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Crusty Windows builds come in a wide variety of languages, most commonly in [[Windows 7 Angry Birds Edition|English]], [[AL 3BAAAS XP|Arabic]], [[Windows XP Ganja Edition|Polish]], [[Windows XP SP3 Orionce Edition|Spanish]], [[Windows XP SP3 Compact Edition|Chinese]], and [[Windows XP Zver CD|Russian]]. So far, at least one has been created in every continent (except Antarctica) - from the [[Windows AlphaBetas|good ol' USA]], to [[Tomato Garden XP 3.0|the exotic lands of the Great Wall]], to the [[Windows Mac OS XP|first traditional wonder of the ancient world]], or even [[Phoenix LiteOS 11 Pro Gamer V2|the land where maple syrup is consumed every day]] - there is always a Windows bootleg that represents someone out there.
While most bootlegs of Windows are free, a few cost money - for example, [[:Category:Bootlegs created by Lander X|Lander X]]'s bootlegs, and [[Radiant OS 11]], which requires a TeamOS VIP subscription to download, which, funnily enough, is available for free {{link|url=https://crustywindo.ws/collection/Windows%2011/Radiant%20OS%2011%20%28TeamOS%20FBConan%29.iso|name=here}}.
Sometimes, Crusty Windows builds can extend beyond simply being modifications of the Windows OS, as Linux-based mods such as [[YLMF OS 3.0]] and [[Windows 12 Lite]] are known to exist.
As the tool became easier to use and ISOs became easier to distribute thanks to the rise of file sharing websites like MegaUpload and Rapidshare, nLite would see an explosive spike in usage around early 2008, as dozens of authors began using it to create their own Windows mods and share it with their favorite forums or friends.
The latest version of this program is 1.4.9.3, and can still be {{link|url=https://www.nliteos.com/download.html|name=downloaded}} today. It has not been updated for more than a decade, as the creator has switched to making a tool named NTLite, which has the same purpose and level of versatility, but supports editing Windows 7, 8.x, 10 and 11.
Despite not being updated for more than 10 years, nLite has continued to be the most popular program for making Windows XP bootlegs. Many popular and notable Windows XP bootlegs continued to be released into the mid 2010's and beyond, such as [[Gold Windows XP 2016]], which got wide attention around the world. Even after support for Windows XP had ended, many popular Windows XP bootlegs still get sporadically released to this day.
As many users were unable to meet Windows Vista's demanding hardware requirements at the time, most users stuck to just making Windows XP bootlegs with the purpose of theming it to the Windows Vista style, with the help of the many customization utilities that were available around the time the Windows customization community was booming during Windows Vista's release. Therefore, vLite did not see nearly as much usage as its predecessor. It did not receive many updates and it was discontinued nearly five years before nLite.
The last version of vLite was 1.2 Final, and it can still be downloaded on {{link|url=https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/vLite.shtml|name=Softpedia}}.
As with Windows XP, Vista bootlegs are still being made today, but they are much more rare and much, '''much''' {{link|url=https://archive.org/details/windows-vienna-ultimate-m-18-x-64|name=less interesting}} and {{link|https://archive.org/details/max-and-ruby_202307|more questionable}}.
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