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[[File:XP_Bootleg_Box.jpg|thumb|200px|Behold! XP Servis Pack 3, in a Windows 7 box!]]
'''Crusty Windows''' (also called '''bootleg Windows''', '''modified Windows''', or '''customized Windows''') are illegally modified and (usually awful) variations of the Microsoft Windows operating system, typically developed by eccentric individuals who wish to see their [[Windows 7 Angry Birds|favorite OS and franchises collide]] or just want to include [[Chip Windows XP 2009|every driver and program in existence in their OS installs]]. Many of these bootlegs are [[Windows Conan XP|severely unstable]], [[Windows Dog XP|barely install at all]], [[Windows 7 FaceBooK Edition 2012|have nonsensical themes and wallpapers]], are [[Windos 7|hysterically poorly made]], or are just simply [[Windows Seven Starter 3.0 No Pain|impossible to find because nobody in their right mind downloaded them]]. Some, however, do [[Rectify11|put actual effort, and actually look pretty nice.]]
Crusty Windows come in a variety of languages, most commonly in English, Arabic, and Russian. In Russia, they are known as "'''говносборки'''". However, bootlegs come from a wide variety of countries and cultures, and so far, at least one has been created in every continent (except Antarctica) - from the [[Windows XP Destroyed Edition|good ol' USA]], to [[Tomato Garden XP 3.0|the exotic lands of the Great Wall]], to the [[Pharaonic XP|first traditional wonder of the ancient world]], or even [[Windows 8.1 Canada Edition|the land where maple syrup is consumed atleast every day]] - there is always a Windows bootleg that represents someone out there.
[[File:Whistler Build 2531 Desktop.png|thumb|200px|The default desktop of Whistler Build 2531]]
The second bootleg, and the first one released in an installable ISO format, was interestingly one based on XP before it was even released - [[Whistler Build 2531]]. Based on a Release Candidate 2 build of XP, this was likely a joke ISO done out of spite to troll the beta scene of the time. This build included many common things we see in bootlegs today, such as additional backgrounds, registry tweaks, cracked activation, and more.
===Pre-nLite Era (2001-2007)===
===Post-nLite Era (2007)===
===Windows Vista era===
===Windows 7 era===
===Modern era===
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