Windows Dream Vista

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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.

Windows Dream Vista
Crusty Windows bootleg
The desktop of Windows Dream Vista
The desktop of Windows Dream Vista
Original OSWindows XP SP3
Release dateJune 2012
AuthorTarek Sadek
Language(s)English
Architecture(s)x86 (32-bit)
Other version(s)Windows Dream Vista 2, Windows Dream Vista 3
File size690 MB
Download linkDream Vista.iso
Date addedEither 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

Themes