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|screenshot = XP_W8_EliteBlack_VR2_Desktop.png
|original_os = [[:Category:Bootlegs based on Windows XP|Windows XP SP3]]
|release_date = September 3, 2012
|creator = Mohamed Elshinawy of Magic Team
|country = Damietta, Egypt
|language = English
|arch = x86 (32-bit)
|archiveadd = August 6, 2022
}}
'''Windows 8 Elite Black VR2''' is a bootleg [[:Category:Bootlegs based on Windows XP|Windows XP SP3]] edition, which was created by Mohamed Elshinawy of Magic Team. It released inon September 3, 2012, and was added to the archive on August 6, 2022.
 
== Description ==
 
== Changes from Windows XP SP3 ==
=== Minor changes ===
* The Desktop Properties dialog is styled to look like the Windows 7 one. The theme selector has been replaced with a fake one
* OEM branding is included
 
=== Changes in pre-desktop procedures ===
* New setup backgroundgraphics. TimeThe setup background is changed. countThe downcountdown is moved to the bottom left, while the progress bar is on the bottom right
* New boot screen with Windows 8 branding and a Windows Vista loading bar
* New setup background. Time count down is moved to the bottom left while the progress bar is on the bottom right
* New pre-OOBE graphics
* The OOBE video is changed to a rather strange one that lasts 30 seconds, and is just a repeating clip for the entire time
* New login graphics
 
=== Look and feel ===
* New default theme, and wallpaper
* 3 new themes included. Luna's background is changed
* New icon set
* The sound scheme consists of Windows 7 sounds. The startup and shutdown sounds are female text-to-speech voices.
* The Desktop Properties dialog is styled to look like the Windows 7 one. The theme selector has been replaced with a fake one
* OEM branding is included
 
== Software ==
* Dr Salman's Quick Accelerator (Fast System Tools)
* TuneUp Beta 2012
* CCleaner 3.04.1389 (Cleaner Final)
 
==== Updates ====
 
== Notes ==
=== Bootleg quirks ===
* The OOBE video was originally in WMV format, but was converted to MP4 in order for MediaWiki to accept it as a valid file.
* "TuneUp Beta 2012" will not lead to TuneUp Utilities 2012 itself - it will just drop a Reg2EXE to your desktop.
* All themes are marked as corrupt by default due to the fact the icons they attempt to use not existing on the system. As such, all theme images have been patched to function by using the default system icons.
* There are 36 unused images in the Thumbs.db of the Wallpapers directory.
* In the Screensaver tab, there is a text down below the screen saverscreensaver selector that says "NVIDIA® Asus GeForce® 8600 GTS graphics card for Windows Vista and Microsoft® Windows® 7™".
* If you launch Dr Salman's Quick Accelerator from the Magic Programs dialog, a macro program will launch that automatically optimizes the system for you.
* TrueTransparency and Y'z Shadow do not work because they are compressed and thethis bootleg doesn't come with any archivers.
* When you run "Magic Programs", it will play music on startup.
 
XP_W8_EliteBlack_VR2_Boot.png | Boot screen
XP_W8_EliteBlack_VR2_PreOOBE.png | Pre-OOBE
XP 8 Elite Black VR2 OOBEVideo.mp4 | OOBE video (converted from WMV)
XP_W8_EliteBlack_VR2_Login.png | Login screen
XP_W8_EliteBlack_VR2_Desktop.png | Empty desktop
XP_W8_EliteBlack_VR2_StartMenu.png | Start menu
XP_W8_EliteBlack_VR2_DemoXP W8 Elite Black VR2 SysDM.png | System Properties and About Windows
XP W8 Elite Black VR2 Support Information.png | Support Information
XP W8 Elite Black VR2 Run.png | Run
XP W8 Elite Black VR2 Winver.png | About Windows
XP_W8_EliteBlack_VR2_Magic_Programs.png | "Magic Programs"
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