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  • @xXBlueSheepXx
    @xXBlueSheepXx 3 года назад +210

    It's surprising how good Aero still looks, imo.

    • @user-ez05ob0WqQ
      @user-ez05ob0WqQ 3 года назад +17

      great design stood the test of time

    • @joekerr9150
      @joekerr9150 3 года назад +5

      @@zacharyreynolds4303 Well they did being transparency but it still don't feel too right

    • @sickdude8789
      @sickdude8789 3 года назад +4

      I LOVE AERO

    • @user-ejxomyq
      @user-ejxomyq 3 года назад +1

      @@joekerr9150 it looks cheezy tbh

    • @STATESZ
      @STATESZ 3 года назад +11

      imo if you have shown windows 7 and 8/10 to someone who's never seen any Windows UIs in their entire lives, they would think that Windows 7 is never since it just looks so modern and good and stuff... I'm way more nostalgic to Windows 7 even tho I've even used Windows 98 for a while and XP for years, but just the memories of being in class in the computer room and everyone opening a ton of windows just to scroll through with win+tab or finding out features like shake to hide other windows and showing it to the teacher... aaah priceless. I really hate how Microsoft started destroying windows after 7... Oh yeah not to mention that 7 promotional video that Linus showed in 2019 I believe in the "what happens when Windows 7 dies" video, that promo looks way more modern than newer ones, the only thing that made me think that its actually old was when they zoomed out of the picture and showed those extremely old laptops it was running on...

  • @Jake1702
    @Jake1702 3 года назад +59

    10:59 Hey Michael, speaking of Windows Live Writer, a few years ago Microsoft open sourced it and it's now maintained as Open Live Writer. It's updated to be able to connect to blog systems that may not work with Windows Live Writer anymore.

    • @melonademan5639
      @melonademan5639 3 года назад

      Both Windows Live Writer and Open Live Writer can still connect to WordPress. In terms of UI, they’re both identical, but you can get Open Live Writer in the Microsoft Store.

    • @Jake1702
      @Jake1702 3 года назад

      @@melonademan5639 They can connect to WordPress, but I'm pretty sure WLW doesn't work with Blogger anymore. It's probably better to use OLW either way since it's still maintained.

    • @melonademan5639
      @melonademan5639 3 года назад

      @@Jake1702 Does Blogger still work with Open Live Writer? That doesn’t seem to be the case in both Windows Live Writer and Open Live Writer

    • @Sportship10
      @Sportship10 11 месяцев назад

      OLW doesn't let you add captions to photos on Wordpress for the heads up. No featured photo as well.

    • @Jake1702
      @Jake1702 11 месяцев назад

      @@Sportship10 Because the program was unfortunately DOA.

  • @DanielClear2
    @DanielClear2 3 года назад +106

    14:08 is because since Windows 8, the new additional shells (like start menu, charms bar/action center etc) have their respective "windows". Microsoft developed these horribly, so any legacy app (even the legacy Alt-Tab menu of Windows itself) has this problem.

  • @syclone
    @syclone 3 года назад +70

    Ahhh, wish MS would release an Aero theme instead... Still using Win7 on main rig for the amazing design, gotta get a secondary druve to install it on my laptop too as an alt boot

    • @namesurname4666
      @namesurname4666 3 года назад +3

      micro$oft blocks older os on newer cpus

    • @syclone
      @syclone 3 года назад +1

      ​@@namesurname4666 Running win 7 on Pentium G4600, which is a "blocked" cpu lmao, only thing they disabled were the system updates.

    • @ExperiencersInternational
      @ExperiencersInternational 3 года назад +1

      You could always dual boot it.

    • @ExperiencersInternational
      @ExperiencersInternational 3 года назад +2

      @@namesurname4666 They don't. It's only updates that they block which you can get from the update catalog anyways.

