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Old May 20th, 2008   #1
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Nice LifeHacker article on various software to give you Vista features and functionality in XP. I actually ended up using a couple.
Windows: Get Vista's Best Features in XP



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oh so this is for old people?? Vista dentures?

edit: there are some cool ones, I used a few myself







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I guess spell check wasn't one of them....
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d'oh! fixed.



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lol that only fixes it on your post, not the thread oh well its worth a tease

edit: out of those mentioned, the one I like the best so far is "ViStart"







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Nice LifeHacker article on various software to give you Vista features and functionality in XP. I actually ended up using a couple.
Windows: Get Vista's Best Features in XP
Thanks. I really liked the rename feature in Vista.



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Oh hey!! SWEET!! Direct X 10 for XP!!!
Downloading now....



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heh about as close as you can get!







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heh about as close as you can get!
Lol, yea seriously....

I do have a brand new Vista Ultimate 64-Bit w/SP1 package sitting right here..... not sure if I want to venture into it yet though.
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dual boot it and work your way into it...







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