Windows 8.1 Black Alien Edition

Windows 8.1 Black Alien Edition
	Crusty Windows bootleg
	The desktop of Windows 8.1 Black Alien Edition
Original OS	Windows 8.1
Release date	June 27, 2015
Author	Kirk of remasteros.org
Country	Canada
Language(s)	English
Architecture(s)	x86 (64-bit)
File size	5.8 GiB
Download link	Windows 8.1 Black Alien Edition 2015.iso
Date added	November 25, 2022

Windows 8.1 Black Alien Edition is a bootleg Windows 8.1 edition, which was created by Kirk of remasteros.org. It released on June 27, 2015, and was added to the archive on November 25, 2022.

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows 8.1 ISO, which is heavily alien-themed and also focuses on dark elements. It doesn't come with many programs on its own, but to compensate it has a WPI with about 1 GB worth of programs. The OS comes bundled with a cracked copy of Active@ BootDisk which you can boot from the boot selector. It is preactivated with KMSpico v10.0.5b.

The ISO was made using WinToolkit.

Changes from Windows 8.1

Changes in pre-desktop procedures

New setup graphics

Look and feel

New default theme, and wallpaper
18 new themes included, with 2 duplicate themes
Many new wallpapers included
New icon set

Software

7-Zip 9.38 beta
Mozilla Firefox 38.0.5
Notepad++ v6.7.9

Customization Utilities

Black Glass Enhanced
Rainmeter 3.3.0 beta r2416 (with 9 new skins)
RocketDock 1.3.5 (with 47 new icon sets)
StartIsBack+ 1.7 (with 5 new orbs and 1 new skin)
UltraUXThemePatcher 2.5.6
Winaero Glass

Software on the CD

7-Zip 15.05 Beta (mislabeled as 7-Zip 9.20)
AIDA64 Extreme 4.50.3000
AIDA64 Extreme 5.2.3400
Adobe AIR 18.0.0.144
Adobe Flash Player 18.0.0.194
Adobe Reader DC 2015.007.20033
Adobe Shockwave 12.1.8.158 (mislabeled as Adobe Shockwave Full 12.1.3.153)
Advanced Installer 12.2 (mislabeled as Advanced Installer 11.1)
BleachBit 1.8 (mislabeled as BleachBit 1.0)
CCleaner 5.06 (mislabeled as CCleaner Slim 4.04.4197)
Cool Beans NFO Creator 2.0.1.3
Disk Cryptor 1.1.846.118 (mislabeled as Disk Cryptor 1.0.17)
FileZilla 3.11.0.2
Foxit PDF Reader 7.1.5.425 (mislabeled as Foxit PDF Reader 7.15)
Foxit Phantom PDF 7.1.5.425 (mislabeled as Foxit Phantom PDF 7.15)
GIMP 2.8.14 (mislabeled as GIMP 2.8.10)
HDD Low Level Format Tool v4.25
ImgBurn 2.5.8.0
Java SE 8u45
Jetico BCWipe 6.04.3
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 11.20 (mislabeled as K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 10.62, MPC-HC 1.7.8.237)
Kirk's Premium Fonts Mega-Pack (mislabeled as 1600 Fonts, really has over 5000+ fonts, installs 185 fonts)
LibreOffice Productivity Suite 4.4.3.2 (mislabeled as LibreOffice Productivity Suite 4.43 and LibreOffice Productivity Suite 4.321 RC 3)
MozBackup 1.5.1
Mozilla Firefox 38.0.5
Mozilla Firefox 40.0a2 Developer (called Mozilla Firefox Developer 4.0.2 A June 23)
MultiCommander 5.1.1.1926 (mislabeled as MultiCommander 5.11 and MultiCommander 4.4.0.1725)
Notepad++ 6.7.9.2 (mislabeled as Notepad++ 6.67)
Notepad2-mod 4.2.25.906
Opera 30.0.185.88 (mislabeled as Opera Browser 30.0.20185)
Picasa 3.9
Resource Hacker 4.1.13.125 (mislabeled as Resource Hacker 4.3)
Revo Uninstaller 1.95
Revo Uninstaller Pro 3.1.2.0 (cracked, mislabeled as Revo Uninstaller Pro 3.12)
Rufus 2.22 (accessible from the autorun)
SFX Maker 1.3.1 Final
SUPER Antispyware 6.0.1194 (mislabeled as SUPER Antispyware 5.7)
Skype 7.6.0.103
Spybot Search & (sic) Destroy 2.4.40.0 (mislabeled as Spybot-Search & (sic) Destroy 2.3.39 Final)
TrueCrypt 7.1a
UltraISO Premium 9.6.2 (cracked, mislabeled as ULTRAISO961306 and UltraIso 9.6 Premium)
VLC Media Player 2.2.1 (mislabeled as VLC media player 2.1.3)
VMware Workstation Lite 11.1.1-2771112
VSO Media Player 1.5.2 (mislabeled as VSOMEDIAPLAYER143486 and VSO Media Player 1.4.2.482)
WinRAR 5.20 and WinRAR 5.21 x64 (mislabeled as WINRAR510)
Winamp 5.6.6.3516 (mislabeled as Winamp Pro 5.65 Build 3438)
qBitTorrent 3.2.0 (mislabeled as Bittorrent 3.21)
uTorrent v3.4.3 (mislabeled as Utorrent 3.43)

