Aqua-Soft ForumsMsstyles on Vista?
it is a pain in the ass, lol. I wish I could remember where I got the files to do it. Sorry man
it's not that hard 
follow dr.tater's instructions for installing Maximum Transparency, it works
I'm getting a "neowin.net not found" error when i try to go to that link.
it works fine for me...
if you can't get it to work, go to www.neowin.net, forums, customizing windows Vista and the thread name is Maximum Transparency.
You must patch Vista files system first
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enh...ows-Vista.shtml
HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really can't apply the visual styles (.msstyles) in Windows Vista Home Premium!
I downloaded the themes, i thought they're .theme files and can be applied and opened...
Many-many themes were .msstyles
And when I try to install the Vista OS X, its says that I must install Windows Vista SP1 (Service Pack 1)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS MADE ME A BIT HARD TO FIND THEMES BUT I STILL CAN FIND THE Themes (.theme) files FOR THE THEMES IN WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMIUM I'M USING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The best I can do is suggest you use the " VistaGlazz " program ( tool )
It changes the system files which will allow you to install themes in Vista. Without
buying the Microsoft upgrade.
That is an oversimplification, but at the least this tool will let you make
Themes the old fashioned way. ie using the Windows Theme tool,
( Personalize / Theme ) than arrange the desktop how you like and save the
file using the " Save As... " Function . ( the one on the Theme Settings Screen
which opens when clicking Theme.
Beyond that, there are lots of Vista Themes available but they totally confuse me.
Some I cannot get to work at all, and some are terrific.
But the starting point is VistaGLazz. It will not hurt your system, It will reverse
the changes made with one click. I was using this before SP1 so I do not think
that, that matters.
Get it Here: http://www.codegazer.com/vistaglazz/
As best I understand, those Downloadable Themes which have a Theme file
and are the " Msstyles " variety will work.
They are out there, Google " Vista Msstyles -XP ' The " -XP " helps to avoid the
XP themes which make XP look like vista. Watch out for these, they appear to be vista themes but are not.
Hope this helps.
also have a look to Style selector for Vista , [you have to translate the instructions from japan to english or your language via google or anyother translator] http://hsiw.web.fc2.com/
i see examples of people that appear to be running vista and using these themes but my computer just can't seem to use these .msstyles themes at all.
you have to download patches for these DLL files licated in C:\Windows\system32\
msstyle.dll
themeui.dll
uxtheme.dll