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Windows XP El Shaarawy V4
	Crusty Windows bootleg
	The desktop of Windows XP El Shaarawy V4
Original OS	Windows XP SP3
Release date	March 2, 2017
Author	Gaber Samir
Country	Alexandria, Egypt
Language(s)	English
Architecture(s)	x86 (32-bit)
File size	698.0 MiB
Download link	Windows Xp El Shaarawy V4.iso
Date added	February 5, 2023

Revision as of 17:09, 17 April 2024

Windows XP El Shaarawy (V4) is a bootleg Windows XP SP3 edition, which was created by Gaber Samir. It released on March 2, 2017, and was added to the archive on February 5, 2023.

This bootleg is named after the formerly alive famous Islam preacher Muhammad Metwalli al-Sha'rawi.

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows XP SP3 ISO, with DriverPacks BASE 8.12.5 integrated. It comes with many themes and wallpapers and programs. It comes with registry tweaks included.

During setup, XPlode 4.6.70227.1628 will run which will install various programs.

On the first boot of the OS, you will be greeted with a choice to configure the OS with 2 themes: the "normal" look and the "El Shaarawy" look. Then it will install all the extra components this bootleg comes with and also set the default theme depending on what look you chose. There are other differences such as in El Shaarawy look Glass SysDM will be installed, while Normal won't have it. During this process, you will also be presented a software installer in which you can pick what programs you want to install (everything is unchecked by default, you must install at least one program). Then, after 2 separate autorun removers get ran, you can proceed to the desktop.

It comes with its own boot selector, which you can choose to be displayed in English or Arabic. Through it, you can access Mini Windows XP (ripped from Hiren's Boot CD), Norton PartitionMagic Pro Server 8.05 build 1371, a CMOS resetter, Active@ Password Changer 2.1 (cracked, registered to Govinder Mudhar, gmudharblueyonder.co.uk), Symantec Ghost 11.5.1 Corporate Edition (cracked, registered to Imran I jaz of Email : imran-ijazlive.com Contact : 92-300-9555772) and Smart FDISK 2.05.

It comes with its own autorun. Through it, you can install the software that comes with this bootleg, install a cracked copy of Driver Genius 9.0 Professional, visit the author's page, and learn more about this bootleg and its creator.

It is unattended and preactivated. The bootleg was made using nLite, the autorun was made with AutoPlay Media Studio and the boot selector used was EasyBoot 5.1. The OOBE video was encoded with Windows Movie Maker 6.0.6002.18005 on 2015-01-18 20:15:28 UTC.

Changes from Windows XP SP3

Minor changes

The text-mode setup OS text is changed to "Windows Xp El Shaarawy V4 Setup"
A "cleanup utility", along with ViGlance and VistaDriveIcon will now run on startup
The Run dialog has been redesigned, with a new background. The title is also changed.
The Winver banner is changed
New desktop context menu entries, with new things you can do. You can also shutdown the OS from here
New menu entries added to My Computer's context menu. You can access various system tools, and also shutdown at preset times, ranging from 10 minutes to 5 hours, where the author has made no effort to separate into submenus even after 4 versions of this bootleg
OEM branding is included, along with Support Information

Changes in pre-desktop procedures

New setup graphics
New boot graphics
New pre-OOBE graphics
New OOBE video
The OOBE is skipped
New login graphics

Look and feel

New default theme and wallpaper
50 new themes included
45 new wallpapers included
2 new screensavers included
New Aero cursor set
47 new fonts included
New avatar set. All of the default avatars are replaced. 11 usertiles included. There is a duplicate of the user avatar in both the root and the Default Pictures folder.

