Windows Dream Vista

Windows Dream Vista
	Crusty Windows bootleg
	The desktop of Windows Dream Vista
Original OS	Windows XP SP3
Release date	June 2, 2012
Author	Tarek Sadek
Country	Egypt
Language(s)	English
Architecture(s)	x86 (32-bit)
Other version(s)	Windows Dream Vista 2, Windows Dream Vista 3
File size	690.0 MiB
Download link	Dream Vista.iso
Date added	December 2021

Windows Dream Vista is a bootleg Windows XP SP3 edition, which was created as part of the Dream Vista trilogy, by Tarek Sadek (also known as Tarek Sadek El Harony). It released on June 2, 2012, and was added to the archive in December 2021.

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows XP SP3 ISO. It is styled after Windows Vista, as the name suggests. It comes with 3 new themes, 84 wallpapers, and registry tweaks. It comes with its own autorun, and WPI named Beauty Tools, which consists of customization utilities. It is unattended, and preactivated.

A program that automatically cycles the wallpaper has been added to the OS. The wallpaper will now get cycled every boot.

The autorun was made with AutoPlay Media Builder.

Changes from Windows XP SP3

Minor changes

The text-mode setup OS text is changed to Dream Vista, and centered
The System Properties dialog has been redesigned
The Run dialog has been made smaller and there is now a banner covering up most of it.
New Winver banner and bar

Changes in pre-desktop procedures

New setup graphics. A fake Windows 7 window is present
New Vista boot screen
New pre-OOBE graphics
The OOBE video has been replaced with a Windows Vista startup video
New OOBE graphics
New login graphics

Look and feel

New default theme, and wallpaper
4 new themes included
84 new wallpapers included. 36 additional wallpapers included on top of that
New icon set
New sound scheme
New avatar set
New screensavers included. A new logon screensaver is added, with images of Windows Vista advertising

Software

Fast Explorer Shell Extension
Random Change Wallpaper 2.1.0.0

Beauty Tools

Customization Utilities

BorderSkin 0.2.9.0
CAD 2010 Edition
GlassToast 1.0
LClock 1.0.0.1
ShowDesktop 1.1.16.0
Vista Rainbar 4.6
VistaDriveIcon (spelled vista drive in WPI)
Visual Task Tips 3.4 (spelled VisualTibs in WPI)

Notes

Bootleg quirks

A WinRAR SFX containing a batch file gets ran during Setup. It automatically deletes the Luna theme. There is a missing quotation mark at the end of the DEL statement.
A similar batch script this time not in a SFX gets ran during Setup. It deletes all of the default wallpapers, referencing them by name. The same issue with the quotation marks are present.
The registry file responsible for installing the Fast Explorer shell extension also applies a Internet Explorer toolbar background. That file does not exist anywhere in the OS.
Themes take a while to apply.