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1) I use WindowBlinds
for my visual style, so that's what I'll detail here. StyleXP isn't that different, but if you prefer
it, be my guest. The first thing you'll need to do is download a skin. Download your ZIP, and extract it
to \Program Files\Stardock\WindowBlinds
Open up WindowBlinds and load up that baby. Your windows should now look like the skin you downloaded. If
you chose Panther
(an excellent choice) then they should look somewhat like this:
2) Time to find a
good ObjectBar skin. I'd suggest crni's website for some excellent themes. Download the one you like best
and extract it to your ObjectBar folder. Open the new folder in there (named something like the theme you
downloaded) and
double-click the .OBTHEME icon. The top of your screen should now look something like this, depending on
your theme (Milk
for me):
3) Next up is the
dock. Open up whichever version you settled on downloading. This is pretty easy to set up. Basically all
you need to do is drag shortcuts or executables to the dock and ta da, you have a shortcut. To change it's
icon, right-click
and select "change icon" or some variation. To get new icons to select, make sure you put them
in the icons subfolder
(for YzDock) or the main dock folder (for ObjectDock). Easy as pie. When you have the icons and programs
you like.
4) For those that
don't know, Trillian is a nifty chat program that sticks AIM, MSN, ICQ, and IRC into one program. If you
don't use it, you should if for no other reason that it can look a lot like iChat. You may or may not need
the Pro version
to get the skin to work. I've heard mixed reports, but if it doesn't work right, I'd say you need the Pro
version. An excellent
choice for skins are Danimator's iChat skins. Extract it to your Trillian skin directory, open up Trillian's
preferences,
go to skins, and select the new skin you want to use. You can follow the readme for some more precise directions
to get it
looking perfect. When you're done, it should look like this:
5) YzToolbar and YzShadow
are pretty self-explanatory. Just install 'em and run 'em. You can find good YzToolbar skins on
the net: I'd recommend Aqua-Soft or AquaXP. Depending on skin (Milk, for me) and settings, it should look
something like this:
6) Samurize is a bit
complicated, so if you're going to try and use it, be forewarned that it can be a very big hassle, if
it works at all. I'm not even going to try and explain it in this brief overview, but if you are serious
about it, check out
the Samurize forums at Aqua-Soft and AquaXP. Here's an example of what it can do:
7) If you listen to
music on your computer, no Aqua-fication can be complete without the authentic iTunes for Windows. Apple
provides plenty of documentation on how to install and use it, so I'll leave that part to them. If you want
to make it look
more like iTunes for Macintosh, it should look like below:
I would not reccomend
using BootSkin as it killed my sister's laptop but if you choose to you can find a skin (link in photo
album) and put it in the BootSkin directory. it should look like below:
For LoginStudio get
the skin (link in photo album) and load it into LoginStudio. it should look like below:
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