Windows AlphaBetas

Windows AlphaBetas
	Crusty Windows bootleg
	The desktop of Windows AlphaBetas
Original OS	Windows 2000
Release date	2005
Author	ddrmaxromance of Troy's Work
Language(s)	English
Architecture(s)	x86 (32-bit)
File size	232 MB
Download link	Windows AlphaBetas Build 905.iso
Date added	December 5th, 2022

Windows AlphaBetas is a bootleg Windows 2000 edition created by ddrmaxromance of Troy's Work released to OSBetaArchive in 2005 and added to the archive on December 5th, 2022.

Description

The bootleg is mostly intended to be an enhancement to Windows 2000 by adding unused/beta content from various Windows releases, as per the name. It has some software bundled with it which you can install on the CD itself. It is unattended, and not preactivated.

The ISO was made using nLite 1.0 beta 6 on Windows 2000.

Changes from Windows 2000

New branding on the autorun, Setup background, Winver banner and in a few other places
The boot screen has been edited to have a green and black progress bar with the author's branding on it. The logo is changed to a Windows Neptune style logo, and a Watercolor-themed window is added, with nine of the major Windows betas and releases with their corresponding Windows default shell icons
The Windows directory is titled "WINABCS" instead of the original "WINNT"
The Documents and Settings directory has been renamed to "Users"
The My Computer and Network Neighborhood icons have been changed
The Start button has no text and uses the 16 color XP icon
The taskbar is unlocked by default and the Quick Launch toolbar is set with nothing in it
The start menu icons have been changed to their original icons from different angles in various background colors

Software on the CD

CursorXP
Firefox 1.0.7
Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack
Trillian 3.1
unknown Device Identifier 4.0
Windows Messenger 5.1

Notes

When the Setup is copying files, two files (ir50_32.dll and winver.exe) will "fail" to install. You can skip them just fine, it won't actually affect the installation.

Gallery

"ir50_32.dll" file copy error
"winver.exe" file copy error
Setup in the graphical phase
Setup while it's installing
Boot screen
Login
Empty desktop
Start menu
System Properties and About Windows
Autorun