    • @soupisyummy5533
      @soupisyummy5533 3 года назад +2

      windows 8.1 and aero glass is kinda good too

  • @VishalGude
    @VishalGude 3 года назад +82

    my childhood is filled with Vista and XP, it feels so good re-experiencing that with current gen OS.
    thanks a ton Michael for doing this for me and whole lot of people like me :')
    please make an XP one too if possible. I'd love that :)

    • @bokexd3173
      @bokexd3173 3 года назад +4

      my childhood was xp and 7

    • @NicoTheSourceGuy
      @NicoTheSourceGuy 3 года назад +1

      @BluePhoenix I think he may be talking about a Fall 2020 Update because there IS one already on this channel, but it's from 2019 and it was Windows 10 Build 1903 which was the May 2019 Update.
      So technically you're right, but we may need a remastered version because last year, we didn't have to sign up for Deviantart to download the custom XP stuff, but apparently in 2020, we need a remastered version for those who are new to this channel or those who are MJD Veterans who have been subbed for quite some time.
      But yeah, technically you're right, but there's also the "Make XP Look Like Windows 10" video too, so don't forget about that one.

    • @tailsnascarfan93
      @tailsnascarfan93 3 года назад

      Mine is Windows _7_ and XP.

  • @HughMiller98
    @HughMiller98 3 года назад +52

    You mentioned in the last video that when you enlarge icons, the Windows 10 ones still show up.
    Apparently you can fix that (according to WinAero) by:
    1. Win+R - type *SystemPropertiesAdvanced*
    2. Click on 'Settings' under 'Performance'
    3. Untick the option 'Show thumbnails instead of icons'

    • @Samyo_0
      @Samyo_0 3 года назад

      It works! thx

    • @tabby656
      @tabby656 Год назад

      works thanks

  • @1988thodoris
    @1988thodoris 3 года назад +55

    Uploaded 51 seconds ago! Yeah, new video!

  • @WesleyTRVOfficial
    @WesleyTRVOfficial 3 года назад +5

    Suggestion:
    *Make Windows 10 Look Like Windows 7*

    • @WesleyTRVOfficial
      @WesleyTRVOfficial 3 года назад +1

      @Windows XP [since 2017] How did you know my name?

  • @sillystev0n
    @sillystev0n 3 года назад +3

    Thanks for making these videos! I absolutely appreciate you going in Depth on this

  • @MaskedGEEK
    @MaskedGEEK 3 года назад +3

    Great video as always. Gotta love Microshaft for break compatibility just so they can keep the ugly flat look of Windows. By the way, I know you mentioned that due to an audio clip at the end RUclips has kept in an extra 2 minutes of black screen, but as of me writing this, the edit hasn't been done and the black screen is still there.

  • @Errow97
    @Errow97 3 года назад +26

    I would like to see Windows 10 look like Windows 98, I've seen some tutorials, but none of them have the MJD quality :(

  • @sburton015
    @sburton015 3 года назад +3

    Thanks, I was doing this yesterday on my Dell Precision M4500 laptop which I have Windows 10 on it 20H2. The laptop is actually slightly newer than Windows Vista, it's from 2010 so it actually originally came with Windows 7. I was able to do the modifications to get it to look and feel like Windows Vista. Only thing is I wasn't able to change the title bar to how it looked in Windows Vista, but for the most part, it looks like Windows Vista.

  • @WindowsOnWindows
    @WindowsOnWindows 3 года назад +2

    6:51 Damn, look how good Vista looks. I mean, seriously. It's 2020 and she still looks gorgeous!

  • @ThePenguinOfTime
    @ThePenguinOfTime 3 года назад +1

    Speaking of stardock programs, you got me interested in stardock curtains and purchased it and use a custom luna theme I made my own

  • @mjdxp5688
    @mjdxp5688 3 года назад +5

    I made a few recommendations for some extra tweaks you can make on the other video, some of those were covered in this one but I thought I'd repost the ones that weren't covered here:
    - If you enable colored title bars from within Winaero Tweaker, you can change the system color to the light blue color that looks more like the Aero Basic theme in Vista.
    - You can copy some programs from a Vista ISO or VM such as MS Paint and they'll work under Windows 10.
    - With some older 32-bit programs, if you go into properties and change the compatibility settings to Windows 98/Me, it will actually run with the old Aero Basic theming, which is pretty neat.

