Make Your Windows XP look like Windows Vista

It has many new features and new styles which will give you the essence of Windows Vista.NEW:1. A new style "Black" has been added to the theme after a lot of demand for black titlebar.2. A separate theme for Startmenu Searchbar lovers. It shows the Vista searchbar in Start menu but its fake. You need "LSPatch" to use it. I have included it in the pack.And more...UPDATE:1. Titlebar Text is shown in Left now.2. Common Tasks are also shown in Left but I have included a "shellstyle.dll" file for bottom common tasks.3. Aero style for 32x icon size is default now.4. Lots of new Vista images, like "All Programs" arrow, Explorer arrows, Startmenu images, Logoff/Shutdown images, etc.5. A few colors changed.And lots of other small updates...HOW TO USE:1. Extract the contents and u'll get a folder.2. In this folder, you'll get 4 more folders:=> Bottom Common Tasks (This folder contains "shellstyle.dll" file for showing common tasks in explorer at bottom.)=> Fonts (This folder contains Segoe UI fonts required for the theme. Copy them to "%windir%\Fonts" folder.)=> Styler Toolbar (This folder contains Style toolbar for explorer. You need "Styler" installed on your system.) You can download Styler from here:http://www.crystalxp.net/galerie/en.id.551.htm=> Theme (This folder contains the main theme.)3. Copy all contents in "Theme" folder to "%windir%\Resources\Themes\" folder.4. Now you can set the theme using Desktop Properties.
Before applying the theme make sure you have patched the "uxtheme.dll" file to allow 3rd party visual styles, if its not patched, then download and run the UXtheme Patcher from here:http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Uxtheme-Multipatcher-Download-2369.html
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Expands Windows XP SP3 Beta Preview

Microsoft has expanded the beta for Windows XP SP3. It's still private, but they have added Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 testers. The email, sent to the additional users, said:
“As is standard practice for operating systems nearing the end of their sales period, Microsoft will be releasing a final Service Pack for Windows XP in the first half of 2008. Microsoft is pleased to announce the availability of Windows XP Service Pack 3 Beta Preview, to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 beta testers.
“Please obtain the update package for Windows XP SP3 Beta Preview in English, German or Japanese, as well as Release Notes. You can use your current bug logging tools to file bugs; we request that you preface bugs with [XPSP3] in the title.
“We are interested in all feedback on Windows XP SP3. We are especially interested in scenarios involving communication between Windows XP Service Pack 3 machines and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008 machines.Remember however, that SP3 will include no new features; it's basically just a roll-up of past fixes. Still, since Microsoft has forced the "Autopatcher Project" to end its work, it would be great to have a new baseline to use for installs --- as we know there are a huge number of XP users out there.