Using Vista Style Builder I’ve ported some XP Visual Styles from the incredibly talented Swedish artist who goes by lassekongo83.

I can’t stress enough that this is his artwork, he very kindly releases it all under an OS license and I just did the port to Vista and Win 7.

Personally I did this out of necessity, I hate the default Aero theme that comes with Vista and Windows 7. I love all the Aero effects (glass and the likes) but as a UI it’s lacks subtlety and minimalism. So I decided to port some themes I really liked.

Downloads

All these are to be found on my DeviantArt page.

Slate

The most recent one is A theme I’ve called Slate for Windows 7. It is more original than the other two I’ve made for Vista as it includes more of my own artwork. It is still promiarly the work of lassekongo83.

CleanGlass & Auriel 2

These two themes are for Vista, I havn’t yet updated them to Windows 7 but do plan to in the future.