    • @kaitlyn__L
      @kaitlyn__L 3 года назад

      sick icon, gen2 is my fav, plus trans flag

    • @mjdxp5688
      @mjdxp5688 3 года назад

      @@kaitlyn__L Thanks :)

    • @marieantonetteaniag9594
      @marieantonetteaniag9594 Год назад

      man he coulld also get basicthemer2 for windows vista-10 so that he could run the real windows basic with dwm

  • @davinp
    @davinp 3 года назад +28

    The problem with Glass 8 is that they have to update it everytime a new version of Windows 10 is released. It is not completely free - you have to donate

    • @mtge
      @mtge 2 года назад +3

      You don't have to donate

    • @justascreamingcat2964
      @justascreamingcat2964 3 месяца назад +1

      Thank god dwmblurglass exists nowadays

  • @ahoj113
    @ahoj113 3 года назад +10

    15:53 Y is ur name Rick Astley XDDD

  • @healerwr5458
    @healerwr5458 3 года назад +3

    All I want is the aero effect

  • @tailsprower9542
    @tailsprower9542 3 года назад +1

    this looks really cool thanks MJD this was a big help sense i don't like the look of windows 10 making it look like my child hood the best that i can makes me feel better about my self

  • @EdvardiJ
    @EdvardiJ 3 года назад

    Yay! Another MJD video!

  • @Twintania
    @Twintania 3 года назад +1

    Good job on the video :) Yeah even after disabling edge on Windows 10 its still in the background and eating resources without actually being open I tend to find this a lot across my computer and freinds and familys. I use take ownership (registry key) and take over the edge folder and just delete it off the system completely that stops that

  • @blainepalmerza
    @blainepalmerza 3 года назад +1

    Awesome video, Michael!

  • @meligarcia
    @meligarcia 3 года назад +33

    I smell deja vu
    Anyone remember the Windows XP video? That one had a followup as well

  • @SebaaRTX
    @SebaaRTX 3 года назад +1

    Really nice as always michael thanks 👏

  • @taranaditya2767
    @taranaditya2767 3 года назад +1

    1:31 you can have those rounded style label by using startisback. It has aero transparency mode too.

    • @LongTailCat3
      @LongTailCat3 3 года назад

      my dog
      By verbisback
      it looks like a H

  • @josephjarman3231
    @josephjarman3231 3 года назад +2

    One other thing to do to make it even more convincing is to change the C:\ Drive icon. I do not have an Icon for you, but if you have one, these are the directions to change the icon:
    1. Open "regedit"
    2. Browse to "Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons"
    3. Create a "New Key" named "C"
    4. Inside of the Key named "C", create another New Key called "DefaultIcon"
    5. Click the Key "Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\C\DefaultIcon", and change the "(Default)" data string to the icon you want to display, make sure it's in a place you'll never move. Mine's in the root of the C drive.
    It should be there, if not, retrace your steps all the way back through, and make sure you named everything without the quotation marks, and had everything case sensitive. Then it should work.
    (This works on any drive you have)

  • @fionnmcgovern545
    @fionnmcgovern545 3 года назад

    Great video! (also, you could use the patching instructions for wlm 8 with wlm 2012 and see if it would work.

  • @genietaker
    @genietaker 3 года назад

    I might be wrong since this was so long ago, but I think pinning items to the Taskbar was under a different name. It was adding a shortcut to the Taskbar through drag and drop, I think.

  • @cagraser2784
    @cagraser2784 2 года назад +1

    To make the Start Menu's button wide, go to windows vista start menu skin folder, and right click StartMenuL10N,and copy it to C:\Program Files\Classic Shell and switch the copied and the other StartMenuL10N files.

  • @FrankieSonic20
    @FrankieSonic20 10 месяцев назад +1

    So, I used a free trial of WindowBlinds Theme Manager on my Windows 10 22H2 to use the Aero theme from Vista, and yeah, I think it looks better. The theme I found was from a video where you turn Windows 10 into Windows 7.

    • @TheInsane104
      @TheInsane104 2 месяца назад

      You don’t need WindowBlinds anymore thanks to the arrival of DWMBlurGlass and Aero10!