Customization Utilities

Win7 Style Builder v1.5.0.3 (PortableApps version, mislabeled as Win Style Builder 1.57)
WinToolkit 1.5.3.21

Updates & Drivers

Intel USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller 1.0.8.251
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable AIO (2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013)
Silverlight 5.1.40416.0 (mislabeled as 5.1.4.2015, description: December 13 Added Updates)

Notes

Bootleg quirks

VSO Media Player will not install due to its cmds entry in the config.js file being empty.
Sufferance Red is not capable of transparency, therefore Aero screenshots of it has not been taken.

Gallery

Boot selector
Setup
Setup while it's copying files
Empty desktop
Start menu
Default theme (without Aero)
System Properties and About Windows
Autorun
WPI
WPI while it's installing software

Themes

"BadAzz Dream" theme
"Cryptic Blue" theme
"Cryptic Red" theme
"Ghost Purple" theme
"INFECTED" theme - StartIsBack and Folder Backgrounds
"INFECTED" theme - StartIsBack and No Folder Backgrounds
"INFECTED" theme - Native Jumplist and Folder Backgrounds
"INFECTED" theme - Native Jumplist and No Folder Backgrounds
"LaserLight" theme - StartIsBack and Folder Backgrounds
"LaserLight" theme - StartIsBack and No Folder Backgrounds
"LaserLight" theme - Native Jumplist and Folder Backgrounds
"LaserLight" theme - Native Jumplist and No Folder Backgrounds
"Longhorn Evolution 8.1 Azure" theme
"Longhorn Evolution 8.1 Classic" theme
"Longhorn Evolution 8.1 Savoury" theme
"Longhorn Revealed 8 Basic" theme
"Mulisha Purple" theme
"Nuclear" theme
"Nuclear Blue" theme
"Nuclear Ice" theme
"Nuclear LightBlue" theme
"Premiere" theme - StartIsBack and Black Caption Text
"Premiere" theme - StartIsBack and White Caption Text
"Premiere" theme - Native Jumplist and Black Caption Text
"Premiere" theme - Native Jumplist and White Caption Text
"Requiem" theme
"Sufferance Red" theme

Aero

This section has been added because of a utility called Winaero Glass existing in the OS allowing these screenshots to be taken. The following themes are capable of transparency.

"BadAzz Dream" theme - Aero
"Cryptic Blue" theme - Aero
"Cryptic Red" theme - Aero
"Ghost Purple" theme - Aero
"INFECTED" theme - StartIsBack and Folder Backgrounds - Aero
"INFECTED" theme - StartIsBack and No Folder Backgrounds - Aero
"INFECTED" theme - Native Jumplist and Folder Backgrounds - Aero
"INFECTED" theme - Native Jumplist and No Folder Backgrounds - Aero
"LaserLight" theme - StartIsBack and Folder Backgrounds - Aero
"LaserLight" theme - StartIsBack and No Folder Background - Aero
"LaserLight" theme - Native Jumplist and Folder Backgrounds - Aero
"LaserLight" theme - Native Jumplist and No Folder Backgrounds - Aero
"Longhorn Evolution 8.1 Azure" theme - Aero
"Longhorn Evolution 8.1 Classic" theme - Aero
"Longhorn Evolution 8.1 Savoury" theme - Aero
"Mulisha Purple" theme - Aero
"Nuclear" theme - Aero
"Nuclear Blue" theme - Aero
"Nuclear Ice" theme - Aero
"Nuclear LightBlue" theme - Aero
"Premiere" theme - StartIsBack and Black Caption Text - Aero
"Premiere" theme - StartIsBack and White Caption Text - Aero
"Premiere" theme - Native Jumplist and Black Caption Text - Aero
"Premiere" theme - Native Jumplist and White Caption Text - Aero
"Requiem" theme - Aero