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{{Infobox bootleg
|collection_name = Windows Legendary
|screenshot = XP_Gold2016_DesktopXP Gold Windows XP 2016 Desktop.png
|original_os = [[:Category:Bootlegs based on Windows XP|Windows XP SP3]]
|release_date = August 29, 2015
|creator = Muhammed Sadeem of [[:Category:Bootlegs created by Computer Worm Corporation|Computer Worm Corporation]]
|country = Lahore, Pakistan
|language = English
|arch = x86 (32-bit)
|archiveadd = August 6, 2022
}}
'''Gold Windows XP 2016''' is a bootleg [[:Category:Bootlegs based on Windows XP|Windows XP SP3]] edition, which was created as part of the [[:Category:Series/Gold Windows XP|Gold Windows XP]] series by Muhammed Sadeem of [[:Category:Bootlegs created by Computer Worm Corporation|Computer Worm Corporation]]. It released inon August of29, 2015, and was added to the archive on August 6, 2022.
 
It is notable for being one of the most famous [[:Category:Bootlegs based on Windows XP|Windows XP]] bootlegs, and was featured on many YouTube channels and other places, and is widely known byaround manythe peopleworld. The default theme in the bootleg is infamous for being hardpainful 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 bootleg as a classic example of [[Draft:Crusty Windows|a hystericallytypical poorlyover-the-madetop Windows bootleg]].
 
As it turns out, this bootleg is actually part of a Gold Windows XP series, [[Gold Windows XP 2009|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. It comes with its own autorun, and a WPI. It is unattended and preactivated.
 
It comes with its own autorun, and a WPI.
The ISO was made using nLite 1.4.9.3, and the DLLs were edited with an unregistered copy of Resource Tuner 2.
 
On the first boot of the OS, a runonce segment ripped from Windows XP Black Edition will run.
 
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
* 1 new screensaver included
* New cursor set
* New amplifiedfake Windows Vista sound scheme
* The Winver banner has been changed to read "Gold Windows XP"
* OEM branding is included
 
== Software ==
 
== Notes ==
=== 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'' <code>D:\WPI</code>'', 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.
 
=== 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]].
 
=== 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".
 
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
XP_Gold2016_SetupXP Gold2016 Setup.png | Setup in the graphical phase
XP_Gold2016_BootXP Gold2016 Boot.png | Boot screen
XP_Gold2016_LoginXP Gold Windows XP 2016 Login.png | Login screen
XP_Gold2016_DesktopFBXP Gold Windows XP 2016 DesktopFB.png | Desktop on first boot
XP_Gold2016_WPIXP Gold Windows XP 2016 WPI.png | WPI
XP_Gold2016_WPI_InstallXP Gold Windows XP 2016 WPI Install.png | WPI while it's installing software
XP_Gold2016_DesktopFB2XP Gold Windows XP 2016 DesktopFB2.png | Desktop before reboot
XP_Gold2016_DesktopXP Gold Windows XP 2016 Desktop.png | Empty desktop
XP_Gold2016_StartMenuXP Gold2016 StartMenu.png | Start menu ("Gold XP 2016" theme ("GOLD 2" theme))
XP_Gold2016_DemoXP Gold Windows XP 2016 SysDM.png | System Properties, Support Information, Run and About Windows
XP Gold Windows XP 2016 Support Information.png | Support Information
XP_Gold2016_Autorun.png | Autorun
XP Gold Windows XP 2016 Run.png | Run
XP Gold Windows XP 2016 About Windows.png | About Windows
XP_Gold2016_AutorunXP Gold2016 Autorun.png | Autorun
</gallery>
 
[[Category:Bootlegs based on Windows XP]]
[[Category:Bootlegs created by Computer Worm Corporation]]
[[Category:Series/Gold Windows XP]]
[[Category:Bootlegs]]