Here comes along xpize 5. The first xpize with full SP3 compatibility (actually, it only supports SP3. So those of you on SP1 and SP2 had better upgrade).

This beta is the first (almost) feature complete release that includes almost everything XPize 4.7 does with a few notable exceptions (but there are a few things in this release that aren't in 4.7). There's also a large chunk that's missing from the final release later this spring or summer:

Missing from this release that was in XPize 4.7

WinRAR and eMule application skins
Some visual styles (but Royale and "Luna Royale" are included in this one)
Updated file type icons for mp3s, pdfs, etc
TaskSwitchXP
I386 patching
Uninstalling (sorry!)

New in this release

Widescreen boot screen option (currently buggy though)
Changes to the logon screen environment
30% faster than XIS installer with 100% managed code base (GPL too!)
SP3 UxTheme support

Missing from this release that will be in the final

Everything that was in 4.7 but currently missing (i.e. see above)
IE8 resources
Luna Element and Luna Blue resources
Luna Element (and possibly Watercolor Emico) visual styles
x64 support (that includes full NT5.2 support)
Fully skinned and customized all-in-one installer.
I386 patching
Uninstalling
Take note: the lack of uninstallation support makes this a feature-incomplete beta. xpize 5 shouldn't break your system such that you'd need to uninstall it, and System Restore support is there.

I've also made a youtube video showing how relatively painless the installation process is. Here:   http://www.youtube.co...YWBV_s9Q 

Also, news on the Vize front: whilst I have three Windows Server 2008 x64 boxes churning away (one of which serves the xpize and Vize websites) I don't have any non-VM Vista environments to develop Vize 2 against. If anyone would like to assist me with developing Vize it would be greatly appreciated.