Previously, we’ve mentioned the Lion Skin Pack, Halloween Skin Pack and the latest, Android Ice Cream Sandwich Skin Pack. All of them were creation of ~hameddanger (a Deviantart user). 🙂 So now, what can you transform your Windows 7 into this time?
How about (Windows) 8 Skin Pack? As the name suggests, it’s a transformation pack that turns your Windows 7 into a Windows 8 look-alike. This skin pack contains great looking metro-style theme, icons, wallpapers, cursors, boot screen, metro-style start screen, start button etc.
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8 Skin Pack is easy to setup. After download, extract the skin pack executable file from the zip file. Then, run the executable file.
Note : the User Account Control (UAC) need to be disabled and make sure close all the running applications on your Windows.
You need to choose from two installation type – Quick installation or Custom Installation. You may want to choose Custom Installation. Uncheck the first and third options while the second remains checked.
Next screen is to select the components to install. By default, all the components include UXTheme Patch, related files and extras items will be installed. Just keep them checked and click Install to begin the installation process.
After successful installation, restart your computer for Windows 8 Skin Pack to take effect.
To revert the changes, there is a one-click Uninstall option to get back to your default Windows look. Alternatively, you can create a system restore point before installing this skin pack, then use the restore point to get back to your default Windows look.
Download 8 Skin Pack 8.0 (32-bit)
Download 8 Skin Pack 8.0 (64-bit)
8 Skin Pack is compatible with Windows 7 and Windows 7 with SP1.
For Windows XP users, you can download the skin pack here.
[UPDATED 17/11/12]Â : The above links were no longer working. Here’s the new link to the download page.
