Windows XP Ganja Edition

Windows XP Ganja Edition

Crusty Windows bootleg
The desktop of Windows XP Ganja Edition
Original OS	Windows XP SP3
Release date	November 1, 2009
Author	cropptown89/Ziomek
Country	Poland
Language(s)	Polish
Architecture(s)	x86 (32-bit)
File size	617 MB
Download link	Windows XP GaNjA EdItIoN.iso
Date added	December 9, 2021

Windows XP Ganja Edition is a bootleg Windows XP SP3 edition, which was created by cropptown89/Ziomek. It released on November 1, 2009, and was added to the archive on December 9, 2021.

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows XP SP3 ISO, which comes with DriverPacks LAN/WLAN/Chipset and mass storage drivers along with many updates integrated, which is a bit slimmed down. It comes with a completely new look, featuring ganja, rasta, weed, and everything inbetween! Along with a icon set, a new wallpaper, among many other things. A lot of things are removed. It is unattended and preactivated.

The ISO was made using nLite 1.4.9.1 on Windows XP SP3.

Changes from Windows XP SP3

• The setup OS text is changed
• The setup and log in wallpapers have been changed
• New boot screen
• The OOBE has been completely removed
• New login screen
• New default theme, and wallpaper. The default theme has been changed to a Rasta (weed) theme called Rasta Style which was made by ravi8. The theme has been modified to have a different wallpaper and icon set, and despite the default theme font being Calibri, this bootleg does not come with it
• Aero cursors have been added
• The default icon set has been changed, most of them being Mac icons, a few being ripped from icon sites
• All of the system sounds have been purged
• A weed-themed clock screensaver has been added
• The Winver banner has been changed to a Mac OS X banner

Software

• Adobe Flash Player 9.0 r124
• Adobe Reader 9.1 (in Polish)
• Java 6 Update 16
• Notepad2 1.0.12
• WinRAR 3.80

Updates

• DirectX 9.0c March 2009
• Internet Explorer 8
• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1, 2.0 SP2, 3.0 SP2, 3.5 SP1

Notes

• There is a folder called "WEJDZ TU!!" (ENTER HERE!!) on the Desktop which has some registry tweaks and the Rasta boot skin.
• Inside the "open this" folder on the desktop, there is a folder called "skin to the new gg" (gg is Gadu-Gadu), in this folder you can see a 'ganja' skin for the instant messaging client Gadu Gadu.
• The shell32.dll tree icon (#42) has been changed to a pentagram.
• The shell32.dll IE icon is changed to an IE monster icon.
• The default username is "Yo_ZiOm". Yo is English, while Ziom is Polish slang for something like "mate".
• The full name and organization is set to "CROPPTOWN89" and "MiCrOsHiT_2009".
• The computer name is set to "GANJA".
• The workgroup name is set to "PALACZE".

Gallery

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  Setup in its graphical phase

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  Boot screen

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  Login screen

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  Empty desktop

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  Start menu ("Rasta Style" theme)

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  System Properties and About Windows