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How to apply themes to Vista ? Can you give me a step-by-step procedure?

i am using Vista home basic.though i have downloaded theme files for vista(*.msstyle files to be exact),i don't know how to apply these themes...Could you please give me a step-by-step instruction for it? i also googled it,but couldn't find much about it...it told we hav to apply some kind of patch...but i am afraid it might corrupt system files... Plz help!

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1. You require a patched uxtheme.dll file, to be exact. Simply download one from http://www.google.com/search?q=uxtheme+vista&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8 After doing whatever you need to do with the patch, and rebooting your computer, do this: Place your theme files into the windows default themes folder (commonly C:\windows\resources\themes ) Double click the .msstyle files. Display Properties dialog box will open. Press Apply to apply the theme now.
2. as far as i know.. windows vista home basic doesnt support any other themes than what you see yeah, i know it sucks... let's all go back to XP yeah?
3. I am not sure