Gold Windows XP 2016

Gold Windows XP 2016
	Crusty Windows Legendary bootleg
	The desktop of Gold Windows XP 2016
Original OS	Windows XP SP3
Forked from	Windows XP Black Edition
Release date	August 29, 2015
Author	Muhammed Sadeem of Computer Worm Corporation
Country	Lahore, Pakistan
Language(s)	English
Architecture(s)	x86 (32-bit)
File size	687.9 MiB
Download link	Gold-Windows-XP-SP3-2016-Drivers.iso
Date added	August 6, 2022

Gold Windows XP 2016 is a bootleg Windows XP SP3 edition, which was created as part of the Gold Windows XP series by Muhammed Sadeem of Computer Worm Corporation. It released on August 29, 2015, and was added to the archive on August 6, 2022.

It is one of the most famous Windows XP bootlegs, and was featured on many YouTube channels and other places, and is widely known around the world. The default theme in the bootleg is infamous for being painful to look at with its strange colors and weird-looking window buttons, which contributed to its popularity, along with the loud music that the WPI has and many of its other quirks, which cemented this mod as a classic example of a typical over-the-top Windows bootleg.

As it turns out, this bootleg is actually part of a series, dating back to 2009.

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows XP SP3 ISO, which includes many programs, games, wallpapers, updates and tweaks. It is heavily gold-themed, but it has many other themes. On the first boot of the OS, a runonce segment ripped from Windows XP Black Edition will run.

It comes with its own autorun, and a WPI with many programs on it.

It is unattended and preactivated. The ISO was made using nLite 1.4.9.3, and the DLLs were edited with an unregistered copy of Resource Tuner 2.

Changes from Windows XP SP3

Minor changes

The text-mode setup OS text is changed. The copying text is affected as well
The Winver banner has been changed to read "Gold Windows XP"
The Run dialog has been updated
OEM branding is included

Changes in pre-desktop procedures

New setup graphics
New boot screen
New login graphics

Look and feel

New default theme, wallpaper and icon set
15 new themes included
20 new wallpapers included
1 new screensaver included
New cursor set
New fake Windows Vista sound scheme

Software

AutoHotkey v1.1.09.04 (needed for the Subway Surfers "keyboard controls" script to work)
Alt-Tab Task Switcher PowerToy

Customization Utilities

Visual Task Switch
VisualTaskTips

Software on the CD

7-Zip v15.06 Beta
Adobe Flash Player 18
Ammyy Admin 3.5
CCleaner 5.10
Foxit PDF Reader
Internet Download Manager 6.23 Build 21 (cracked)
K-Lite Codec Pack 11.40
Mozilla Firefox v40.0.3
Right Click Image Converter v2.2.0 (cracked)
TeraCopy v2.3
Total Video Converter 3.71
Typing Master v7.0
UltraISO v9.6
Unlocker 1.9.2
USB Disk Security v6.5 (cracked)
uTorrent v3.4.4 Build 40911
WinRAR v5.30 Beta 1

Customization Utilities

nVienna Sidebar 1.3
UberIcon 1.0.2 build 38
Visual Task Tips 2.1.0.0

Screensavers

Free Fire Screensaver

Games

Alien Wars
Chicken Invaders 2
Cue Club
Subway Surfers PC Port

Updates

Microsoft Visual C++ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 2002, 2003, 2005 SP1, 2008 SP1, 2010 SP1, 2012 Update 4, 2013, 2015 Redistributable
Microsoft Visual Basic 1.0, 2.0.9.8, 3.0.5.38, 4.0.24.22, 4.0.29.24, 5.2.82.44, 6.0.98.32 Runtimes
DirectX 9.0c June 2010

Notes

Remarks

There is another bootleg that released 3 months before, that has similar changes, but is made by different people. It's called Windows 7 Gold Edition 2016.

Bootleg quirks

This bootleg is theorized to be possibly forked from Windows XP Black Edition because it uses a lot of its apps (Windows XP BE Control Panel Addons, BitLocker to Go Reader, IExpress, etc.)

CD contents and other info

The WPI folder is hidden by default, but in an unusual way. You will have to use the autorun or the address bar (just type in D:\Gold, replace D with the drive letter your CD drive is on) to access it normally. You also to have the CD inserted in physically, or via a virtual CD drive.
Adobe Flash Player 18's repacked installer has a restriction on it, that will not let you install it anywhere else except Gold Windows XP 2016.
The WPI plays a song called "O Allah the Almighty Allahu Allah" during installation. It has been turned up really loud.

WINNT.SIF metadata

The full name and organization is set to "Gold Windows XP 2016" and "Computer Worms Team Corporation".
The computer name is set to "GOLD-XP-2016".
The workgroup name is set to "WORKGROUP".