Aqua-Soft ForumsWhat can i run or do to Windows 2000 to make it more aqua looking, im running objectbar but i dont know if the docks will work or if Y'z toolbar will work or a theme to run on it. Im looking for the panther look to match my windows xp os. Thanks. :who's your daddy:
[help] Windows 2000
For a start, you can use Windowblinds. At least the versions up to 3.5 did work very well under W2k, I am not sure about the latest 4.1 version. Look it up at Stardock.com
Objectbar works fine under W2k.
Object dock is reported by Stardock as "may work on Windows 2000" - just try it, as much as i understand it *should* run under W2k. If you can't get a dock running properly under W2k, and if you are able to skin a prog by yourself, you might as a last resort try Workshelf (http://www.winstep.net) as a dock-replacement. With a nice skin it should look not that bad, though it is lacking some eye-candy. It's rock solid and highly useful, though.
For the icons, you got the usual options. You may try a prog to apply icon-themes, like Iconpackager or iconphile. You might as well go the hacking route and change icons within .dlls and similar resources, but that is much less good documented than it is for WinXp, so youre mostly on your own there.
For shadows, get Windows FX (Stardock, too). I dont know if Y'z shadow will work.
That should cover at least 95% of your customization needs.
The other apps are skinned by themselves (like MusicMatch, QCD, Rainlendar, etc) so skinning them is no question of the OS.
Post a screenshot once youre skinned your system!
Have fun,
McTrinsic
Does anybody have hacked windows 2000 files.
Your big problem will be the icons. Sure you can hack the .dlls till the cows come home but Windows 2000 can't use the alpha blended icons XP uses. As far as I know there is no hack to make win2k render icons in true 32bit alpha. But allot of the other things mentioned will work fine. Just another reason thoughs of us that use XP love it.