Windows Vista Extreme Edition R2

Windows Vista Extreme Edition R2
	Crusty Windows bootleg
	The desktop of Windows Vista Extreme Edition R2
Original OS	Windows Vista SP1
Release date	December 2008
Author	Amit Talkin of Project-OS
Language(s)	English
Architecture(s)	x86 (32-bit), x86 (64-bit) (lost)
File size	4.3 GB
Download link	VistaEER2Final.iso (32-bit)
Date added	April 15th, 2023

Windows Vista Extreme Edition R2 is a bootleg Windows Vista SP1 edition, which was created by Amit Talkin of Project-OS. It released in December 2008, and was added to the archive on April 15, 2023.

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows Vista SP1 ISO, which comes with DriverPacks November 30th 2008 integrated. It is similar in the quantity of software and themes added to the bootleg to Windows Vista Kagome Titanium SP2 Edition (although this bootleg isn't based on Windows Vista SP2), and also in size, although it's slightly smaller. It has many programs, gadgets, themes, some DreamScene wallpapers, updates and tweaks added, along with some changes to the setup process. It comes with its own autorun.

Through the autorun, you can access Release Notes (in HTML format), which shows a pretty extensive list of changes for this bootleg, a "64bit Extreme Edition® R2" link which goes to the author's official Extreme Edition site (which would presumably explain the 64-bit release and how it would be paid), a "Donate" link which takes you to the author's PayPal, and finally, a "OS Support" link which takes you to Project-OS, the author's "company" of sorts.

This bootleg is best suited for VMware, particularly 7.2.9, which is why VMware Tools 7.2.9 is preinstalled on this OS.

The autorun was made with AutoPlay Media Studio 7.0.

Changes from Windows Vista SP1

A new setup selector has been integrated into the initial setup. From this selector, you can launch some system programs like the Command Prompt and Task Manager, and even Process Explorer v11.21 and Process Monitor v2.02. You can also start network services and launch the Windows Recovery Wizard from there.
New setup background
New boot screen. It is static
New startup video and sound
A post setup segment has been added to the OS, which allows you to choose if you want to disable Superfetch to optimize lower end hardware, and also to enable DreamScene
New default (DreamScene) wallpaper, and theme
44 new themes included
One new DreamScene wallpaper, and many DeskSpaces wallpapers have been added
5 new IconPackager icon packs included
12 new LogonStudio themes included
New Windows 7 sound scheme
585 new gadgets included

Software

Adobe Reader 9
JRE 6 Update 10
Yahoo! Messenger 9
7-Zip 4.61 beta
"Advertising Center", whatever that is
DolbyFiles
ImagXpress
InCD
K-Lite Codec Pack 4.3.1
Menu Templates Starter Kit
Movie Templates Starter Kit
Nero 9.0.9.4
Notepad++ 5.1.1
Unlocker 1.8.7
VMware Tools 7.2.9
Vista4Experts
Windows Live Messenger 8.5
WinRAR 3.80 (cracked, registered to Computer)

Customization Utilities

LogonStudio Vista 1.0
DeskScapes 1.02
IconPackager 3.21.00 (cracked)
WinBubbles 1.71

Drivers

SCSI Pass Through Direct

Updates

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable
Microsoft Silverlight
DirectX 10 - November 2008

Notes

Apparently, there is a text file on the CD root called "amit.txt" is critical to the setup and will not work if it is removed.
There is a folder on the CD root that is full of Windows Vista activators. It is extracted to the desktop during Setup.
In the desktop, there are many internet shortcuts included, and a readme file.
The "Windows Vista" theme is repeated 7 times in the theme selector.
The "Mac OS X 10.5" theme is broken and applies the fallback theme.
The VMware Tools installer on the desktop isn't actually included in the bootleg.