Whistler Build 2531: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox bootleg

|screenshot = Whistler Build 2531 Desktop.png

|caption = The desktop of a fresh install of Whistler Build 2531

|release_date = 2001

|creator = Unknown

|country = ?

|language = English

|size = 493 MB

|download = [https://crustywindo.ws/collection/Betas/Whistler.ver.5.1.2531.English.iso Whistler.ver.5.1.2531.English.iso]

}}

'''Whistler Build 2531''' (not to be confused with the [https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_XP_build_2531 Whistler build of the same name]) is a bootleg of Windows XP build 2531, and is probably the first XP bootleg ever created and released.

This is based on a Release Candidate 2 build of Windows XP, and notoriously had several things added to it that weren't in the original build, such as TweakUI, extra backgrounds. and the removal of the timebomb and activation. It is unclear why exactly the leaker released it like this, but a rumor suggests the author was unhappy with the beta leaking scene at the time and did it out of spite. For many years, this was the only release of Build 2531 available until a team on OSBetaArchive later restored the ISO to its original state, and the unmodified build finally would leak in June 2022.

 

Other then those changes, the build is the same as the leaked version.

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[[Category:Bootlegs based on Windows Betas]]