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None of these appear to change your system files and all can be turned on and off at will. I Vista-ized my Windows XP using the following downloads(all free).

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UPDATE: IвЂ™ve added a new follow-up post on how to pimp your PC to work like a Mac. Got other suggestions? Add them in the comments. Very slick.Д«onus: If youвЂ™ve ever used Linux or Mac and like the idea of having multiple desktops, have no fearвЂ¦you can do that with Windows too! This little known download comes from Microsoft and, although itвЂ™s a bit slow, adds valuable functionality to your OS. Use this little program to put a nice analog clock, PC performance monitors, photo frame, newsreader, stock-ticker, etc. There are a lot out there that I wouldnвЂ™t download anything from.) (Note: try to find a reputable looking site though. Search for вЂњ Windows Vista Desktop WallpaperвЂњ, pick the one you like, and use it.

Put a Vista-like Wallpaper on your Desktop.

You can download it from MicrosoftвЂ™s website. Instead of just seeing a vague program icon, youвЂ™ll actually see a screenshot of each application. Also from Microsoft, this little tweak will make your alt-tabiness much more useful. And since itвЂ™s from Microsoft, itвЂ™ll integrate very nicely into your system. ItвЂ™ll give your computer that cool glossy black look.

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Do a Google search for вЂњ Windows XP Zune themeвЂќ (or just download it here) and install the theme.

And if I may say so myself, I think IвЂ™ve done a pretty good job. Not to mention, I donвЂ™t feel like dropping several hundred bucks for those issues. But I donвЂ™t want to deal with all the compatibility issues.

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Seer, which this articleВ covers in more detail, also adds Mac OS X file previews to Windows 10.IвЂ™ll admit, Vista looks slick. So now you can have the OS X Dock, Launchpad, ExposГ© and folder stacks in Windows 10. Choose a folder to save it to, and then add it to the desktop as shown below by selecting Personalization > Background > Picture and Browse in the Settings app. Add one to your desktop background by right-clicking it and selecting Save image as. Then click Images to open thumbnails of the default space, landscape and Apple wallpapers for the OS. You can easily find Mac wallpapers for the Windows desktop from this site or by entering вЂMac OS X default wallpapersвЂ™ into Google. You can then customize the desktop icons by right-clicking them, selecting Properties and pressing the Change Icon button. Click an icon there and press the Download ICO button to save it to Windows. Then type вЂMac OS XвЂ™ into the search box there to find a plethora of OS X-style icons. Open the IconArchive site to find some Mac desktop icons. Note that those icons are PNG files that canвЂ™t be desktop icons unless you convert them to the ICO format. Press the Change Icon button to select one from the icons folder as below. Then add them to the Dock by right-clicking one of its shortcuts and selecting Customize Icon.

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Extract the Zip folder, and move the icons from there into Aqua DockвЂ™s icons folder. To add some new icons to Aqua Dock, click the Download button on this page to save a Mac OS X icon set to Windows. To further replicate the Mac OS X GUI in Windows 10, add OS X icons to the desktop.

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Click Grid from the Stack Type drop-down menu and press Edit this stackвЂ™s shortcut to switch it to that as shown below.ДЄdding Mac OS X Icons and Wallpaper to the Windows 10 Desktop You can switch the vertical stack to grid by right-clicking its pinned taskbar icon and selecting Edit this stack. Grid is another stack type you can select from the Create a new 7stack window. Click anywhere outside the stack to close it.

It opens as a vertical stack from which you can open files and subfolders. Now click the pinned folder stack on the taskbar to open it as shown directly below. You can delete the folders from the desktop after pinning them to taskbar. Next, you should right-click the stack folder on the desktop and select Pin to taskbar. Click Create a Shortcut on Desktop button to add the folder to desktop, and click Close to close window. Then select Vertical Stack from the Stack Type drop-down menu. Then open the Create a new 7stack window below.Д¬lick the вЂ¦ button for the Folder to use for stack text box to choose a folder to stack. ThatвЂ™s a program which replicates Mac OS X stacks in Windows, and you can save its setup and install it from this Softpedia page. Windows 10 doesnвЂ™t really have anything comparable for the taskbar, but you can add folder stacks to it with 7stacks. Mac OS X users can stack folders on the Dock so they can open their contents in a stack or grid by clicking them.

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