SteelFlash
Windows Se7en for Vista
Aero Diamond
Aero Blue
Aurorarion Darkside vR2
Clearlooks for Vista
Clearscreen Sharp for Vista
Erubescence
LIM Leopard
Lumen VS
LumenS for Vista
Maxclear
Media Center Theme
PerpetualV2
AeroVG Theme for Windows Vista
ProjectX 2
Snow Leopard
UltimateDark
Vagia's G Revolution
VUbuntu for Vista
Windows 8 Professional Edition
Wood
Indigo for Windows Vista
Illuminatis VisualStyle
Luna -blue for Vista: This isn’t exactly beautiful, but I’m including it because the default Windows XP Luna theme has been accurately ported to Vista. Gives a nostalgic feeling.
How to apply custom visual styles in Windows Vista?
- Download either NiwradSoft UxTheme Patcher or VistaGlazz and run the application to patch the uxtheme.dll file of Windows Vista.
- Download the ZIP file containing the theme from the author’s page and unzip the contents.
- Open the directory C:\Windows\Resources\Themes and copy the extracted folder here. (The copied folder should contain the theme file and the Shell folder.)
- Now right click on the desktop and click Personalize.
- Click on the tab Appearance. Under the item Color Schemes you will find all the themes you copied to the “Theme” directory.
- Select one to apply.