Windows Challenger XP

Windows Challenger XP
	Crusty Windows bootleg
	The desktop of Windows Challenger XP
Original OS	Windows XP SP3
Forked from	Windows XP Cyrix Premium Edition
Release date	November 11, 2010
Author	Samaa Hassan of That's Me
Country	Egypt
Language(s)	English
Architecture(s)	x86 (32-bit)
File size	652.1 MiB
Download link	Challenger_xp.iso
Date added	August 9, 2023

Windows Challenger XP is a bootleg Windows XP SP3 edition, which was created by Samaa Hassan of That's Me. It released on November 11, 2010, and was added to the archive on August 9, 2023.

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows XP SP3 ISO. It comes with many themes and wallpapers, and programs. It comes with registry tweaks. It is unattended and preactivated.

Changes from Windows XP SP3

Minor changes

The graphical setup strings are changed
OEM branding is included

Changes in pre-desktop procedures

The setup now uses the Windows 2000 style. New pre-setup graphics
New boot graphics
New login graphics
New default theme, wallpaper and icon set
10 new themes included, one is broken
39 new wallpapers included
New avatar set. All of the default avatars have been removed

Software

7-Zip 9.07
Adobe Flash Player 1.0 r32
Alfa Autorun Killer 2.0
CCleaner 4.16.0.0
FairStars Audio Converter
Foxit Reader
Internet Download Manager 5.18
Mozilla Firefox 3.5
Power Mp3 Cutter 2.9
Real Alternative 1.51
SuperCopier 2
USB Virus Remover
UltraISO 2009
uTorrent
Winamp 5.08 (comes with 5 skins)
Windows Live Messenger
WinRAR 3.90 Plus
Yahoo! Messenger 10

Customization Utilities

Vista Drive Icon
Visual Task Tips

Updates

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

Notes

The screenshots for this bootleg were done by the Crusty Windows Wiki user yellows111.

Bootleg quirks

25 unused wallpapers can be found in the wallpapers' thumbnail cache. 2 wallpapers that exist in the final wallpaper set don't exist in that file.
The Thumbs.db for the avatars have 30 unused avatars in them.
The stock "Windows XP" theme has had its default wallpaper changed.
The "Girl DzartChiBi" theme cannot be applied in any way, because its msstyles is completely nonexistent.