Windows XP SP2 Full

Windows XP SP2 Full
	Crusty Windows bootleg
	The desktop of Windows XP SP2 Full
Original OS	Windows XP SP2
Release date	August 4, 2004
Country	Vietnam
Language(s)	English
Architecture(s)	x86 (32-bit)
File size	1.2 GiB
Download link	2004WindowsXPSP2.iso

Not to be confused with the original, stock Windows XP SP2.

Windows XP SP2 Full (also known as Windows XP_sp2_Full & Office 2003) is a bootleg Windows XP SP2 edition, which was created by an unknown author. It released on August 4, 2004, at least a few weeks before Microsoft started releasing Windows XP SP2 CDs (at this time it was still only available through Windows Update), making it the earliest Windows XP SP2 bootleg.

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows XP SP2 distribution, which is packaged as a Norton Ghost file. The install procedure is simple - the CD will boot you into the Windows 98 startup disk which has been modified to provide you with links to a bundled copy of Norton Ghost. Once you proceed into launching Norton Ghost, it will first initialize the CD drivers necessary for Ghost to detect the CD and be able to restore files, then it will launch Ghost to automatically restore the image for you.

It comes with some themes, a wallpaper and some programs. It is really barebones. Even back then, there were more complex and feature packed Windows XP bootlegs such as the early Windows XP Gold series (not to be confused with the one produced by a certain team).

It is preactivated.

Changes from Windows XP SP2

Minor changes

The Start menu is now in Classic style by default.

Look and feel

New default theme, and wallpaper
8 new themes included
New XP-iCandy icon set included

Software

Adobe ImageReady CS1
Adobe Photoshop CS1
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12
Creative DVD Audio Plugin for Audigy Series
InterActual Player 2.06.09.1204
InterVideo WinDVD 6.0
Microsoft Office 2003 (cracked, organization 164A)
Vietkey 2000 build 10510 (cracked, registered to BAN DA DUOC DANG KY of Vietkey 2000)

Customization Utilities

StyleXP 2.0

Notes

Remarks

This bootleg was ripped from a physical CD packaged in a jewel case with a cover on it. The cover named the bootleg as "Ghost Windows XP SP2 Full". The only other section on the cover was a brief list of the software this bootleg comes with.

Bootleg quirks

StyleXP is meant to run on startup, but due to a really high version number, it won't work. UXTheme was patched with UltraUXThemePatcher to work around this.

CD contents and other info

The install inside the Ghost image is dated August 19, 2003. Wow! It would've ran XP SP1(a) at the time, since SP2 wasn't available in 2003 yet. It was upgraded to SP2 around July 20, 2004. Both images on the CD are dated July 20, 2004, even though there are files more recent than that in the actual images. The Ghost image was made in Norton Ghost 7.60, according to Ghost Explorer.
The install in the Ghost image is formatted as FAT32. Yeah..
You can install Norton Commander straight from the CD, in the "NC" folder.
There are binaries for PowerQuest Partition Magic 8.0 in the CD root, but there is no way to access them normally.