Software

CFi ShellToys 6.4.0
Glass Notepad (v1.1Notepad) (only available in El Shaarawy look)
Kels CPL Pack 5.2
Unlocker 1.8.5
Virtual Magnifying Glass 3.0
XnView Shell Extension 3.5.0

Customization Utilities

Glass SysDM (only available in El Shaarawy look)
LClock 1.0
Rainmeter 0.14 (only available in El Shaarawy look)
RocketDock 1.3.5 (comes with new icon set)
UberIcon 1.0.4 Portable
ViGlance 1.0.0.1306 (activated using ViGlance 1283 Manual Activator)
VistaDriveIcon

Games (reused from Windows Titanic XP, one of Gaber's older bootlegs)

Crash Bandicoot (Flash game)
Fish Tales (Flash game)
Gold (Flash game)
"New Zuma" (Flash game)
Super Mario 3 Star Scramble (Flash game)
Zed (Flash game)

Programs installed during setup

DirectX June 2010
WindowFX 3.0 (cracked)
Perfect Uninstaller 6.3.3.9 (cracked)
Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2003
Hidden File Toggle
File Extension Toggle
CDEject Context Menu Shell Extension

Updates

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2
KB898461
KB923789
KB941569
KB950760
KB954154
KB963093
KB971513
KB980195
KB981793
KB2467659
KB2508272
KB2524375
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable AIO (2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013)

Software on the CD (From program installer)

AIMP 3.55 build 1338
Adobe Flash Player 10.0 r45
CCleaner 3.25.1872
FastStone Image Viewer 3.9
Foxit Reader 2.3 build 2822 (cracked, registered to EXPLOSiON)
GOM Player 2.2.56.5183
Internet Download Manager 6.26 build 12 (cracked, registered to Gaber Samir Gaber Mahmoud)
Mozilla Firefox 44.0b1
SuperCopier 2 beta 1.9
USB Disk Security 6.2.0.30 (cracked)
UltraISO Premium Edition 9.3.3.2685 (cracked, registered to UW-Madison Executive Education)
WinRAR 4.20 (cracked; comes with themes)

Customization Utilities

RocketDock 1.3.5 (comes with new icon set)
ViGlance 1.0.0.1306 (activated using ViGlance 1283 Manual Activator)
WindowBlinds 5.1 (cracked, comes with 10 themes and 45 built-in wallpapers)
Vista Rainbar

Browser Extensions and Themes

Mozilla Firefox 44.0b1

Fast Dial 4.16.4
Photo Zoom for Facebook 49.0
Speed Dial [FVD] - New Tab Page, Sync 17.1.1

Incompatible extensions

Downloads in Tab signed.1-signed-1.00.1
DownThemAll! 2.0.19
FastestFox signed.1-signed-5.2.1.1
Low Quality Flash signed.1-signed-0.2.1
SkipScreen signed.1-signed-0.7.2.1
Stratiform signed.1-signed-3.0.1.1
Tab Scope signed.1-signed-1.6.2.1
Turn Off the Lights 3.2.0.12

Themes

Islam is the right v0
Islam night 1.0

Notes

Bootleg quirks

The text-mode setup copying text is replaced with this:

Thank You For using Windows Xp El Shaarawy V4

Design By:Gaber Samir Gaber

Website:GaberSamir.Weebly.Com

Home:Facebook.Com/Gaber.Samir.Sniper

"Copying..." now says "Loading..." and "Extracting:" now says "Copying Files:".
A new copy of system.ini will get dropped to Windows, with new values included. Here, new variables have been added, which are named "page buffer", "load", "Download", "save" and "back". They are all set to 100,000 kilobytes per second, which is a 100MB cap. Too bad for gigabit people, I guess. Not to mention they are in the 30000enh section. On the other hand, ConservativeSwaPfileUsage is capitalized incorrectly - it's "SwapFile" not "SwaPfile".
ViGlance has been disguised as the system process svchost.exe.
There is now an "About Designer" link present in the Start menu.
The Mozilla Firefox homepage is set to "gabersamir.weebly.com".
3 new bookmarks have been added to Mozilla Firefox, 2 of them being Facebook links to the author's and the other being a broken link to the author's Weebly page (they missed the period between weebly and gabersamir).
The C: disk label is now "Windows Xp El Shaarawy V4".
The Internet Explorer title is set to "Windows Xp El Shaarawy V4".

CD contents and other info

There is a "Cover And Serial" folder on the CD root. It has a serial key for Windows XP and a custom CD cover for this bootleg.
The CD label is now "Windows Xp El Shaarawy V4".
The CD has its own custom icon.

WINNT.SIF metadata

The full name and organization is set to "Windows Xp El Shaarawy V4" and "Design By:Gaber Samir".
The computer name is set to "GABER_PC".
The workgroup name is set to "Gaber System".