Perfect Denial Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) Hey, I'm just wondering whether theres any way I an use an XP VS in Vista, or whether they already work with vista? Thanks Edited May 19, 2009 by Perfect Denial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted May 15, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted May 15, 2008 You can convert XP .msstyles to WindowBlinds skins via Stardock SkinStudio and use them under Vista that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gary7 Subscriber² Posted May 15, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted May 15, 2008 Look Here I think So. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perfect Denial Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) Thanks. Just out of curiosity, is that the only way? Because I've never been a big fan of using window blinds because it seems to eat resources. Although I haven't used any of the newer versions of it. Do they cause any noticable drop in performance? Edit: and thanks Gary7, I missed your post Edited May 15, 2008 by Perfect Denial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted May 15, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted May 15, 2008 Thanks. Just out of curiosity, is that the only way? Because I've never been a big fan of using window blinds because it seems to eat resources. Although I haven't used any of the newer versions of it. Do they cause any noticable drop in performance? No. WB 6 used very little resources on my old (and in the meantime retired) PC, and didn't cause a performance hint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Dog Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Thanks. Just out of curiosity, is that the only way? Because I've never been a big fan of using window blinds because it seems to eat resources. Although I haven't used any of the newer versions of it. Do they cause any noticable drop in performance?Edit: and thanks Gary7, I missed your post That is pretty much the only way. Vista .msstyles are different and much more limited than XP. I wrote a guide on how to convert XP .msstyles, and it appears in the future, we will release a stand-alone converter. http://www.wincustomize.com/articles.aspx?aid=147196 WindowBlinds should not have any affect on system performance. That is a thing of the past. Here is a review from Extremetech that takes on that issue. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2219723,00.asp "A minor resource hogging effect was one of the chief complaints with WindowBlinds 5.x. We ran several performance tests, both synthetic, gaming, and real-world encoding and rendering tests, with and without WindowBlinds 6 installed, and the results of each test were so close to identical that we're not even going to bother running charts. To do so would be an exercise in redundancy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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