  • @tonev22
    @tonev22 3 года назад

    You could use WindowBlinds 10 there is a great Windows Vista theme (AeroVistaX Reset) for it made this year that is fully compatible with Windows 10 and also Start 10 is a great start menu replacement :)

  • @chucklysm
    @chucklysm 3 года назад

    I cant resist i gotta subscribe ty so much

  • @mimoslavija
    @mimoslavija 3 года назад

    You can use Border Skin for aero glass windows and also make explorer transparent

  • @Raylightsen
    @Raylightsen 3 года назад

    For the windows vista sounds swap, i had to had a virtual machine with windows vista to make sure every single sound was correctly added and placed.

  • @tailsnascarfan93
    @tailsnascarfan93 3 года назад +1

    I just discovered the Quick Launch feature, AND IT WORKS. And then I used the small taskbar and it looked like Vista!

  • @GrounderSez
    @GrounderSez 3 года назад +1

    this is a nice way to get a theme!

  • @henrimusic671
    @henrimusic671 3 года назад

    Great Video Michael

  • @enderger5308
    @enderger5308 3 года назад +3

    Can you do this again, but on KDE Neon? You should be able to get near perfect emulation, given that it has things like widgets and theming built in.

  • @iihealthy
    @iihealthy 3 года назад +3

    There is one more thing to get the true experience.. Make a task in task scheduler to crash the PC when solitaire is opened.
    Jokes aside, this is a good tutorial and it actually looks a lot like vista.

    • @bedrocklolgame
      @bedrocklolgame Год назад

      Vinesauce reference lol, also in reality solitaire could indeed run on windows vista. It's just the virtual machine that made it crash.

  • @Tech_Champ
    @Tech_Champ 3 года назад +4

    Try to use classic shell to make a windows 10 classic theme.

  • @danielhristov7336
    @danielhristov7336 3 года назад +1

    Has anybody ever noticed that using certain programs in compatibility mode , such as office 2003 in XP or 98 mode under Windows 10 , brings up some of the window borders in a vista/7 basic theme ? I’ve tried everything to get all windows explorer borders looking like that but to no avail

  • @fungi_08
    @fungi_08 2 года назад +1

    perfect tutorial

  • @WalnutSpice
    @WalnutSpice 3 года назад +2

    Lookin good and brought up quite a bit I wasn't aware of, even after working on my 10 to Vista methods for about a year.
    Only 1 thing to people following along, if you decide to use OldNewExplorer, make sure to disable show status bar. That's why here on the explorer you see two bars at the bottom giving the same info.
    Thanks for that name drop tho, ngl really took me off guard for a sec

  • @TheInsane104
    @TheInsane104 5 месяцев назад

    It would be nice to see you do a video on the newly released DWMBlurGlass program that brings back Aero to all newer versions of Windows 10 AND Windows 11!

  • @bland9876
    @bland9876 3 года назад

    Change how the mouse pointer looks brings me back I had a website bookmarked in Windows 7 that let me change the cursor and everything else really easilyI wouldn't be surprised if there was some kind of security concerns with that website and so it doesn't work anymore

  • @mubashirsoomro6
    @mubashirsoomro6 3 года назад +1

    I remember there being an easier way to save the cursors,most cursor packs back in the day came with scripts I believe you just had to install them using the script.

  • @FatheredPuma81
    @FatheredPuma81 3 года назад +2

    I still remember using Windows Live Movie Maker to render my videos. Ah yes those were the days.

  • @DaniilAnoli
    @DaniilAnoli 3 года назад

    Hey, can you leave a link for cursor and sound download? My Virtual Machine doesn't work. 😔

  • @Poppydude51
    @Poppydude51 3 года назад

    A long while ago I was actually able to get the title bars (aero style but no translucency) and the teal bar that's present in explorer using visual themes that I had found, unfortunately I haven't a clue where to find them for download nor would they even work probably work with the multiple versions of windows 10 released so yeah haha....

  • @ITAC85
    @ITAC85 3 года назад +1

    15:43 You should've turned on it's anti-aliasing, so it's not so blocky.

