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Geek XP
	Crusty Windows bootleg
	The desktop of Geek XP
Original OS	Windows XP SP3
Release date	March 19, 2019 (Initial, 4.0); April 18, 2019 (4.1)
Author	360alaska
Country	United States
Language(s)	English
Architecture(s)	x86 (32-bit)
File size	753.3 MiB
Download link	GXP41.iso

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Latest revision as of 10:13, 14 July 2024

Geek XP is a bootleg Windows XP SP3 edition, which was created by 360alaska. It released on April 18, 2019 to OSForums. It is most notable for being featured twice on Michael MJD's channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4fEe18th3Q and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ypY87a9wWE), plus also being featured in his attempt to install Windows XP on a touchscreen MacBook where Geek XP is later on used to fix the issues of Windows Tablet PC not being correctly integrated into the system (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxU4Cs8Avj4).

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows XP SP3 ISO. It comes with Windows XP Media Center and Tablet PC programs integrated. It has some programs and themes included. It is unattended and preactivated.

The ISO was made using nLite 1.4.9.1.

Changes from Windows XP SP3

Changes in pre-desktop procedures

New login graphics

Look and feel

New default theme, and wallpaper
5 new themes included. The other 4 are from Plus! XP, and as they use Luna's theme as their base and is included in stock XP, they are not unique themes, but they are still included anyway because Plus! XP's themes are not in stock XP to begin with
5 new wallpapers included
4 new screensavers included
New icon set
New sound scheme
New default avatar. 41 new avatars included

Software

7-Zip 19.00
Mozilla Firefox 52.9.0esr
InfraRecorder 0.53
VLC Media Player 3.0.6

Updates

Internet Explorer 8

Notes

Bootleg quirks

You can find a batch script to toggle the Tablet PC Input Panel on and off and RemoveWGA 1.2 in the Accessories/CMDS directory, in the Start menu.

WINNT.SIF metadata

The full name and organization is set to "Windows Xp" and "Microsoft".
The computer name is set to "WINDOWSXP".
The workgroup name is set to "workgroup".

Gallery

Login screen
Desktop on first boot
Empty desktop
Start menu ("Embedded" theme)
System Properties and About Windows

Themes

"Energy Blue" theme
"Aquarium" theme
"Da Vinci" theme
"Nature" theme
"Space" theme

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