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PicoXP
	Crusty Windows bootleg
	The desktop of a PicoXP live install
Original OS	Windows XP SP2
Release date	March 23, 2013
Author	pscEx
Country	?
Language(s)	English
Architecture(s)	x86 (32-bit)
File size	15 MB
Download link	PicoXP.iso
Date added	November 23rd, 2022

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Revision as of 14:21, 4 March 2023

PicoXP is a bootleg live Windows XP CD by pscEx. It is an extremely minimal CD (only taking up about 15 MB).

Description

The bootleg is basically WinPE, but with everything removed (we do mean everything). To the point where window titles don't even display properly because there aren't any fonts! Because so many features have been stripped from the OS, only absolute core programs such as cmd, winlogon, and ntoskrnl will actually run.

The mod is intended to be the successor/replacement of NanoXP^[2], though the build sizes seem to be around the same.

The ISO was built using WinBuilder, a Windows boot disk builder.

Changes from Windows XP

The removal of practically every last feature and program except for cmd, winlogon, and ntoskrnl, making it basically unusable.
Fonts appear to be completely eradicated, resulting in elusive hieroglyphics in window titles (and potentially programs, if there's even a chance of getting one that isn't cmd, ntoskrnl, or winlogon working)

References

↑ This can depend on what install medium was used when compiling the WinBuilder project, however this is what was used for the original build of this bootleg.
↑ NanoXP, from reboot.pro

[1] This can depend on what install medium was used when compiling the WinBuilder project, however this is what was used for the original build of this bootleg.

[2] NanoXP, from reboot.pro

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 |screenshot = PicoXP Desktop.png
 |caption = The desktop of a PicoXP live install
-|original_os = [[Windows XP|Windows XP SP2]]<ref>This can depend on what install medium was used when compiling the WinBuilder project.</ref>
+|original_os = [[:Category:Bootlegs based on Windows XP|Windows XP SP2]]<ref>This can depend on what install medium was used when compiling the WinBuilder project, however this is what was used for the original build of this bootleg.</ref>
 |release_date = March 23, 2013
 |creator = pscEx
 |country = ?
 |language = English
-|arch = x86
+|arch = x86 (32-bit)
 |size = 15 MB
 |download = [https://crustywindo.ws/collection/Windows%20XP/PicoXP.iso PicoXP.iso]
+|archiveadd = November 23rd, 2022
 }}
-'''PicoXP''' is a bootleg live Windows XP CD by pscEx. It is an extremely minimal CD (only taking up about 15 MB). It was built with '''WinBuilder''', a 'free application designed to build and customize boot disks based on Microsoft Windows'.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinBuilder WinBuilder, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]</ref> The CD is intended to be the successor/replacement of NanoXP<ref>[https://reboot.pro/index.php?s=3eba5934a6a9c28e93a3ab67c6cf6aaa&showtopic=12 NanoXP, from reboot.pro]</ref>, though the build sizes seem to be around the same.
+'''PicoXP''' is a bootleg live Windows XP CD by pscEx. It is an extremely minimal CD (only taking up about 15 MB).
-==Description==
-It is basically WinPE, but with everything removed. (we do mean '''''everything'''''). To the point where ''window titles'' don't even display properly because there aren't any fonts. Because so many features have been stripped from the OS, only absolute core programs such as cmd, winlogon, and ntoskrnl will actually run. No GUI applications would probably be able to run, however command-line programs with the appropriate libraries installed beforehand may work?
+== Description ==
-==Changes from Windows XP==
+The bootleg is basically WinPE, but with everything removed (we do mean '''everything'''). To the point where window titles don't even display properly because there aren't any fonts! Because so many features have been stripped from the OS, only absolute core programs such as cmd, winlogon, and ntoskrnl will actually run.
-*The removal of practically every last feature and program except for cmd, winlogon, and ntoskrnl, making it basically unusable.
-*Fonts appear to be completely eradicated, resulting in elusive hieroglyphics in window titles (and potentially programs, if there's even a chance of getting one that isn't cmd, ntoskrnl, or winlogon working)
+The mod is intended to be the successor/replacement of NanoXP<ref>[https://reboot.pro/index.php?s=3eba5934a6a9c28e93a3ab67c6cf6aaa&showtopic=12 NanoXP, from reboot.pro]</ref>, though the build sizes seem to be around the same.
-==See also==
-*[[LiteXP]]
+The ISO was built using WinBuilder, a Windows boot disk builder.
-*[[TinyKRNL]]
+== Changes from Windows XP ==
+* The removal of practically every last feature and program except for cmd, winlogon, and ntoskrnl, making it basically unusable.
+* Fonts appear to be completely eradicated, resulting in elusive hieroglyphics in window titles (and potentially programs, if there's even a chance of getting one that isn't cmd, ntoskrnl, or winlogon working)
+== See also ==
+* [[LiteXP]]
+* [[TinyKRNL]]
 ==References==