Windows 7 xDark Deluxe 4.3

Windows 7 xDark Deluxe 4.3
	Crusty Windows bootleg
	The desktop of Windows 7 xDark Deluxe 4.3
Original OS	Windows 7 SP1
Release date	May 13, 2011
Author	Skat666, n0ak95
Language(s)	English
Architecture(s)	x86 (32-bit)
File size	3.22 GB
Download link	7 xDark Deluxe v4.3 32-Bit RG.iso
Date added	December 5, 2022

Windows 7 xDark Deluxe is a bootleg Windows 7 SP1 edition, which was created by Skat666 and n0ak95. It released on May 13, 2011, and was added to the archive on December 5, 2022.

Description

The OS is a modified copy of Windows 7 SP1 with modifications made to the setup, backgrounds and icons. Key takeaways include the setup window being more translucent and having a different background, as well as having multiple wallpapers along with a couple of themes added.

On the first boot of the OS, an installation script made exclusively for the bootleg itself, by n0ak95, installs ~20 programs, a process of which the script alleges can take 10 minutes. It replaces the default IE search engine with Google at the end.

Changes from Windows 7 SP1

Minor changes

Windows Media Player now has a custom background

Changes in pre-desktop procedures

New setup graphics. The setup background is changed to the Harmony wallpaper put through a film camera filter, and the setup window has been made more transparent
New OOBE graphics
New login graphics

Look and feel

New default theme, and wallpaper. The default theme has been replaced with Verdesh SteelFlash, with default colors
1 new theme named "xDark 4.3 RG", which is just Verdesh SteelFlash with a different name and slightly darker colors. All of the other themes has had their wallpapers replaced
4 new sets of wallpapers included, which all have 22 total wallpapers
New icon set. All icons have been changed to dark versions of themselves
The default arrow and move cursors have been replaced. 2 new cursor sets included
A good portion of the sounds have been changed
47 new gadgets included

Software

7-Zip 9.22 beta (with modified icons)
7-Zip SFX Splitter
Adobe Flash Player 10.3 r181
Adobe Shockwave 11.5.9 r620
Adobe AIR 2.6.0.19140
A Bootable USB 0.9.0.4
Java 6 Update 25
ACiDview 6.1
Attribute Changer 6.20
AIDA64 Extreme Edition
Autoruns 9.57
CCleaner 3.6.0.1433
ClipName
CrystalDiskInfo 3.10.0.2010
CD-DVD Repair
ExecParm 1.3
File Association Fixer
FixWin Utility
Go GodMode
HashTab Shell Extension 4.0.0.2
Kel's Bonus Pack
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 7.1.0.0 (KLCP Update 7.1.8.0)
Lammer Context Menu 1.0.3.6
Logon Editor
LockHunter 1.0 beta 3
MediaInfo Lite
Microangelo On Display
Notepad2 4.2.25
PasswdRenew
Restorator 2007
RegFolder
Re-Enable v2 Portable
Rebuild Icon Cache
Run Editor
ShellNewHandler
SFXMaker
Silent Install Maker
SMART v1.2a
SPTD 1.7.8
Ultimate Windows Tweaker 2.0
Universal Extractor 1.6.1.49
UltraISO Premium 9.3.6.2750
Windows Media Player Plus! 1.1
WinPatrol 20.0.2011.2 (cracked, registered to n0ak)
VMware Tools 8.4.6.16648
xWinRAR™ 4.00 (cracked, registered to n0ak95, comes with one theme, iMod, comes with 4 programs, CabPack, HJSplit, UHARC and WinUHA)

Games

World of Goo

Customization Utilities

7 Quick Fix
AvePreview
Start Button Changer
System File Replacer
Logon Background Changer
NimiVisuals
OEM Configurator 2.0
Windows Media Player Background Changer
Windows 7 Style Builder 1.5
Windows 7 Manager
Windows 7 in a Box

Updates

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2010
Microsoft Silverlight
Malicious Software Removal Tool
DirectX 9.0c - June 2010

Notes

Bootleg quirks

The post-install script will try to install its own version of VMware Tools, so if you're using a newer version of VMware than what the script installs, then delete the executable that it tries to install immediately so they will not conflict with each other.
ACiDview and CCleaner will always fail to install. Keep in mind that the latter already comes with the OS by default.
The Explorer item check box feature is enabled.
Some of the system folder names have been changed.
The console color scheme is set to blue on gray, like the post-install script.

Gallery

Setup
Setup while it's copying
OOBE
Login screen
Desktop on first boot
Empty desktop
Start menu
System Properties and About Windows

Themes

"xDark 4.3 RG" theme