Comments on: Firefox 3 Themes: Vista on XP, or XP on Vista

By: Omar Upegui

Omar Upegui — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:39:04 +0000

Omar Upegui wrote:
Ryan, tried to install Vista on XP, but had a problem. This is the message I got on my screen:
“Firefox could not install the file because: invalid file hash (possible download corruption) -261?
I’ve had that happen from time to time. Try these tips:
[kb.mozillazine.org]

Tried it today and got it right. Now I have both the XP and the Vista Firefox 3 default themes to suit my Windows moods.

Thanks for the tip.

By: The Guru

The Guru — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:04:48 +0000

Switched to the XP theme. Liked the Green buttons plus having the yellow roof on the home button.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:52:47 +0000

Pieter wrote:

It is not XP. I can tell because the ‘X’ button doesn’t look exactly the same as in the original XP Silver theme. Or perhaps it’s just Windows XP with other display settings.

Oh, no, I just shrunk the close/maximize/minimize buttons down because they are way too large by default. You can do that by going into the advanced display settings, clicking on the buttons in the "mock picture", and then changing their size. That's one of the first things I've always done after installing XP ever since it was released.

By: Pieter

Pieter — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:06:15 +0000

It is not XP. I can tell because the ‘X’ button doesn’t look exactly the same as in the original XP Silver theme. Or perhaps it’s just Windows XP with other display settings.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:48:24 +0000

leland wrote:

I can see you are always on top of things Ryan. Yes, this theme is pretty nice, but my favorite FF3 theme so far is PitchDark for FX [thebankshow.com]

Wow, that is pretty dark! That would definitely take some getting used to.

Omar Upegui wrote:

Ryan, tried to install Vista on XP, but had a problem. This is the message I got on my screen:
“Firefox could not install the file because: invalid file hash (possible download corruption) -261?

I’ve had that happen from time to time. Try these tips:
[kb.mozillazine.org]

Malinthe wrote:

Tried ‘Vista on XP’ on Kubuntu. Works Great It even fixes the KDE/Firefox ugliness. Text disappears on the menubar when hovering though. Not much of a problem.

Thanks for the heads up! I’ll update the article to say that it works.

Pieter wrote:

Wait a minute Ryan… that’s not a genuine Windows XP screenshot. That’s Vista’s “XP Silver” theme!

Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. I guess we’ll never know. Well, the gray background for the toolbars is kinda a giveaway that it’s XP and not Vista. Vista’s toolbar color is a little more purplish.

By: futureb

futureb — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:04:52 +0000

same error message: cannot install invalid file hash possible download corruption

By: Pieter

Pieter — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:49:04 +0000

Wait a minute Ryan… that’s not a genuine Windows XP screenshot. That’s Vista’s “XP Silver” theme!

By: Mohan

Mohan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:34:36 +0000

LOL…nice tip.

By: Malinthe

Malinthe — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:07:27 +0000

Tried ‘Vista on XP’ on Kubuntu. Works Great It even fixes the KDE/Firefox ugliness. Text disappears on the menubar when hovering though. Not much of a problem.

By: Omar Upegui

Omar Upegui — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:55:09 +0000

Ryan, tried to install Vista on XP, but had a problem. This is the message I got on my screen:

“Firefox could not install the file because: invalid file hash (possible download corruption) -261″