Windows Fouda XP 2012

Windows Fouda XP 2012
	Crusty Windows bootleg
	The desktop of Windows Fouda XP 2012
Original OS	Windows XP SP3
Release date	December 25, 2012
Author	Mahmoud Tarek Fouda
Country	Egypt
Language(s)	English, Arabic
Architecture(s)	x86 (32-bit)
File size	618.5 MiB
Download link	WINDOWS.FOUDA.XP.iso
Date added	December 12, 2021

Windows Fouda XP 2012 (also known as Windows Abo Fouda XP SP3 V.1 2012 or Windows Abo Fouda XP V.1 2012) is a bootleg Windows XP SP3 edition, which was created by Mahmoud Tarek Fouda. It released on December 25, 2012, and was added to the archive on December 12, 2021.

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows XP SP3 ISO with DriverPack integrated. It comes with many programs and themes. It has a new autorun, and a WPI. It is unattended and preactivated.

The ISO was made using nLite 1.4.9.1, and the autorun was made with AutoPlay Menu Builder 6.2.0.645.

Changes from Windows XP SP3

Minor changes

The text-mode setup OS text is changed to "<<<WELCOME TO WINDOWS ABO FOUDA XP SP3 V.1 2012 BY :MAHMOUD TAREK FOUDA>>>".
The desktop context menu has been edited to include several extra entries, including one where you can select a random wallpaper, and another where you can listen to a (long since dead) MMS stream which is supposedly a radio station
OEM branding is included, along with Support Information

Changes in pre-desktop procedures

New boot screen
New setup graphics
New pre-OOBE graphics
The OOBE video is replaced with the Windows 7 boot screen
The OOBE is skipped
New login graphics

Look and feel

New default theme, wallpaper, icons, cursors and sound scheme
16 new themes included
New wallpaper set, which consists of Windows 8 wallpapers and a brand new wallpaper set as the default
New icon set. The icons are replaced with the Windows 7 ones. Many icons have been replaced
Metro cursors are included. The arrow cursor is replaced
583 new cursors are added to the OS, along with some other ones
The sound scheme is a strange mix of stock sounds, and Windows 7 and 8 sounds. The Menu Command and Popup sounds are taken from Plus! 98, the startup and shutdown (along with logon and logoff) sounds are replaced with religious chanting, and the Question sound is a sound effect of a door being knocked on

Software

ABO FOUDA RAR V.1 2012
Unlocker 1.8.5

Customization Utilities

TrueTransparency v0.9.4
LClock v1.62b
UberIcon 1.0.4
VisualTaskTips 3.4
Styler 1.401 (comes with one theme, Devolper CZM)

Screensavers

Allah Remembrance
Allah_names
Aurora
Bubbles
Flurry
Fayad
FieldLines
Islamic
Mgb_scrn
monkeybusiness
Ribbons
SolarWinds
Windows Vista Beta 2
Cyclone (OpenGL)
Euphoria (OpenGL)
Flocks (OpenGL)
Flux (OpenGL)
Helios (OpenGL)
Lattice (OpenGL)

Software on the CD

Adobe Flash Player 11
CCleaner v3.26.1888
IDM 6.14 (cracked, registered to Ahmed El-Ghaish)
Firefox 17.0 (in Arabic)
FastStone Image Viewer 4.6
UltraISO 9.3.6.2750 (cracked)
Remove Autorun
QQPlayer 3.7.892.400
WinRAR 4.20 (cracked, comes with one theme, WinRAR Live 48 x 48)
Yahoo Messenger 11.5.0.152

Customization Utilities

RocketDock 1.3.5

Updates

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

Notes

Bootleg quirks

Custom Black Compact's theme is broken because the theme doesn't exist, the closest theme that is related is Custom Gold Platinum. It also points to nonexistent cursors.
There's a shortcut on the desktop that shuts your computer down.
There is a link in the start menu that goes to the author's Facebook page.

CD contents and other info

The CD label is set to "ABOFOUDA_XP_2012".
The C: drive has an icon applied to it.
The bootleg's CD's icon is a picture of a star.
The autorun plays music and has animating text. Additionally, the cursor used in the autorun features emoticons from Indonesian forum Kaskus, as used from that time period, specifically the jempol1 (single thumbs up) and bingungs (confused, small version) emoticons.