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Windows The Avengers

Windows The Avengers
Crusty Windows bootleg
The desktop of Windows The Avengers
The desktop of Windows The Avengers
Original OSWindows XP SP3
Release dateSeptember 20, 2013
AuthorAyman Mohamed of thetwinsrab
CountryEgypt
Language(s)English, Arabic
Architecture(s)x86 (32-bit)
File size658.2 MiB
Download linkWindowsTheAvengers.iso
Date addedDecember 12, 2021

Windows The Avengers (also known as Windows 10 The Avengers and Windows Th E Avengers) is a bootleg Windows XP SP3 edition, which was created by Ayman Mohamed (aka Ayman Mezo on the desktop wallpaper) of thetwinsrab. It released on September 20, 2013, and was added to the archive on December 12, 2021.

It is known for having a comically bad installer and theme, and for possibly birthing various bootleg offsprings.

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows XP SP3 ISO. As the name suggests, the OS is themed after the Marvel movie The Avengers, specifically the 2012 film. Appropriately, the OS comes with several themes based on that movie (along with some other unrelated themes). It also comes with many new programs, and wallpapers included. Various system elements have been altered to be larger and changed to have Marvel characters.

During setup, a slideshow program will open.

It comes with its own autorun, and an additional program installer. Through the autorun, you can run the OS setup, visit the author's Facebook page, view info about the author (it is supposed to be a JPEG file, but instead you'll get it opened in Notepad++ with the wrong file extension), visit the bootleg's Facebook page, visit the author's Weebly page, minimize the autorun (the Rainmeter icon at the top left) and close the autorun.

Despite the fact that the OS itself is in English, several pieces of software bundled with the OS comes in Arabic.

It is unattended and preactivated. The ISO was made using nLite 1.4.9.1, and the autorun and program installer were made with AutoPlay Media Studio 8.0.7.0.

Changes from Windows XP SP3

Minor changes

  • The text-mode setup OS text is changed to "Windows The Avengers"
  • The icon size has been made larger
  • The Winver banner has been updated

Changes in pre-desktop procedures

  • New setup graphics
  • New pre-OOBE graphics
  • New login graphics. Various Marvel characters are present.

Look and feel

  • New default theme (really a WindowBlinds skin), wallpaper, and icon set
  • 26 new themes included
  • 47 new wallpapers included. The default wallpaper has been replaced with a promotional image for the Marvel movie The Avengers from 2012, slightly altered to include the author's name
  • New icon set
  • New cursor set
  • New sound set

Software

  • Media Player Classic 6.4.9.1
  • Perfect Uninstaller 6.3.3.9
  • Unlocker 1.8.5
  • Virtual Magnifying Glass 4.0

Customization Utilities

  • UberIcon 1.0.4
  • WindowBlinds 5.1 (cracked)

Additional software

  • Adobe Flash Player 11.8.800.94
  • CCleaner 3.04.1389
  • Google Chrome 28.0.1500.95 (comes with a theme and extensions)
  • IDM 6.17 Build 6 (cracked, registered to WINDOWS SPEED MAX)
  • QQPlayer 3.7 (892)
  • Skype (in Arabic, 6.5.0.158)
  • UltraISO 9.3.6.2750 (cracked)
  • WinRAR 4.20 (in Arabic, cracked)
  • Yahoo Messenger 11.5.0.152-us

Updates

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 with Security Updates (KB917283 and KB922770)
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable

Browser Extensions and Themes

Chrome Avengers Plus

  • AdBlock 2.6.4
  • Calculator 1.5
  • Facebook Album Browser 1.0.11
  • YouTube Options 1.8.126

Notes

Remarks

  • The ISO seems to have initially started development on September 5, as seen from the large chunk of updated files from the earliest time period that's not from the stock ISO. Development halted a bit on the 6th, as seen from the 2 files from that day, where THEMEUI.DLL was updated (presumably, from when the 'Patch uxtheme' option in nLite was ticked) and DEFLTWK.INF was updated (probably, related to one of the nLite options the author had modified that affected that file), but was picked up again on the 9th, as many critical system files were updated around this time. Then, followed by an 10-day period, where a grand total of 2 files (SYSDM.CPL and SHELL32.DLL) had been edited, the bootleg was finished on the 20th, as seen from the last file being modified which was WINNT.SIF.
  • Some other things of note: The earliest edited file that's not from the original stock ISO is "WINNTBBU.DLL" from August 16 of the same year, where the setup graphics had been modified, and the latest edited file that's not in the root of I386 is "The Avengers programs.exe" in SVCPACK of the same folder. In it, it contains the additional software package that gets extracted to the WINDOWS directory during Setup, which is accessible from the desktop on the first boot.

