Windows HQ V2

Windows HQ V2 is a bootleg Windows 2000 SP4 edition, which was created by mmaciek12. It released on February 14, 2011, and was added to the archive on December 7, 2022.

Windows HQ V2

Crusty Windows bootleg
The desktop of Windows HQ V2
Original OS	Windows 2000 SP4
Release date	February 14, 2011
Author	mmaciek12
Country	Poland
Language(s)	Polish
Architecture(s)	x86 (32-bit)
File size	343.6 MiB
Download link	Windows HQ v2 (Windows 2000 PL sp4).iso
Date added	December 7, 2022

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows 2000 SP4 ISO. It updates most of the UI to resemble Windows 7, but does not do it very well. It adds some wallpapers, and registry tweaks. It has some updates bundled. It has its own autorun.

This bootleg has been rushed, as seen in the amount of unused content found in the ISO. There are several vital parts of this bootleg that have been completely left out as a result of the sloppily done job.

It is unattended, and preactivated. The ISO was made using nLite 1.4.9.1, and the autorun is an AutoIt V3 script which reads from a local .GIF as its background, and is packed with UPX.

Changes from Windows 2000 SP4

Minor changes

• The graphical setup OS text is changed
• The System Properties dialog is changed slightly

Changes in pre-desktop procedures

• New setup graphics. The setup background is replaced with the Windows 7 one
• New boot graphics. The boot screen is set to a plain black background with white text. Due to the improperly done boot screen, the loading bar takes part of the text with it

Look and feel

• 50 new wallpapers included. Some are from XP, while many of them come from Windows Vista and 7, betas included
• New sound scheme. The default ding sound is replaced with Windows 7's one. A few sounds have been replaced with the ding sound.

Software

Customization Utilities

• ViOrb (with 11 orbs)

Updates

• DirectX 9.0 - March 2009
• Windows Media Player 9

Notes

Unused content

• There is a customization utility included in the Windows directory, that is supposed to run on startup, but it does not, because the shortcut link that starts the program is broken. The file path goes to WINNT\system32\ViOrb\ViOrb.exe, but ViOrb is actually in the root of system32, not in its own folder in system32. And you know what's the best part? Since the author forgot to clear the working path, their main computer's path is present! From what we can see, we can infer that they used Windows 2000 or XP to make this bootleg.
• A wallpaper is supposed to be set, but it isn't.
• There is supposed to be a folder named "TUNING" that gets extracted to the desktop, from which you can access:
  1. The registry tweaks registry file that gets applied during Setup, for backup purposes
  2. A batch script that cleans the temp folders and Prefetch
  3. And a folder named "32 bitowe ikony" (32 bit icons), which has Windows 2000 Revolutions Pack 2.0 and Windows Vista toolbar icons, which you are supposed to install manually and apply the included toolbars, to make the OS look like Vista/7.
• Shell32.dll is supposed to have Windows 7 icons, but there is a duplicate which is stock, so the modified version never gets extracted and the icons will never show up.

Bootleg quirks

• None of the installed programs show up properly in Add/Remove Programs. Their names all show in blank.
• Internet Explorer is partially broken, as there are IE 6 updates bundled with the OS, but IE itself is still version 5.0.

CD contents and other info

• The CD label is set to "WinHQ_V2".

Gallery

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  Pre-setup

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  Setup in the graphical phase

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  Boot screen

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  Login screen

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  Empty desktop

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  Start menu

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  System Properties and About Windows

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  Autorun