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Windows XP Darklord Edition
| Crusty Windows bootleg | |
 The desktop of Windows XP Darklord Edition | |
| Original OS | Windows XP SP3 |
|---|---|
| Release date | May 14, 2020 |
| Author | Sarachan |
| Country | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Architecture(s) | x86 (32-bit) |
| File size | 890.1 MiB |
| Download link | Windows.XP.Darklord.Edition.iso |
| Date added | December 10, 2021 |
Windows XP Darklord Edition is a bootleg Windows XP SP3 edition, which was created by Sarachan. It released to Internet Archive on May 14, 2020 (making it one of the recent Windows XP bootlegs), and was added to the archive on December 10, 2021.
Description
The bootleg is a modified Windows XP SP3 ISO which comes with themes, software and an all-in-one updates until April 2014 and lot of POSReady updates until April, 2019 and Internet Explorer 8 with it's updates, SATA drivers, and a PAE patch which it allows you to use more than 4 GB RAM, making it fully up-to-date, otherwise, it's stock.
According to the nLite's session file is the only components removed are Internet Games, Outlook Express, MSN Explorer and Windows Messenger.
On the first boot of the OS, it starts DarkLord installer which it installs the included apps, then it applies registry tweaks and it starts rebooting after 2 minutes.
It is unattended and preactivated, it was made using nLite 1.4.9.3 on Windows XP Professional SP3.
Changes from Windows XP SP3
Changes in pre-desktop procedures
- The setup now uses the Windows 2000 style
- New setup background is fully black.
Look and feel
- New default theme
- 8 new visual styles included.
Software
Updates
- Internet Explorer 8
Software on the CD
- 7-Zip 19.00
- Centaury 52.9.2020.03.12
- Daum PotPlayer 1.7.21149
- Pop Peeper 4.5.3.0
- SmartTab 5.0.0.0
Updates
- Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 SP1, 2.0 SP2, 3.0 SP2, 4.0 Client Profile and Extended
Notes
Bootleg quirks
- 8 visual styles are present, but themes for them do not exist
- Microsoft .NET Framework All-in-One installer is not installed properly
- PotPlayer can't launch as it pops up an error message "PotPlayer.dll is modified or hacked ...
CD contents and other info
- The The volume label is set to
DARKLORD.
WINNT.SIF metadata
- The full name and organization name are set to "The Dark Lord" and "Darklord" respectively
- The computer name is set to "DARKXP"
- The workgroup name is set to "WORKGROUP"
Gallery
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Post-setup while it's installing software -
Rebooting Message -
Empty desktop -
Start menu -
System Properties and About Windows
Visual styles
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"Basic xp" visual style -
"Black style" visual style -
"Embedded style" visual style -
"Media Canter style" visual style -
"Metro Inspirat" visual style -
"OpusClas" visual style -
"OpusClasC" visual style -
"Zune style" visual style