Bootleg quirks

  • "My Computer", "My Documents", and "My Network Places" have been renamed accordingly to have "Avengers" in them.
  • There are a few known bootlegs that are forked from this one.
  • The program installer plays music.
  • There is an executable file on the desktop that gives you instructions on how to use the bootleg.
  • When you open up the C: drive in Explorer, there is a custom background image present.

CD contents and other info

  • The autorun's website links will not work without a default browser. Since there is no default browser (IE has been removed), you will have to install a browser using the program installer and set it as the default to get the buttons to work.
  • The CD label is set to "WIN THE AVENGERS".

WINNT.SIF metadata

  • The full name and organization are set to "ayman mohammed elmasrey" and "thetwinsrab".
  • The computer name is set to "WINTHEAVENGERS".
  • The workgroup name is set to "twinsrab".
  • The setup will display at 1024x768 at 32 bpp.

Gallery

  • Pre-setup
    Pre-setup
  • Setup in the graphical phase
    Setup in the graphical phase
  • Setup in the graphical phase - First slideshow
    Setup in the graphical phase - First slideshow
  • Pre-OOBE
    Pre-OOBE
  • Login screen
    Login screen
  • Empty desktop
    Empty desktop
  • Start menu ("7 Plus" WindowBlinds skin)
    Start menu ("7 Plus" WindowBlinds skin)
  • System Properties
    System Properties
  • About Windows
    About Windows
  • Autorun
    Autorun
  • Program Installer
    Program Installer
  • Learn Windows
    Learn Windows
  • C: root
    C: root
  • Shutdown dialog
    Shutdown dialog
  • Logoff dialog
    Logoff dialog
  • Theme applying dialog
    Theme applying dialog

Themes

  • "THE AVENGERS" theme (without WindowBlinds)
    "THE AVENGERS" theme (without WindowBlinds)
  • "ADELE" theme
    "ADELE" theme
  • "BATTLE FIELD3" theme
    "BATTLE FIELD3" theme
  • "BEAUTY NATURE" theme
    "BEAUTY NATURE" theme
  • "BOCET2013" theme
    "BOCET2013" theme
  • "COLORS" theme
    "COLORS" theme
  • "CROOS FIRE" theme
    "CROOS FIRE" theme
  • "FAST FIVE" theme
    "FAST FIVE" theme
  • "FOOTBALL STARS" theme
    "FOOTBALL STARS" theme
  • "GAD OF WAR" theme
    "GAD OF WAR" theme
  • "IRON MAN2" theme
    "IRON MAN2" theme
  • "JACK SPARROW" theme
    "JACK SPARROW" theme
  • "LOVE" theme
    "LOVE" theme
  • "MAC" theme
    "MAC" theme
  • "PHOTOSHOP" theme
    "PHOTOSHOP" theme
  • "ROMANTIC TIME" theme
    "ROMANTIC TIME" theme
  • "SHERLOCK HOLMES" theme
    "SHERLOCK HOLMES" theme
  • "SUPER CAR" theme
    "SUPER CAR" theme
  • "TED" theme
    "TED" theme
  • "THE WAR" theme
    "THE WAR" theme
  • "TRON" theme
    "TRON" theme
  • "TWILIGHT" theme
    "TWILIGHT" theme
  • "TWILIGHT2" theme
    "TWILIGHT2" theme
  • "WEDDING" theme
    "WEDDING" theme
  • "Windows SEVEN!" theme
    "Windows SEVEN!" theme
  • "WWE" theme
    "WWE" theme
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