tips for RK Launcher’s programs customization, open the itemlist.conf file on your text editor and modify the content.
Search Utility
1. Download MacSearch. It’s a great program from a man who delivers Finderbar. This program allows you to search in Spotlight Style. The program makes zoom icons alive
2. No installation is needed. Simply extract all files to the folder “up to you, e.g:Program Files” / MacSearch and make the shortcut to the file MacSearch.exe in the folder StartUp.
3. Reboot.
4.Right-Click above Zoom icon on the taskbar, choose MacSearch preferences, go to preferences tabs. Start searching option : manually, show search bar : Tray Hot Area.
Change Windows Icons
1. Download, Install IconPackager 30 days-Trial Version.
2. Download Mr.EyePatch’s Leopard XP IconPackager. Extract file, click Revised Blue or Revised Brown twice.
3. Apply.
Windows XP Logon
1. Download iLeopard Logon. Extract iLeopard Logon zip file.
2. Copy logonui.exe from iLeopard directory to windows\system32 directory.
3. Reboot computer, push F8 button before your screen shows Windows’ Flag. Choose Safe Mode with Command Prompt. Login to Administrator account.
4. Copy iLogon’s logonui.exe to your windows\system32 directory (again) using DOS command. Press Y to rewrite the file.
5. Reboot the computer with shutdown -r.
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I’ve installed the way you said and It has been great.
But now I’ve installed sp3 (which is also, by the way great – not something you can say every day about Microsoft…) and, you’ve probably guest – it”s not working foe sp3.
Can you help me with that please?
Thanks
For Windows XP SP3, download the patched uxtheme.dll here : http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=18059. Follow the instruction there.
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if i put this on my computer, will it be easy to switch back and forth between or even change back at all?
Yes, just change it from Display Properties > Appearance
Great Post. I’ve installed RK Launcher and Leopard Theme from the link you provide.
My problem is, how to move my PC taskbar from bottom screen to the top of the screen, just like the picture you display above?
Thanks in Advance
Great Article. I’ve installed RK Launcher and Leopard Theme from the link you provide.
My problem is, how to move my PC taskbar from bottom screen to the top of the screen, just like the picture you display above?
Thanks in Advance
Mouse over PC Taskbar, right-click, uncheck Lock the Taskbar, move from bottom screen to the top.
hi
i have a problem
my win xp control panel>display>appearance>windows and button>choose skin
does not exist!
it has only two items :
windows classic style
win xp style
can you help me?
when i am at the windows and buttons i can just choose XP style or classic style, not the lepard. But i have installed it in the same map that the other to styles is in.. what to do?
The Leopard style should show up in Desktop Appearance settings