I had been asked by many of the users about installing themes in Vista . So now i have decided to write a tutorial about “Installing Themes in Vista SP0 and SP1 .

Tutorial - Installing Themes in Vista

√ Download This Pack Of Software & Patches which you Need to Install Themes in Vista SP0 & SP1-

Click Here To Download

√ After Downloading , Extract the Folder and you will Find Take Control , uxtheme pactches for Vista SP1 and SP2 both for 64 & 32 bit Vista .

√ Open Take Control Folder , Right Click it and “Run As Administrator”. Now Go to Add , Browse to C:Drive > Windows > System 32 and select Uxtheme.ddl , themeui.dll , shsvcs.dll , Open Them and Hit “Take Control” . This will help you to edit those files easily & rename them .
√ Now go to System 32 and rename those files to Uxtheme.backup , Uxsms.backup , shsvcs.backup respectively .
√ Now Go to Downloaded Folder and open the patch compatible to your Vista ( For Eg if you have Vista SP0 32 bit then open - ‘Patch Vista SP0 32 Bit’ ) . Copy all those three dll files to system32 folder .
√ Restart Computer before using any Theme (Important) .

√ Now You can use any themes  or Visual Styles by Copying   to c:\windows\resources\themes .

You are free now to use any Vista Theme or Visual Style in Vista .Please Give Feedback Of this tutorial . Hope this tutorial will help you  .