Windows XP NASA Second Generation 2010

Windows XP NASA Second Generation 2010
	Crusty Windows bootleg
	The desktop of Windows XP NASA Second Generation 2010
Original OS	Windows XP SP3
Release date	October 10, 2009
Author	Fares Adham
Language(s)	English
Architecture(s)	x86 (32-bit)
File size	697.0 MiB
Download link	Windows XP NASA Second Generation SP3 2010 S86.iso
Date added	February 7, 2023

Windows XP NASA Second Generation 2010 is a bootleg Windows XP SP3 edition, which was created by Fares Adham. It released to the Arabic forum bramjnet.com on October 10, 2009, and was added to the archive on February 7, 2023.

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows XP SP3 ISO. At first glance, this bootleg may not have much to offer, only a new theme and a pack of wallpapers. But if you look closer, you will see that it has many extras (many themes and wallpapers, lots of cracked software and customization programs, WinRAR, etc) that drops to the user profile directory, which you have to install manually.

It is preactivated. The ISO was made using nLite 1.3.5 on Windows XP SP3. The ISO was touched up with UltraISO 9.0.0.2336 at October 10, 2009 @ 17:03:29.

Changes from Windows XP SP3

Changes in pre-desktop procedures

New setup background. The setup billboard text has been changed
New login graphics (if you install the modified LogonUI)

Look and feel

New default theme, and wallpaper (wallpaper comes from theme itself)
1 other theme included
themes.rar: 11 new themes (non-duplicates) and 13 visual styles/4 visual styles (without .theme files attached and orphan files respectively) included
81 new wallpapers included

Software (Documents and Settings)

Microsoft Genuine Advantage Diagnostic Tool 1.5.0540.0
WinRAR 3.80

logon.rar

Windows 7 Shell.Logonui Project (modified XP LogonUI)
Setup.reg (set the modified LogonUI as the new UI host)

programs.rar

Adobe Flash Player 10.0 r22
K-Lite Codec Pack Full 4.7.5
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2
FireTune 1.1.4
XoftSpySE Anti-Spyware 6.0
Yahoo Messenger 10.0.0.525 (comes with registry script to allow multiple instances)
Cleanse Uninstaller 3.0.0.0 (comes with serial)
J.River Media Center 13.0.119
Winamp 5.56 (with ClassicPro plugin, Azenis, Catwoman, Enkera, SisRoaD and Vortigo 3D skins)
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
IconPackager 4 (comes with Orthodox keygen, and with CopperDock2 4.5, SnowE and Zippo icon packs)

themes.rar

See Themes section.

Windows Effects.rar

Desk Projection v1.0.6
Icon Size directory (Larg Icon and Small Icon)
Vista Rainbar 4.3
Refresh Icon Cache
2 registry scripts (one that sets TrueTransparency to run on startup, and another for UberIcon)
TrueTransparency 0.9.4.0 (comes with only one skin)
UberIcon 1.0.2
ViGlance 1.00.1182
Vista Crystal Gadgets directory (14 DesktopX gadgets, all of them by adni18)
Y'z Shadow 1.9.0.0
Madotate 3D (in French)
RocketDock 1.3.5 (with 93 themes)

Notes

Development logs

Patches

TcpIp = 1000
DoUxTheme

Tweaks

Desktop-Internet Explorer icon-Show
Desktop-My Computer icon-Show
Desktop-My Documents icon-Show
Desktop-Recycle Bin icon-Show
Internet Explorer-Disable sound when popup is blocked
Internet Explorer-Enable Google URL-Search
Internet Explorer-Set Homepage-www.google.com
Internet Explorer-Set IE-Cache limit to-8 MB
Internet Explorer-Set Internet Explorer to accept 10 connects at a time
My Computer-Add Administrative Tools
My Computer-Add Control Panel
My Computer-Add Folder Options
My Computer-Add Network Connections
My Computer-Add Printers and Faxes
Network-Hide PC in Workgroups/Domains
Privacy-Disable Error Reporting
Privacy-Remove Alexa
Visual Effects-Active window tracking speed-Fast
Visual Effects-Cursor shadow-Enable
Visual Effects-Menu shadows-Enable

Extra software commentary

You are expected to install the extra programs to paths which are not made entirely clear. Only in the registry files are you given exactly what paths to use.
TrueTransparency comes with a copy of a modified version of exclude.dat, with extra entries that are not present in the final file.
The IconPackager/Explorer crack was made by Orthodox, and the music is a tracker song called "Industrial motherf.".
The included test song in J.River Media Center is called "Fares Alhamy" or "فارس احلامى" in Arabic.

themes.rar commentary

Naming oddities

The "Aurorarion Darkside XP", "FatalE", "ProBLU", "Nexus", "OpusOS", "Peony", "Sentinel", "v1p3", "Vienna-Xp", "War3ORC", "WHMxII", "Wood", and "XoddX" themes are just visual styles, without a .theme file attached. Unlike the others, the "XoddX" theme has its visual style in a subfolder.
The "betti", "BLACKICE", "GloWorm", "Golden", "LeopardX", "PlaceMonk", "DzartPAL", "Safari", "Warcraft", "XTS" and "Grey" themes are all packaged in their own folder, which contain their .theme file and a subfolder with the msstyles along with everything else.
The "fares", "orb", "rainy" and "venom" visual styles are orphans. They do not possess any other external assets.
Several themes have wrong casing/alternate names/been misspelled/mislabeled (this is for the packaged themes):
- betti = Betti
- black ice = BLACKICE
- Fatale = FATALE
- flash blue = ProBlue = ProBLU
- new gold theme art fares = PlaceMonk
- pal = PAL = DzartPAL
- safari = Safari
- Sentinel X = Sentinel
- xdox = XoddX
- zuneeee = Zune = Grey

Commentary on the themes themselves

The "rainy" and "venom" msstyles are broken. Trying to apply them will both result in a "Theme exceeds allowed size" error. To apply them successfully, reselect their color scheme and click "Apply". The themes are both based on the Luna theme's Silver color scheme, therefore they load assets from there.
The "BLACKICE" and "PlaceMonk" themes' sound paths point to sounds from a foreign version of Windows.
The "GlowThin" theme is just the "GloWorm" theme, but using its "GloThin" color scheme.
The "LeopardX" theme has a wallpaper, but its .theme file does not use it.

Bootleg quirks

The Normal Select and Help Select cursors are set to their stock Windows Default Black variant, while all the other cursors are Ubuntu themed.
There are 49 deleted wallpapers in the wallpaper's thumbnail cache.

CD contents and other info

The CD label is set to "xxxp".

Gallery

Setup in the graphical phase
Login screen (after installing modified LogonUI)
Empty desktop
Start menu ("Ubuntu's NewHuman" theme)
System Properties and About Windows

Themes

"Aero Ultimate7 RC2" theme

themes.rar

These are the themes from themes.rar. Most of the themes do not have theme files, so if you see the stock Windows XP theme's wallpaper/icons/anything else, it isn't from the theme itself. To view the commentary for this theme pack, see Notes section.