  • @CNETech
    @CNETech 3 года назад

    Hey, Michael! I know of a few things that can make Windows 10 look EVEN MORE like Vista. First, in the Classic/Open Shell settings, you can change the transparency of the taskbar. Second, you can port the backgrounds from Vista to 10, by just putting them all in the C:\WINDOWS\WEB\WALLPAPER directory. Third, you can just get Windows 10 LTSC 2019. It eliminates most UWP apps (including Edge, for that nice Vista aesthetic :)), and is based on Windows 10 version 1809, so AeroGlass will work. Fourth, WinAero has a utility that allows you to bring back the 7 personalization menu. Not exactly Vista's, but close enough. Those are all of the other things I could think of.

    • @CNETech
      @CNETech 3 года назад

      You can also get Vista skins for the start menu.

    • @biruniweb
      @biruniweb 2 года назад

      @@MaoTao startisback sucks, open shell is better

  • @Karim-sj9wv
    @Karim-sj9wv 3 года назад +33

    am i waiting for a windows 10 looking like 7?
    Ive always loved how windows 7 looks and how windows 10 works so it would be p nice c:

    • @hmm279
      @hmm279 3 года назад +1

      yea

    • @absolutewisp
      @absolutewisp 3 года назад +4

      Yeah, I'm pretty young, so I only experienced XP, Vista(school PCs), 7 and now 10 (didn't bother with 8, it's just not for me). Out of what I tried, I'd put 7 on the first place, then 10, then Vista, then XP.

    • @taranaditya2767
      @taranaditya2767 3 года назад +1

      You can use Start10 and WindowBlinds. The results is great, not the same, but amazingly similar. I've tried with newer windows 10 builds and still works like a charm.

    • @Karim-sj9wv
      @Karim-sj9wv 3 года назад

      @@taranaditya2767 I shall try it

    • @Terra_
      @Terra_ 3 года назад

      @WindowsLogic Productions if it wasn't PAID for then it would be good

  • @theawesometeg219
    @theawesometeg219 3 года назад

    at 4:11 the rhing you need to paste is %UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

  • @jargon343
    @jargon343 3 года назад +1

    Thanks Michael! Now my windows 10 looks like vista! Thanks!

  • @IdontKnowAtAlllol
    @IdontKnowAtAlllol 7 месяцев назад +1

    Another thing I noticed the preview of Windows Explorer is a bit broken it appears to display like it does when the Desktop window manager is not running

  • @Sapphaura
    @Sapphaura 3 года назад +2

    I kinda liked how Vista looked, so I might do this haha

  • @ciach0_
    @ciach0_ 3 года назад +3

    You forgot to turn on the cursor shadow.

  • @GravityMaXxNFriends
    @GravityMaXxNFriends 3 года назад +1

    Hi tanks for this video!
    Can I do it with longhorn style?

  • @melonademan5639
    @melonademan5639 3 года назад +3

    What about enabling pointer shadows?

  • @marshallm4thers
    @marshallm4thers 3 года назад +1

    I love the blank screen 19:35 - 19:57

  • @bokexd3173
    @bokexd3173 3 года назад

    try to use trutransparency,it won'look the best,but you atleast got a aero,i reccommend one from vista transformation pack for xp,just copy truetransparency folder from program files to real pc and set it in windows 10 vm(and i reccomend that one because you got the vista font

  • @andreytop1gg
    @andreytop1gg 3 года назад +2

    I like your videos!

  • @happysmash27
    @happysmash27 3 года назад +5

    Please do a followup when an Aero theme can finally work on the newer versions! That would be awesome.

  • @PCWindowstechguy
    @PCWindowstechguy 3 года назад

    I know I'm late but this and the first video are very cool and interesting

  • @dinkarfowkar999
    @dinkarfowkar999 3 года назад +1

    Michael is never gonna give up his pc

  • @allaroundwindows7794
    @allaroundwindows7794 3 года назад

    Try and change the startup logo to a Windows Vista logo (possible to do) so you can be even closer, then try and do something to elements like the lockscreen and modern ui apps

  • @daclaw22
    @daclaw22 2 года назад

    Well Michael, you should use windows 10 1507 so you can change the cursors quickly and the sounds as well

  • @kurt8526
    @kurt8526 3 года назад

    cool follow up man damn vista was my first os lover lol 😂

  • @Tech_Champ
    @Tech_Champ 3 года назад +1

    Windows 10 Classic theme please. I would use it all the time

  • @notmuch5030
    @notmuch5030 2 года назад

    I have a suggestion, you could make the startup sound like Windows vista, by show startup sound with the sound file

  • @1marcelfilms
    @1marcelfilms Год назад

    Is there a tweak to make title bars height less? I hate how bulky they look

  • @burakdemirh
    @burakdemirh 3 года назад

    instead you could just use the extended kernel :D btw michael do you plan on making videos about the extended kernels for windows 2000 and vista

  • @desrisnes
    @desrisnes 3 года назад

    Nice vid !

