Windows 2007

Windows 2007

Crusty Windows bootleg
The desktop of Windows 2007 (build 6021)
Original OS	Windows Vista SP2
Release date	Latest: February 11, 2020 Initial: July 15, 2019
Author	Glosswired, Megadeth58, xsychoreese, Cosmo, (miyako, AO554 as of Build 6021 [may be earlier, not sure])
Country	Scotland
Language(s)	English
Architecture(s)	x86 (32-bit)
File size	2.8 GiB
Download link	Windows 2007 - Build 6021.iso
Date added	December 2021

Windows 2007 is a bootleg Windows Vista SP2 edition, which was created as a collaboration by Glosswired (primary developer), Megadeth58, xsychoreese, Cosmo, along with miyako and AO554. The initial build released on July 15, 2019, and was developed up until February 11, 2020. The latest build, 6021, was released on the aforementioned day. It was added to the archive in December 2021.

This build, particularly 6021, was the final build of Windows 2007. It was the subject of a minor development reset in February.

Following Vista-C's (another Windows bootleg) legally ordered takedown in March, on May 17, 2020, Windows 2007 development was marked as permanently inactive.

This mod (particularly Build 6021) was used as the OS on VM 0b0t since the 21st revision, before getting replaced with Windows 9 Pro on the 23rd revision.

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows Vista SP2 ISO. It is designed to resemble Vista's Beta releases, specifically Beta 2, and adds new sounds, visual changes and other related content. There were multiple builds of it released (around 10 of them), which are all documented down below. The autorun has received new graphics.

Changes from Windows 2007 Build 6020

Minor changes

• New winver banner

Changes in pre-desktop procedures

• Setup graphics have been updated

Look and feel

• Beta 2 basic theme is present
• New desktop wallpapers
• Cosmo's BCD editor has been removed
• New avatar set

Notes

Bootleg quirks

• The new sounds cut off abruptly.
• System info reports Windows 2007 Ultimate; no other SKU is available for all builds.
• The autorun image had to be taken in a stock Windows Vista installation - AeroShot would simply not recognize the autorun at all in the bootleg.

Build 6010

Windows 2007 build 6010 is the first public build of Windows 2007. This build was based on a clean version of Vista SP2, as such some features from 6009 and prior have been removed.

Look and feel

• New Logon UI and Desktop wallpapers.
• New sound scheme, which was produced by feandesign.
• Bug report icon added, which refers you to the Windows 2007 Discord server; it has since been closed.

Software

• A graphical BCD editor made by Cosmo from build 6007 can be found in C:\Windows\BCDEDITOR.

Bootleg quirks

• Winver banner still reports Milestone 2 despite this being a Milestone 3 build.
• Beta 2 basic theme is missing.
• Graphical changes to the setup are not present without upgrading.
• New sounds cut off abruptly.
• System info reports Windows Vista rather than Windows 2007.

Gallery (latest)

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  Setup

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  Setup while it's copying files

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  Pre-OOBE

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  OOBE

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  Startup video

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  Login screen

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  Desktop on first boot

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  Empty desktop

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  Start menu

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  System Properties and About Windows

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  Autorun

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  System Properties (in Basic)

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  About Windows (in Basic)

Build 6010

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  Lock screen

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  Empty desktop

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  System information

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  Winver

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  Feedback app

See also

• OSForums thread for Windows 2007 (dead link, see [archived version])