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{{Infobox bootleg
|screenshot = Whistler Build 2531 Desktop.png
|release_date = Late July of 2001▼
▲|original_os = [[Windows Betas|Windows XP Build 2531]]
▲|release_date = 2001
▲|creator = Unknown
|language = English
|arch = x86 (32-bit)
|size = 493 MB
|download = [https://crustywindo.ws/collection/Betas/Whistler.ver.5.1.2531.English.iso Whistler.ver.5.1.2531.<wbr>English.iso]
|archiveadd = January 18, 2022
}}
'''Whistler Build 2531''' (not to be confused with the [https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_XP_build_2531 stock Whistler build of the same name]) is a bootleg
== Description ==▼
▲'''Whistler Build 2531''' (not to be confused with the [https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_XP_build_2531 Whistler build of the same name]) is a bootleg of Windows XP build 2531, and is probably the first XP bootleg ever created and released.
▲==Description==
▲This is based on a Release Candidate 2 build of Windows XP, but notoriously had several things added to it that weren't in the original build, such as TweakUI, extra backgrounds. and the removal of the timebomb and activation. It is unclear why exactly the leaker released it like this, but a rumor suggests the author was unhappy with the beta leaking scene at the time and did it out of spite. A team on OSBetaArchive later restored the ISO to its original state, and the unmodified build would finally leak in June 2022.
== Changes from Windows XP build 2531 ==▼
▲Other then those changes, the build is the same as the leaked version.
=== Look and feel ===
* New default wallpaper. The default
* 23 new wallpapers included
* 1 new screensaver included
== Software ==
▲==Changes from Windows XP build 2531==
* Grep
* Sach's Marine Aquarium v0.99K
▲*The default background has been changed from the default blue Windows XP background to the painting "Reptiles" by M. C. Escher.
* TweakUI 1.33
* USort
* UFind
* Vi
* WinInfo 2.3
==
=== Remarks ===
* There is another bootleg of Windows XP with similar changes to this one, called [https://blueosmuseum.com/whistler/xp-2485-2486-2494-2495-2498-2499.php build 2495]. It was presumably made by the same author.
=== Bootleg quirks ===
* The setup routine has been changed slightly. A program called AutoExNT is used to then execute a script named "firstrun.js", which will do a lot of the changes you will see in the OS. The most notable are:
# An entire elaborate setup (involving arcane registry wizardry) solely to remove the timebomb
# Restoring the unused Unix utilities in the build itself
# Unregistering 2 essential activation DLLs
* Funnily enough, it doesn't clean up after itself properly. A lot of the helper utilities it uses are still present and are never removed.
* The Guest account, among others, is now disabled by default.
* Command Prompt has had its default black and white color scheme replaced with a white and blue color scheme. The text has been made larger.
* You will get a file copy error on the files "ds16gt.dLL" (sic), and "odbc16gt.dll". Neither of those files exist on the CD, even though it is specified in <code>TXTSETUP.SIF</code>.
* Thanks to the several scripts in place, the timebomb and activation has been removed, so you do not need to change the date.
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Whistler Build 2531 Desktop.png | Empty desktop
Whistler Build 2531 StartMenu.png | Start menu
Whistler Build 2531 Demo.png | System Properties, WinInfo 2.3, and About Windows
</gallery>
[[Category:Bootlegs based on Windows
[[Category:Bootlegs]]
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