  • @xxdeathskulllxx3311
    @xxdeathskulllxx3311 3 года назад

    Can u please add the sound link cuz in my pc I tried downloading but it was not there please add that in bio

  • @paulstelian97
    @paulstelian97 3 года назад

    Taskbar: Actually the equivalent setting is "when taskbar is full". Or does Vista explicitly not combine them despite the fact that XP does?

  • @DJ-mw7wj
    @DJ-mw7wj 2 года назад +1

    The vista task bar is the best looking in windows history

  • @tayjutsu584
    @tayjutsu584 3 года назад

    How to get the vista explorer and control panel from the video?; In the 1st video, it doesn't look like the explorer and taskbar, I hope it's for 20H versions

  • @mxikxi
    @mxikxi 3 года назад

    Is it possible or legal , if you make your changed windows 10-vista to an iso image and share it? Just wondering because there is no activation .

  • @jamesmalackey4282
    @jamesmalackey4282 3 года назад

    I think there is a program called aeroglass which does a good impression of windows aero which you missed

  • @redridesog
    @redridesog 2 года назад

    Does this include the icons such as ethernet/wifi, sound on taskbar? If not, then how can they be possible?

  • @funnianimethingies
    @funnianimethingies 10 месяцев назад +1

    with retrobar we can make the taskbar a lot more credible

  • @fkyouja
    @fkyouja Год назад +2

    What about shadow under mouse pointer??

  • @youssefwashere6481
    @youssefwashere6481 3 года назад

    7:17 clock vm is 4:08 pm and its the same on my pc

  • @GüvenilirOyuncu
    @GüvenilirOyuncu 3 года назад +1

    Good video

  • @gabors8331
    @gabors8331 3 года назад +2

    Can u make for windows 7?

  • @moonatee_8666
    @moonatee_8666 3 года назад

    I was really hoping that there would be a way to change the windows to have aero transparency

  • @KZFKreation
    @KZFKreation 3 года назад +1

    Hey, can we video on this but for Win7?

  • @barry2629
    @barry2629 2 года назад

    I’d like to see one done on windows 7, it was my favorite

  • @Pjoter124
    @Pjoter124 3 года назад

    Can you make a link to download the sounds and cursors?

  • @aleksandarspasovski6987
    @aleksandarspasovski6987 3 года назад

    Amazing dude!!! Now do windows Neptune

  • @rainbowfactoryponyplayz
    @rainbowfactoryponyplayz 3 года назад

    How do I get the sounds I do not have a virtual machine

  • @rafonsio74
    @rafonsio74 Год назад

    retrobar is good for doing this too

  • @K41S3RDux
    @K41S3RDux 2 года назад

    I mean you could install the vista's aero taskbar texture

  • @nanerb25
    @nanerb25 3 года назад

    Can you change your folder icons and is the theme can change to like vista but I have a link for the theme but you need to install aero 10 and uxstyle which are have on the pack but its on devianart and the theme are included on the pack so here is the link to that theme to download look on comment

  • @OTFTYT
    @OTFTYT 3 года назад

    does aero glass work for 20H2?

  • @ILLE242
    @ILLE242 8 месяцев назад

    Where Did You Get The Windows Vista Cursors From?

  • @kikotepenetraytehacegemir8809
    @kikotepenetraytehacegemir8809 2 года назад

    I LIKE THIS

  • @SirMato
    @SirMato Год назад

    could you do a tutorial on how to do it with windows 7?

  • @SevenGranie
    @SevenGranie Год назад

    you can just use one of newest retrobar versions to taskbar

  • @calebwarner5171
    @calebwarner5171 2 года назад

    Look i try this in 12/23/2021 aero glass still dose not work