Windows Neptune

Windows Neptune
	Crusty Windows bootleg
	The desktop of Windows Neptune
Original OS	Windows 2000 SP4
Release date	March 2014
Author	Knabe91
Language(s)	English
Architecture(s)	x86 (32-bit)
File size	361.6 MiB
Download link	Neptune.iso
Date added	March 2, 2023

This article is about a modification of Windows 2000. Not to be confused with the actual Windows beta.

Windows Neptune is a bootleg Windows 2000 SP4 edition, which was created by Knabe91. It released in March 2014, and was added to the archive on March 2, 2023.

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows 2000 SP4 ISO which themes the OS after the origin OS's beta, Windows Neptune, along with some portions of Windows ME, and does it rather well.

Many programs and features from Neptune and Windows ME added, such as the Activity Centers (although in a partially working state as the Game Center crashes), Windows ME's Movie Maker and Neptune's login screen.

Changes from Windows 2000 SP4

Minor changes

The text-mode setup OS text is changed
Some of the Control Panel applets have been replaced with Neptune's ones, such as the User Accounts applet (named Windows Identities) which lets you enable the new login screen

Changes in pre-desktop procedures

New setup background
New login banner
There is now a new login screen which can be enabled in Windows Identities

Look and feel

Whistler Build 2223's uxtheme.dll has been added to the OS, allowing basic themes to work

Notes

Bootleg quirks

There is a shortcut to the Game Center in the Start menu's Programs directory.

Gallery

Setup while it's installing
Regular login screen
New login screen
Desktop on first boot
Empty desktop
Start menu
System Properties and About Windows
Autorun