Wesmosis 2.5

Wesmosis 2.5
	Crusty Windows bootleg
	The desktop of Wesmosis 2.5
Original OS	Windows XP SP2
Release date	August 28, 2007
Author	Wesam A. Khalfalla
Country	Egypt
Language(s)	English
Architecture(s)	x86 (32-bit)
Other version(s)	Wesmosis 2.0
File size	707.2 MiB
Download link	Wesmosis.2.5.iso
Date added	November 25, 2022

Wesmosis 2.5 (named after the author) is a bootleg Windows XP SP2 edition, which was created by Wesam A. Khalfalla. It released on August 28, 2007, and was added to the archive on November 25, 2022.

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows XP SP2 ISO. It adds one new theme (and visual style), and many wallpapers. It comes with many new programs and updates, along with one cursor set. It comes with registry tweaks. It comes with its own WPI. The autorun is an edited version of the stock XP autorun, with the strings changed. It is unattended, and preactivated.

A bunch of links to mostly Arabic and Windows customization-adjacent websites get dropped to the Favorites directory.

The ISO was made using nLite.

Changes from Windows XP SP2

Minor changes

The Run dialog has been updated
OEM branding is included

Changes in pre-desktop procedures

New setup graphics. The billboard text is just copy pasted from the changelog file
New boot graphics, thanks to TuneUp Utilities
The "Welcome" text in the login screen has been made more italic

Look and feel

New default theme, wallpaper, screensaver and cursor set
1 visual style included
24 new wallpapers included
1 new screensaver included
New (fake) Windows Vista sound scheme
New avatar set. All of the default avatars are replaced
The Segoe UI fonts are included

Software

Adobe Flash Player 9.0 r45
CPU-Z 1.40
Color Selector 3.01 revision 2
DAMN NFO Viewer 2.10 RC 3
doPDF 5.2.225
DAEMON Tools 4.10 (SPTD 1.50)
Kels' CPU Bonus
Rename Master 2.7.3.2153
TreeCopy
XnView Complete v1.91.3
Pretty much all of the NirSoft utilities (as of August 2007)
Pretty much all of the Sysinternals utilities (as of August 2007)

Customization Utilities

LClock 1.62b
RocketDock 1.3.1
VistaDriveIcon

Screensavers

Sysinternals Bluescreen 3.2

Updates

Internet Explorer 7
Windows Media Player 11

Software on the CD

Arabic MUIs for Windows XP
CCleaner Slim 1.41.544
CopyHandler 1.28
Driver Genius Professional Edition 7.0.2358 2007 (cracked, registered to NGEN TEAM)
DAEMON Tools 4.10 (SPTD 1.50) (duplicate)
ESET NOD32 2.7 (comes with NOD32 FiX 2.1, NOD32 Nag Removal and some other version of it)
File Locator Pro 4.0
FlashGet 1.9.2
FolderSize 2.3 (shell extension 3.2)
Foxit Reader 2.1 build 2023 (and PDF Editor 1.5 build 2911, patched by Doctor O)
GSpot 2.70a
HijackThis 2.0.2
HWiNFO32 1.74 (cracked, registered to Www.crsky.coM)
Internet Explorer 7 (comes with IE7Pro v0.9.20 (and 1.0.10))
Java 6 Update 2
Nero Micro 7.7.5.1 (cracked, registered to Wesmosis of Wesmosis)
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 (comes with extensions and search plugins)
Microsoft Office 2003 (cracked, comes with borders and Arabic numbers)
Microsoft PowerToys Calculator
Media Player Classic 6.4.9.0
Orbit Downloader 2.1.7
Paint.NET 3.10
Process Explorer 10.06
Rainlendar 2.2
Screen Marker 0.1
SpyBot 1.4 (comes with extra plugins)
TotalCopy 2.0
TuneUp Utilities 2007 v6.0.2311 (cracked, registered to Nyr of EvoTeam)
Vista Codec Pack 4.4.9
VerbAce 2007
Win32Pad v1.5.10.2
Winamp 5.35 (comes with one skin and 3 plugins, Green Meanie)
WinRAR 3.70 beta 5 (cracked, registered to Automatic Edition of Cracked by thexfile)
Windows Live Messenger 8.1.0178
XnView v1.91.3 (cracked, registered to Wesmosis©)
Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.415

Games

Pixelus Deluxe 1.0

Customization Utilities

XPize 4.7b Lite

Updates

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

Browser Extensions and Themes (The Search Plugins Special)

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6

Adblock Plus 0.7.5.1
Adblock Filterset.G Updater 0.3.1.0
All-in-One Gestures 0.18.0
Auto Copy 0.6.4
Allow Right-Click 0.4
CustomizeGoogle 0.61
Download Manager Tweak 0.7.2
Fasterfox 2.0.0
Flashblock 1.5.4
FlashGot 0.6.1
Googlebar Lite 4.6.3
IE Tab 1.3.3.20070528
Image Zoom 0.3
MinimizeToTray 0.0.1.2006102615+
Mozilla Archive Format 0.6.3
MR Tech Local Install 5.3.2.5
Menu Editor 1.2.3.3
PDF Download 0.8.1
Paste and Go 2 0.8
Save Image in Folder 1.1.3
ScrapBook 1.2.0.8
Signature 0.4.0.4.200610221528
Tab URL Copier 1.1.8.20061010
Tab Mix Plus 0.3.6
Yahoo! Mail Notifier 0.9.9.6

Themes

Blue Ice 1.2.4

Search Plugins

isoHunt - BitTorrent
Mininova
The Pirate Bay
TorrentSpy
UrbanDictionary.com
Webster
Wikipedia - Arabic
Wikipedia - English
Yahoo! Answers
YouTube

Notes

Bootleg quirks

There are 31 deleted wallpapers in the wallpaper's thumbnail cache.
Mozilla Firefox comes with a lot of bookmarks preloaded by default.
Yahoo! Messenger comes with patches to remove its advertising.
Winamp's default song has been replaced.
The default username has been changed to "XPPRESP3".

CD contents and other info

The ISO has been stuffed with excessively large 2GB "z" files all over. It is possible that the ISO may be partially corrupted, or just simply broken.
VerbAce 2007 is meant to come with a crack, but both its paths are incorrect, as the folder name VerbAce is in is called "LingVoSoft", while its installer script refers to it as "Ling". Oh and another thing, the CDROM variable will not recognize any driver letters higher than J because of a typo. Though, this mistake exists in pretty much all the other ones, soooooooo...
You can find the changelog for the mod itself in the CD root, which have English and Arabic variants.
A serial number is listed as a text file in the CD root.
There is an empty text file called "CD.TXT" in the CD root.
There is a NFO file in the CD root.
There is an MHT file in its own directory (as "Help"), in the CD root.
The CD has its own icon. Speaking of icons, every folder on the CD has also been given a icon.