Windows Horse XP 2013

Windows Horse XP 2013
	Crusty Windows bootleg
	The desktop of Windows Horse XP 2013
Original OS	Windows XP SP2
Release date	November 14, 2012
Author	Mostafa Hamed/Disha of CWB
Country	Egypt
Language(s)	English
Architecture(s)	x86 (32-bit)
File size	641 MB
Download link	HOrse.Xp.Sp2.2013.iso
Date added	December 30, 2021

Windows Horse XP 2013 is a bootleg Windows XP SP2 edition, which was created by Mostafa Hamed (aka Disha) of CWB. It released on November 14, 2012, and was added to the archive on December 30, 2021.

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows XP SP2 ISO. It comes with its own boot selector, which is horse-themed, like this bootleg is. Not much is changed in this bootleg, aside from a few wallpapers and programs here and there, a lot of it is stock and unchanged.

The ISO was made using nLite 1.4.8, and the boot selector used was EasyBoot v5.0.

Changes from Windows XP SP2

Look and feel

New default theme, wallpaper and icon set
12 new wallpapers included
The Matrix screensaver is included
New icon set. Some of the system icons have been replaced with their Longhorn variants
New sound scheme. The startup and shutdown sounds are replaced with chanting, and the Hardware Insert sound is now the Ring In sound

Software

Adobe Flash Player 10
Mozilla Firefox 16
WinRAR 4.11 (cracked, registered to storm xp sp3 se)

Notes

Bootleg quirks

20 unused wallpapers can be found in the Wallpaper folder's thumbnail cache. From what could be gathered from these unused wallpapers, there are mostly duplicates, but there could also be high quality versions of the original wallpapers.
3 duplicate wallpapers can be found in the default theme's thumbnail cache.
The root of the C: drive now has a custom background.

CD contents and other info

There are several unused bootable disk images in the EZBOOT directory, where the EasyBoot configuration is stored. Most notably, there are duplicate MS-DOS boot disks, and an image straight up just sitting there without rhyme or reason.
The autorun text's "Welcome" line has had "newgiza" appended at the end.

WINNT.SIF metadata

The full name and organization is set to "M0stafa Hamed" and "CWB" respectively.
The computer name is set to "DISHA".
The workgroup name is set to "MSHOME".

Gallery

Pre-boot selector
Boot selector
Desktop on first boot
Empty desktop
Start menu
System Properties, Support Information and About Windows
Explorer - C: root