Claiming that Microsoft had " officially gone too far," mav.rc wasn't going to put up with it, even if it meant having to switch to Linux, BeOS-remember BeOS?-or even, "(gasp!)," buying a Mac. Digitali said that he would be "staying with Win2K." madmanX was similarly " perfectly happy with win2k pro." First of all, it meant that nobody would upgrade to Windows XP. The consequences of the Product Activation decision were to be many and varied. The decision to lock down Whistler, as it was then known, was decried as evil. When the first news of activation broke, in January 2001, the response from the enthusiasts of the Ars forums was immediate-and broadly negative. With Windows XP, every system would need its own copy. Gone were the days of buying one copy of the software and installing it on multiple machines. The biggest problem with Windows XP was that it was Microsoft's first operating system to feature Product Activation, the licensing system that tied product keys to hardware fingerprints. The Ars forums are a place for geeks to hang out and chat about tech, and especially in light of the hostility shown toward Windows 8, we thought it might be fun to take a look at how our forum dwellers reacted when first introduced to Microsoft's ancient operating system. For all its popularity and sustained usage, people seem to have forgotten something important about it: it sucked. Windows XP, now no longer supported, wasn't meant to be popular. The archive bundles an application that's meant to enable custom themes on Windows 7, various XP icons, sounds so you can configure your sound scheme to match the XP one, a screensaver, the famous Bliss wallpaper, the actual theme and various cursor files.Īpplying each one shouldn't take long, but before you can apply the XP theme, you need to run the custom theme enabler.It wasn't meant to be this way. However, you can make use of Windows 7's new features without leaving the classic, almost traditional feel of Windows XP's menus, themes and icons behind.Īs stated above, this isn't actually an application, but a collection of elements that need to be applied manually, so unfortunately you'll have to do some tweaking so that you can have your dear XP feel back on your PC. When Windows 7 was released, many faithful users were sad about the huge visual makeover, the flashy animations, eye-catching menus, window transparency and whatnot. Windows XP Transformation Pack is a collection of tools that was developed so that it can help you make your Windows 7 operating system look like the old beloved Windows XP, if you still miss it sometimes.
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