Windows 7 And Vista Like StartUp Orb In Windows XP

Windows 7, and Vista, shows the  ORB just before the Login screen. You can also get a similar thing in XP. It gives a nice look and gives windows 7 look, To add this in xp follow these steps:-

  • First download these BMP’s from below’s link

Download BMP’s

  • Now navigate to

HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTControl PanelDesktop

  • In right side panel change the value of Wallpaper String value to the Path of downloaded BMP file, like i have in C:MicsStartup.bmp
  • Now restart your machine and you will get Start Orb in XP

Rahul Sharma

Rahul Sharma is a personal technology columnist and founder of TechnoArea, TroubleFixing & BloggingMayor He is a MBA guy by education and technology columnist by passion. He write's on some popular online tech magazines also.

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