A Arivien New Member Messages 4 Oct 6, 2011 #1 Any way to use the visual styles from Windows 7 in W8? I understand it's most likely not possible, but I just wanted to make sure. My Computer System One OS Windows 8
Any way to use the visual styles from Windows 7 in W8? I understand it's most likely not possible, but I just wanted to make sure.
Avalon Away for a bit Member Messages 584 Location Australia Oct 7, 2011 #2 I don't think the Windows 8 architecture is very different than Windows 7, but I'm not very experience with uxtheme.dll etc., so I'm not really sure. My Computer System One OS Windows 8 Dev Preview x64 CPU i7 950 3.06GHz Motherboard Asus Rampage III Memory G Skill 4GB DDR3 2000MHz Graphics Card(s) Nvidia GTX570 1.25GB DDR5 PSU Antec ATX TruePower 750W Case Antec Lanboy Air Red
I don't think the Windows 8 architecture is very different than Windows 7, but I'm not very experience with uxtheme.dll etc., so I'm not really sure.
valtonray My Google-Fu is strong VIP Member Member Messages 51 Location Nashville, TN Mar 5, 2012 #3 I would imagine they would work to a degree, but be somewhat buggy. however it shouldn't be long before windows 8 visual styles start to appear My Computer System One OS Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition System Manufacturer/Model Custom CPU Intel Core i7 Extreme 3.33GHz Motherboard EVGA X-58 SLI Classified Memory 12GB DDR3 Graphics Card(s) 2x EVGA 285 2GB in SLI Sound Card Creative Labs X-Fi ExtremeGamer Monitor(s) Displays 30" Viewsonic Hard Drives 2x1TB Western Digital 7200RPM in RAID 0/1TB WD My Book External HDD PSU Thermaltake 1000w supporting quad SLI Case Thermaltake Armor Full Tower Cooling Thermaltake V1 CPU+DIY Liquid cooling
I would imagine they would work to a degree, but be somewhat buggy. however it shouldn't be long before windows 8 visual styles start to appear