Vista Blue Progress Bars!!

[Zeratul]

if you want your vista progress bars blue (rather than the microsoft green) then this is the thread to come to.

the windows 7 theme this comes from is here http://forums.mydigitallife.info/showthread.php?t=6838
and this theme has the same changes, just for vista, courtesy of the original poster (tomorrow).

theme is here
http://www.mediafire.com/?0m5zt5hmi5d

install this to make the theme usable (click the button with "play" in it) - this patches the theme files in windows so you can use non-microsoft signed themes.
http://uxstyle.com/ (download, then extract and install x32 or x64, reboot)

after reboot, go to c:\windows\resources\themes\aero

right click aero
click properties>security>advanced>owner>edit
click your username and click apply and then yes to the warning.
close out of all the windows (you just took ownership of the file)
now right click again
properties>security>edit>
click "administrators..." or "users..." and then check the box by "full control" then apply and yes again to the warning.
now rename "aero" to something else (keep it in case something goes wrong)

now copy the new "aero" into the folder, and it should start working immediately. if not, reboot.

credits go to tomorrow, he even showed me what programs to use, i just uploaded the vista version.

--edit--
also availible - windows 7 theme for vista with blue toolbars
http://www.mediafire.com/?w20lx15vcey (install theme hack, and then copy extracted files to c:\windows\resources\themes, double click the win 7 theme, and then pick the one with greek letters out of the list)

first pic is default vista theme, second is vista win 7 theme

--edit--
you can get a version with black progress bars here http://www.mediafire.com/?0ynnokvyzwd
same installation as the blue aero theme. *there is a problem with the windows update bar, the pulse that moves along it doesnt match up right.

[tomorrow]

Very nice :)

[patrix]

thanks! much better than the M$ green

[computerwis]

Very good, I have Vista Blue Progress Bars now.
Happy and Happy :)

[johnnygers]

thanks dude

[Zeratul]

here you go.

http://www.mediafire.com/?w20lx15vcey

works excellently on my comp, and i believe has just replaced the default theme :)

[Lenmaer]

here you go.
works excellently on my comp, and i believe has just replaced the default theme :)

Thanks it works great.
Only the firefox bar is still green, that's all.


For those who have Vista x64 you can download the Blue Taskmanager here (Works with Vista SP1 & SP2):
http://m34n.deviantart.com/art/Blue-Taskmgr-for-Vista-SP1-x64-83564234

http://www.upload-your-life.com/files/t469pl3dzwi8qn1k5zfr_thumb.png (http://www.upload-your-life.com/files/t469pl3dzwi8qn1k5zfr.png)

[Zeratul]

Thanks it works great.
Only the firefox bar is still green, that's all.


is that something i can change from the windows theme file?

[Lenmaer]

is that something i can change from the windows theme file?

No I don't think so but I'm not sure.

[Zeratul]

if its the same thing as in the other thread (the win 7 theme with blue bars) i'll have to give the same answer. http://forums.mydigitallife.info/showpost.php?p=103598&postcount=135
im dont know much about modding themes, but im pretty sure everything firefox-related is inside its own themes. im also pretty sure you can use the same pics to edit the FF theme for vista and win 7.

i use the nasa theme for firefox, so i didnt notice that bar even existed. :o

[Lenmaer]

This tweak works, I tried it.

[Zeratul]

thanks for teh blue taskmgr thing, thats very nice as well. blue blue blue... no more green :D

[Lenmaer]

thanks for teh blue taskmgr thing, thats very nice as well. blue blue blue... no more green :D

You must thank the creator, I just found it.
By the way it only works on Vista x64.

[Zeratul]

yep, thats what ive got, so no problems:)

[FuzzyMaster]

Already did a Vista pink progress bar mod for my daughter's PC. Since others may be interested, here it is....

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=e5753ee21dd2ae1508f8df73f2072ed6e04e75f6 e8ebb871

This is just the aero.msstyles file that goes with tomorrow's install procedure.

[Lenmaer]

Found a bug in the theme pack when installing Monkey Island:


http://www.upload-your-life.com/files/jfqncwtxxla5s1wx18uj_thumb.jpg (http://www.upload-your-life.com/files/jfqncwtxxla5s1wx18uj.jpg)

Everything else is still blue.

[FuzzyMaster]

Found a bug in the theme pack when installing Monkey Island:

Everything else is still blue.I doubt its a bug in the theme pack. More likely Lucas Arts is just using proprietary code to generate the progress bars rather than using Windows built-in API calls to themes & styles. This is not that unusual. It is probably so that they can provide a more consistent look and feel across different OS. Unfortunately you can not over-ride it if it is hard coded into their application or installer.

[Lenmaer]

OK thanks for your answer.

[Saiki]

any chance of a BLACK mod? I hate green too, but pink = no way in hell, and not fond of blue either

[Zeratul]

http://www.mediafire.com/file/0ynnokvyzwd/black bar.rar

here you go.

same installation instructions as the original blue theme.

one thing ive noticed - windows update looks a bit wierd. just like on the win 7 version. but other than that it looks great.

[Saiki]

I don't even pay attention to windows update, it sits on the botton cornder and does its thing. thanks.

[Zeratul]

no problem, im happy to help when i can. though my knowledge of modding things is severely lacking in many areas.

[Saiki]

I ended up copying the aerostyles original and used linux to overwrite it, works fine. once again, thanks, I'm enjoying it.