How to install themes to Vista Home Premium (ONLY)

Hey guys, just wanted to give you a short and easy tutorial/howto on installing themes to Vista Home Premium.  This tutorial is just for Home Premium, I have another one for all other versions of Vista Home "..." they are on my Channel on youtube, which you can access here.

There are a few ways, but the easiest, and the one that finally worked for me and 5 of my friends who tried it, was by going with VistaGlazz.  Now, some of you may have heard bad things about this program, well so have I, and have found out that 9/10ths of them are untrue and inaccurate.  So, with that said, lets begin.

What you will need:

• Windows Vista Home Premium Operating System (usually a 64-bit and x86)
• Internet Access
• Access to downloads (ask your Administrator for access, if not)
• 1.2mb of freespace on your computer
• Small amount of knowledge of Vista
• A few minutes ;)

What you need to do:

1. First you need to download VistaGlazz, which you can download here.
2. Install VistaGlazz.
3. Execute/Run VistaGlazz once it is installed.
4. Click the second button, "Shows the status of your Aero file".
5. It will patch them for you, and then you will be able to install themes.

Now that they are patched, you can search the web for some .theme/.msstyle files, or you can just go to the one I like/use the most... you can go to it here.

You can choose your own themes, but the one I will be using is here. <-- Go there and download that.  Now, extract that .zip/.rar file to your desktop (this is temporary).  Now it is a folder.  Now open that and find the .msstyle file, and copy it to your desktop.  Now, you will navigate to: 

"C:\Windows\Resources\Themes"

Once you're here, drag the Folder and the .msstyle file into this, and it will prompt you to continue (this is the Administrator required privilege part), click continue and they will be placed in there.  Finally, you can apply this theme two ways:

1. Double click the .msstyle file and it will open it in your Theme Settings dialog box, then just click Apply, and you're all set with your theme! Enjoy!
2. OR You can: Right Click your desktop > Personalize > Window color and appearance > open classic appearance properties for more color options.  You will see Appearance Settings, and you will see Windows Aero and Windows Vista Basic, only multiple ones.  Select through them until you find that theme, if they all look the same (the Aero ones), just apply each one, and see what one is it. ;) Enjoy!

Note: #5: The patching of these files do nothing to your computer, other than updates them to the usable state.

Screenshots: You will see this, once it is running.  Along with this, this, this, and this.

Hope this helped you!

NOTE: I will have a video up within the next few days to go step by step with. :) Enjoy