Windows Dream Vista

Windows Dream Vista

Crusty Windows bootleg
The desktop of Windows Dream Vista
Original OS	Windows XP SP3
Release date	June 2012
Author	Tarek Sadek
Language(s)	English
Architecture(s)	x86 (32-bit)
Other version(s)	Windows Dream Vista 2, Windows Dream Vista 3
File size	690 MB
Download link	Dream Vista.iso
Date added	Either late 2021 or early 2022

Windows Dream Vista is a bootleg Windows XP SP3 edition created by Tarek Sadek released in June 2012, and added to the archive either in late 2021 or early 2022.

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows XP SP3 ISO. It is styled after Windows Vista, as the name suggests. The bootleg has multiple versions of itself which all have various differences between them.

Changes from Windows XP SP3

• The setup OS text is changed to Dream Vista, and centered
• New setup graphics with a fake Windows 7 window
• New Vista boot screen
• The OOBE video has been replaced with the Windows Vista startup video
• Four themes are added, all of them being Vista lookalike themes
• A new logon screensaver is added with images of Windows Vista advertising
• A program that cycles the wallpaper has been added, and will now run on every startup

Software

Customization Utilities

• GlassToast
• BorderSkin
• VistaDriveIcon (spelled vista drive in WPI)
• LClock
• ShowDesktop
• Sidebar
• VisualTaskTips (spelled VisualTibs in WPI)
• CAD 2010

Gallery

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  Setup in the graphical phase

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  Boot screen

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  Pre-OOBE

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  OOBE startup video

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  OOBE

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  Log in

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  Empty desktop

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  Start menu

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  WPI

Themes

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  Inspirat Theme

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  Vista Inspirat 2 Theme

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  VistaCG Theme