Some of the most striking themes are the windows 7 themes. These themes are not compatible with XP and vista operating systems. For these themes to work on other operating systems you need to get windows 7 support tweaks. With this you can apply windows 7 themes on XP and vista operating systems. For this you need to follow the following steps.

For this using “.themepack” extension you need to install 7-zip windows 7 themes. Next you need to install free 7-zip utility in order to extract files from the zipped windows 7 themes folder into a new folder. For the vista users who are running “Aero” can double on this newly created folder. With this your desktop background changes to one of the downloaded themes outlook.

For applying these windows 7 themes on XP enabled machine, particularly you need to click on “Set as desktop background”. You can even set up these themes on XP enabled machines by using a special tool, known as “wallpaper shifter app”. From the selected directory this tool picks up random wallpapers and sets it as the active desktop wallpaper. You can even easily add theme sounds and icons. For this you need to copy the sound files to the default media folder.

To add windows 7 theme icons on vista enabled machine you need to right click on the desktop and choose the “personalize” option. Then click on “change desktop icons” and then select the icon of your choice. In XP enabled machines you can change the desktop icon by right clicking on the desktop and choose the “properties” option. Then click on “change icon” tab and browse for new icon. You can copy the screensaver file from windows 7 themes pack into windows system folder if you want to change your XP or vista screensavers.