Windows 10 Halloween 2015: Difference between revisions

Windows 10 Halloween 2015
	Crusty Windows bootleg
	The desktop of Windows 10 Halloween 2015
Original OS	Windows 10 RTM
Release date	September 25, 2015
Author	zorro48 of TeamOS
Language(s)	English
Architecture(s)	x64 (64-bit)
File size	4.0 GiB
Download link	W10 Halloween 2015.iso
Date added	April 6, 2024

Revision as of 15:30, 9 September 2024

Windows 10 Halloween 2015 is a bootleg Windows 10 RTM edition, which was created by zorro48 of TeamOS. It was released on September 25, 2015, and was added to the archive on April 6, 2024.

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows 10 RTM ISO. It is themed after Halloween. It comes with many programs and gadgets.

During the OOBE, SetupComplete.cmd will run which will perform the following:

Change the OS description to "TeamOS 10 Professional x64 Halloween 2015" with BCDEdit
Apply the RunOnce.reg registry tweaks script
Initialize RunOnceEx, which will do the following actions:
- Change the theme to Halloween 2015
- Install Desktop Gadgets Revived Ex 1.0 silently (a command line argument is passed to it which is spelled wrong ("/supressmsgboxes"))
- Attempt to locate a WPI automatically and run it if it exists (this can be any WPI from any source)
- Run "runonce.cmd", which will do the following:
  - Copy over its Themes folder to %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Themes
  - Copy the Graveyard Party Screensaver and HalloDock shortcuts to the user's Desktop
  - Cleanup by deleting the Setup\Scripts directory
  - Kill CMD
  - Exit

Changes from Windows 10 RTM

Changes done by RunOnce.reg script

Add the User folder, This PC and Control Panel back to the desktop. This goes for HKCU and HKLM
Delete any previous runas entries for files/directories/DLLs/drives. Add a "Take Ownership" menu item which requires administrator access to all file/directory/DLLs/drive context menus

There is a commented out entry to run the script using Wow6432Node(?)'s RunOnce key.

Changes in pre-desktop procedures

The setup OS text has been changed to "TeamOS Halloween"
New setup graphics. The setup window is changed in the start, but is stock afterwards. The text at the bottom of the progress bar is gone.

Look and feel

New default wallpaper
4 new themes included, but they just have wallpapers and do not have any visual styles. Although the Eerie Autumn and halloween themes have sound schemes.
New icon set
New cursor set
New sound set with probably the worst selection of sounds I've ever seen
- The Asterisk sound now has a loud echoing scream in it, the Windows Change Theme sound is now a 23 second long clip of ghost noises, 3 of the events don't have any sounds assigned to them, the Misrecognition sound event is the Windows Startup sound file (the one that's a short blip))
34 new gadgets included

Software

Gadgets Extended Pack
Graveyard Party Screensaver 1.0
Internet Download Manager
KMSpico (KMS GUI ELDI 35.0.1.0)

Customization Utilities

HalloDock (RocketDock 1.3.5 with Halloween icons)
Stardock Start10 1.0 (cracked)

Notes

Bootleg quirks

The desktop is supposed to have a custom wallpaper, but it will show as the stock one istead.
This bootleg implements a startup sound by having a VBS script play a hardcoded sound file start on logon.