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== Description ==
The bootleg is a modified Windows 2000 SP4 ISO. 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 onfrom the CD itself.
 
The ISO was made using nLite 1.0 beta 6 on Windows 2000, making it one of the earliest known bootlegs to use nLite.
=== Bootleg quirks ===
* When the Setup is copying files, two files (ir50_32.dll (Intel Indeo 5.0 32-bit codec) and winver.exe) will "fail" to install. You can skip them just fine, it won't actually affect the installation. Both files can be restored with the Intel Indeo 5.0 installer and by copying a clean copy from a regular Windows 2000 CD (is it on the mod's ISO?) respectively.
* The icon for "My Computer" in this build has beenis taken from [https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_95_build_189 Windows 95 build 189].
* The start button has no text and uses the 16 color Windows XP start button icon, making the taskbar resemble that of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_CE_5.0 Windows CE 5.0].
* The taskbar is unlocked by default, and the Quick Launch toolbar is shown with nothing in it.
* The shortcut arrow is now a big gray arrow pointing to the top right.
=== Bugs ===
* The Add/Remove Programs Control Panel applet doesn't work.
* The Windows Components Wizard doesn't work due to the file comsetup.dll not being present in this bootleg. The workaround is to expand the file from the original Windows 2000 Installinstall CD onto the system32 directory, Thenthen the wizard can be accessed thruthrough the autorun setup.exe program. However it's not very useful, as you can't install any of the missing components such as the Volume Control (even though this is present on the AlphaBetas i386 directory, expanding the file onto the system32 directory is a way to get it at all).
 
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