Windows 8 Transformation Pack 2.0 will transform your Windows 7, Vista, XP user interface to look like Windows 8, including Windows 8 Boot Screen, Login Screen, Themes, Wallpapers, Icons, Sounds, and more. It also comes packed with Windows 8 new features such as Metro UI (Newgen), Aero’s Auto-Colorization, and User Tile on taskbar. It has self Metro configurator UI that can make everything done in one step.

Features:

• Seamless installation and uninstallation giving users safe transformation
• Easily configurable in single click with intelligence Metro UI design
• Designed for all editions of Windows XP/Vista/7 including Server Editions
• Genuine Windows 8 system resources with Metro touches
• Smart system files updating with auto-repair and Windows Update friendly
• Fresh start for Vista/Seven Transformation Pack users with updated Windows 8 themes and resources
• UxStyle memory patching
• Windows 8 themes, wallpaper and logon screen
• UserTile with current user auto-configured on login
• Metro UI desktop emulation with pre-configured gadgets
• Aero’s auto-colorization feature
• And much more

Windows X’s Live has also made available “Windows 8 UX Pack” that offers Windows 8 UI improvements such as theme and logon screen without modifying system files at all, so it won’t have any risk to harm your system at all. UX Pack has just been updated to v3.5 and is meant for Windows 7 only.

Requirements:

• .NET Framework 2.0 – Required for system files transformation in Windows XP/Server 2003 x64 Editions Only.
• .NET Framework 4.0 – Required for Windows 8 features like User Tile/Metro UI Desktop/Auto-colorization.

- Download Windows 8 Transformation Pack 2.0 (for XP/Vista/7)
- Download Windows 8 UX Pack 3.5 (for Win7 only)

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Lion Transformation Pack is one of the best transformation pack, meant for users of Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 to transform the look of their Windows interface to the style and appearance of OS X Lion. Certainly, it’s not a simple theme or a visual style but a complete and full-featured customization pack that can transform your Windows entirely to Mac OS X Lion, including Lion Login Screen, Themes, Icons, Dock, Wallpapers, Sounds, User Pictures, Spaces, Expose, Finderbar and more. A UX Pack edition is also available for people who find modifying system files little scary and prefer to try out a zero-risk version. The UX Pack is meant for Windows 7 only.

Features -

- Seamless installation and uninstallation giving users safe transformation
- Easily configurable in single click with intelligence Metro UI design
- Designed for all editions of Windows XP/Vista/7 including Server Editions
- Genuine OS X Lion system resources
- Smart system files updating with auto-repair and Windows Update friendly
- UxStyle memory patching
- Lion Frame UI including Aero/Mac features for XP and non-Aero system
- OS X Lion themes, wallpapers, user pictures and logon screen
- OS X Dock emulation with pre-configured docklets optimized for stability/performance
- Expose and Spaces with shortcut keys configured

Note: Make sure to uninstall Snow Transformation Pack with UAC turned off before installing this one. It’s recommended to create a system restore point before installing this transformation pack. That could come handy in case anything goes wrong.

- Download Lion Transformation Pack 1.0 (for XP/Vista/7)
- Download Lion UX Pack 1.0 (for Win7 only)

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Decorating the Trees theme

Bringing a note of holiday cheer to forest and garden, these festive ornaments brighten trees’ winter robes of snow and ice. Download this free Windows 7 theme to decorate your desktop for the season.

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Decking the Halls theme

Fa-la-la-la-la! ‘Tis the season to be jolly, join the chorus, and don your most festive apparel. And don’t forget to decorate your PC with colorful ornaments, gold ribbon, and candles for this joyous time by downloading this free holiday Windows 7 theme for your desktop.

Download Here

Additional Sources:

• 50 Christmas And New Year Desktop Wallpapers [Hongkiat]
• Roundup: 40 HD Christmas Wallpapers [Crispme]
• Desktop Wallpapers: Christmas Edition [Smashing Magazine]

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To use TinEye, one needs to upload an image or enter image address using their web interface to look for similar images. Luckily, we found a handy TinEye Client for Windows that adds TinEye to the context menu of image files and makes the task more easier.

TinEye Client is an unofficial extension for Windows that allows you to look for similar images on TinEye directly from the Windows Explorer context menu. It is a simple and elegant tool, you can use TinEye client app to choose an image file from a folder or paste an image copied to clipboard. It supports shell-integration, means you can just right-click an image on computer that automatically uploads to TinEye and shows the relevant results in browser. There is 1-click option to enable/disable TinEye option in context menu. The tool also lets you set the default sort order for resulting images.

Download TinEye Client    via [Geekissimo]

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* Cannot delete folder: It is being used by another person or program
* Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use
* Cannot delete file: Access is denied
* The file is in use by another program or user
* There has been a sharing violation
* The source or destination file may be in use
* Cannot read from the source file or disk

Free File Unlocker is an essential freeware file unlocking utility that fully integrates with Windows Explorer and offers the ability to simply unlock a file or folder from right-click context menu in explorer. It can also be executed from the command line and can be used to terminate malware that is difficult to be removed and to kill viruses and trojans.

Additionally, there are options to check locked file input lists, copy destination lists, move destination lists and rename lists. One can see information about the processes locking the file and the processes or file handle can be killed and deleted.

Supports: All 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows and Windows Server.

Note: A portable version is also available.

Download Free File Unlocker

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Echofon Windows Twitter client lets you tweet and follow your twitter timeline, mentions, messages, lists, etc. directly from the Windows desktop. One can simply read tweets, post replies, mark as favorite, retweet or retweet with comment. There is an option to set the font size of tweets and the update interval of tweets. Clicking on the user’s twitter handle pops-out a window, using which you can Mute or block a person and disable retweets from them. If you use Echofon on iPhone, then it’s easy to get back from where you left off as it syncs your activity and settings too.

Unlike TweetDeck Windows app, it doesn’t requires Adobe Air. Just download and install it. Then authorize with twitter to let Echofon access your twitter data.

Supports: Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7

- Download Echofon for Windows

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Luckily, a Seven Forums member ‘corgano’ has created a small but nifty program that allows you to quickly view Non-animated and Animated GIF files in Windows 7 and Vista. Gifview has a very simple interface and doesn’t requires any installation. It also lets you view multiple gifs in a row, means you can simply move between files using the Previous and Next button or just use the back and forward key to switch between gif files. The app has one special feature which is the ability to stop an animated gif, so that you can capture a specific frame.

To use GIF Animation, just right-click any gif file and open Properties. Under properties, click Change. In ‘Open with’ window, browse for gifview.exe directory and select it as default program to open with. Now click Ok and again Ok.

Download GIF View

Thanks Bogz for the tip.

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Trick or Treat theme

Dress up your desktop for Halloween with the cheerfully glowing jack-o’-lanterns and sweet candy treats in this free Windows 7 theme.

Download Here

Ticket to Fear theme

The theme packs a total of 8 fearsome wallpapers and also an Autumn sound theme.

Open the creaking door to a virtual haunted house with this free Windows 7 theme. These ghastly ghouls are guaranteed to send a Halloween shiver up your spine, so don’t blame us if you scream!

Download Here

We wish all our spooky readers a Happy Halloween in advance.

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