Windows XP Ultimate Edition

Windows XP Ultimate Edition
	Crusty Windows bootleg
	The desktop of Windows XP Ultimate Edition
Original OS	Windows XP SP3
Release date	March 30, 2008
Author	Johnny
Country	Portugal
Language(s)	English
Architecture(s)	x86 (32-bit)
File size	4.2 GB
Download link	Windows XP Ultimate Edition (by Johnny) [April2008-R3.8].iso
Date added	September 11, 2022

Not to be confused with Windows XP Ultimate Edition VALR.

Windows XP Ultimate Edition is a bootleg Windows XP SP3 edition, which was created by Johnny. It released on March 30, 2008, and was added to the archive on September 11, 2022.

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows XP SP3 ISO. The goal of this bootleg is to take the best elements from various different editions of Windows, such as Windows XP (the base for this mod, obviously), Windows XP Media Center Edition (the looks, and the enhancements), Windows Vista (the looks, and the software) and even Mac OS and Linux (only the looks for both of them), and combines them together to make "Windows XP Ultimate Edition".

It comes with some programs and themes. It comes with a decent amount of wallpapers, along with "DreamScene" wallpapers (really just HTM files linking to SWF files). It is preactivated.

Changes from Windows XP SP3

Changes in pre-desktop procedures

New setup graphics
New pre-OOBE graphics
New OOBE graphics
New login graphics

Look and feel

New default theme, and wallpaper
7 new themes included
49 new wallpapers included
60 new 'DreamScene' wallpapers included
15 new screensavers included
New icon set
3 new cursor sets included
3 new sound schemes included
29 new gadgets included
3 new fonts included
43 new avatars included
7 Windows Media Player skins included
46 Windows Dancers included
The sample songs/pictures/videos/media from Windows Vista are all included

Software

Alky for Applications 1.0
ALZip 7.0 beta 1
AVG 7.5.519
Adobe Reader 8
CCleaner 2.6.0.567
DeskSpace 1.5.1
Nero 8.0
Windows Defender
Windows Live Mail
Windows Live Messenger 8.5
Windows Live Photo Gallery 12.0
Windows Media Player Next Generation Visualisations

Customization Utilities

DeskSpace
LClock 1.0
QTAddressBar
QTTabBar
RKLauncher 0.41 (with a Leopard skin)
TopDesk
ViStart

Games

Brutal Chess 0.5.2
Freecell
Shanghai Solitaire 0.2
Solitaire 0.1
Windows Vista Games

Updates

DirectX 9.0 March 2008
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0, 1.0 SP3 1.1, 1.1 SP1, 3.5

Notes

Bootleg quirks

The Plus! themes won't load properly due to their theme files having invalid icon entries, in that they only have a "My Computer" entry and don't have the other entries. Without them, the theme won't work.