Andy

"smartie" <barefoot_nrw@gmx.net> wrote in message
news:u%23AiGkLRHHA.4404@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> sure you can, for what reasons ever you want it to look like that, go here
> :
>
> Start - controlpanel -type in the searchbox in the upper right's box the
> word Design to make those Applets visible for how to change designs.
> Click the item you searched for.
>
> choose your preferred Design - that would be "Windows Classic"
>
> Again in the controlpanel search for Taskbar - this will make Applet
> "Taskbar and startmenu properties" appear - click it and select classic
> startmenu instead of the default one.
>
> All done, now your Vista is grey and old-fashioned.
>
> ( but just give me the right when I say that the Sidebar in that style
> looks just ugly and displaced.. )
>
> anyway, enjoy
>
> smartie
>
> "Andy" <andy@indigo.ie> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:epoe37$vm1$1@news.datemas.de...
>> hi there. Can you make Vista look and act like Windows XP (themes?) i.e.
>> the same way where you had a chance to make XP look like Windows 98 with
>> all the classic menus etc?
>>
>> Simarly can you make Vista look like Windows 98 with classic start menus
>> and Icons?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Andy.
>>
>>
>>
>

Thanks a lot, haven't got Vista yet but expecting to get it soon and that
will come in handy. - glad it lets you revert back to plain and boring -
just like me! :-)