Windows 7 -> 98 Conversion!

Lately I've been hit hard with a desire to turn my Windows 7 PC into as much of a modern day Windows 98 as possible. I dunno where the nostalgia came from, but it's hit me hard. With Windows 98 being my first OS, I felt it would be really interesting to see how accurate I could recreate it. After throwing a copy onto a virtual machine for reference, I'm at a bit of a stand still with some bits. Here's what I've got so far:

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We've got the original start menu, sliding out menus, proper task bar (removed windows 7's show desktop by the clock thank god). Good ol' Trillian trying to emulate AIM as best as possible (used for Facebook messenger). I've never stopped using Winamp, so that fit right in. Biggest hurdle I'm at currently is finding the registry locations to change the system icons. I still need to be able to change those start menu icons, however my registry edits seem to not be doing anything there. I need to figure out how to change the shell icons for folders larger than medium view also (they revert back to the Windows 7 ones :shrug:).

Oh - and not pictured: everybody's favorite 3D FlowerBox screensaver. OpenGL's finest.

Awww yeaaahh. AOL IM Baby. I haven't used that shit in years.

Nah it's sadly only a Trillian skin. I've got the proper sounds from an old version of AIM (before it got all web 2.0). It's far from accurate, but I've little/no knowledge of making skins for current Trillian.

Unless anybody else knows of any other IM client that can use the Facebook messenger API (Not XMPP) and has a more accurate AIM skin, please let me know!

I've realized today that I also need to figure out how to change the taskbar icons; notably the volume and network icons. (Btw, "Connect to the Internet" is just a shortcut to firefox :p)

Yeah, I caught that it was Trillian, but the memories came flooding back.

Hate that Trillian doesn't do group chats on FB very well or at all.

This is strangely beautiful. ZSNES floods back memories too.