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[[File:TeamOSPC.png|thumb|200px|The TeamOS computer. It knows if you seed after you download.]]
 
'''Crusty Windows''' (also called '''bootleg Windows''', '''modified Windows''', or '''customized Windows''') are illegally modified and (usually awful) variations of the Microsoft Windows operating system, typically developed by eccentric individuals who wish to see their [[Windows 7 Angry Birds Edition|favorite OS and franchises collide]] or just want to include [[Chip Windows XP 2009|every driver and program in existence in their OS installs]]. Many of these bootlegs [[Windows Conan XP|are severely unstable]], [[Windows Dog XP|barely install at all]], [[Windows 7 FaceBooK Edition 2012|have nonsensical themes and wallpapers]], are [[Windos 7|hysterically poorly made]], or are just simply [[Windows 7 Android Rockz!|impossible to find because nobody in their right mind downloaded them]].
 
Crusty Windows come in a variety of languages, most commonly in English, Arabic, and Russian. According to a local, in Russia, they are known as "'''говносборки'''". However, bootlegs come from a wide variety of countries and cultures, and so far, at least one has been created in every continent (except Antarctica) - from the [[Windows XP Destroyed Edition|good ol' USA]], to [[Tomato Garden XP 3.0|the exotic lands of the Great Wall]], to the [[Windows Mac OS XP|first traditional wonder of the ancient world]], or even [[Windows 8.1 Canada Edition|the land where maple syrup is consumed at least every day]] - there is always a Windows bootleg that represents someone out there.
 
While most bootlegs of Windows are free, some of them require payment - some, such as [[Windows 7 Natalite Edition]], can go up to US$50.
 
== History ==
=== Beginning years ===
[[File:BedOS.jpg|thumb|200px|BedOS Desktop]]
The first bootleg variation of Windows was likely [[BedOS]], which was released in 2000 (though bootlegs of [[:Category:Bootlegs based on MS-DOS|MS-DOS]] are known to have existed before this.)
The second bootleg, and the first one distributed in an ISO format, was one based on XP before it was even released - [[Whistler Build 2531]]. This bootleg is based on a Release Candidate 2 build of XP and was likely a joke done out of spite to troll the beta scene of the time. This build would include many common things we see in bootlegs today, such as additional backgrounds, registry tweaks, cracked activation, and more.
 
=== Pre-nLite era (2001-2006) ===
 
=== Post-nLite era (2006) ===
 
=== Windows Vista era ===
 
=== Windows 7 era ===
 
=== Modern era ===