Windows Galaxy XP 2013

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Windows Galaxy XP 2013
Crusty Windows bootleg
The desktop of Windows Galaxy XP 2013 (in default configuration)
The desktop of Windows Galaxy XP 2013 (in default configuration)
Original OSWindows XP SP3
Release dateJuly 2013
AuthorMahmoud Gamal
CountryEgypt
Language(s)English
Architecture(s)x86 (32-bit)
File size662 MB
Download linkGal-axy xp.iso
Date addedAugust 5, 2022

Windows Galaxy XP 2013 is a bootleg Windows XP SP3 edition, which was created by Mahmoud Gamal. It released in July 2013, and was added to the archive on August 5, 2022. The author has made another bootleg before this one, called Windows XP Crazy Mouse. It is the precursor to this bootleg, but this bootleg is not a direct fork of it. This bootleg shares assets from it, though.

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows XP SP3 ISO, with DriverPack integrated.

It comes with both a custom boot selector which lets you choose to either install the OS or boot an extremely primitive version of Hiren's Boot CD, and a custom autorun which lets you either launch a driver installer, or the WPI.

It has over 50 themes, nearly 50 wallpapers, 7 new screensavers, many customization utilities and several programs for you to use, which is on a WPI which you can access either on the first boot, or from the CD itself, along with a specialized software collection filled with useful tools. It is unattended, thanks to Windows Unattended CD Creator being used, and preactivated.

Many parts of the OS has been modified with a completely new look and the setup is almost entirely replaced with a Windows 7-style progress bar along with many previews of the bootleg's various themes and detailed descriptions in Arabic of the bootleg's quirks and features.

What makes this bootleg unique from others is its first boot routine - it allows you to configure your OS in terms of theming by giving you several choices to choose from, such as Ubuntu, Windows 7, Windows Vista and many more which will provide you with the respective look and feel to complete the experience. When you select an option from the list it gives you, you will be shown a preview of what the theme looks like along with some screenshots of the operating environment demonstrating programs and various other areas of the OS to showcase what the aforementioned theme might look like. Once you proceed from there, you will be taken to another selection screen, in it you will be able to choose if you want to install additional drivers or even additional software from the WPI.

The ISO was made using Windows Unattended CD Creator 0.9.8.

Changes from Windows XP SP3

Minor changes

  • The text-mode setup OS text is changed

Changes in pre-desktop procedures

  • New setup graphics
  • New boot screen
  • The OOBE is skipped
  • New login graphics

Look and feel

  • New default theme, and wallpaper
  • Over 50 new themes included
  • 50 new wallpapers included
  • 7 new screensavers included
  • New cursor set
  • New icon set
  • New Ubuntu sound scheme, which is used by default

Software

  • Mirro Player

Customization Utilities

  • LClock
  • RocketDock 1.3.5
  • TrueTransparency
  • VistaDriveIcon
  • VisualTaskTips 3.4

Updates

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable

Software on the CD

WPI

  • Adobe Flash Player 10
  • GOM Player 2.1.43.5119
  • Internet Download Manager 6.12 beta build 7 (cracked, registered to hesham mamdouh)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2003
  • Mozilla Firefox 23
  • Picasa 3.0.0
  • SuperCopier 2 Beta 1.9
  • WinRAR 4.11
  • Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.0.2034
  • Zoom Player WMV Professional v4.51

Galaxy Tools

  • AIMP 2.61 (with 16 new skins)
  • Adobe Flash Player 8 Projector
  • Autorun Remover
  • CCleaner v3.09.1493
  • Chaos Crystal 2.0.001
  • FastStone Capture 5.3
  • Process Explorer v10.21
  • SoftPerfect File Recovery
  • SoftPerfect Network Scanner
  • Tafsir

Customization Utilities (for all WPIs)

  • ChangeIcon v1.2.1
  • DoubleDesktop 1.2
  • Eurora3D
  • PowerMenu 1.5.1
  • UberIcon 1.0.4
  • ViGlance
  • iTouch

Browser Extensions and Themes

Mozilla Firefox 23

  • Adblock Plus 2.3.2
  • Stylish 1.3.2
Themes
  • Humming Pair
  • Twilight Light
Stylish Userstyles
  • A You Tube Style
  • Minimal Facebook Login - New York Live
  • Perfect facebook theme

Notes

Bootleg quirks

  • There is a folder containing internet shortcuts to Indian radios, along with a shortcut to an extra WPI, which contains some customization utilities.

Gallery

The default configuration has been used for screenshotting. You can find the other theme configurations in an additional subsection which is shown below, as for the themes the actual bootleg itself comes with, it will be marked as so in its own section.

Themes

"OS Configurations"