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{{Partially missing|Windows Crystal XP V2 and possibly others.}}{{Infobox bootleg
|screenshot = XP_Crystal_XP_2006_Desktop.png
|original_os = [[:Category:Bootlegs based on Windows XP|Windows XP SP2]]
|release_date = July 7, 2006
|creator = [[:Category:Bootlegs created by Pepsi Labeb|Pepsi Labeb]]
|country = Egypt
|language = English
|arch = x86 (32-bit)
|othervers = [[Windows Crystal XP V3]]
|size = 591 MB
|download = [https://crustywindo.ws/collection/Windows%20XP/Crystal%20XP%202006%3Dvo1.iso.iso Crystal XP 2006=vo1.iso.iso]
|archiveadd = December 22, 2022
}}
'''Windows Crystal XP 2006V1''' is a bootleg [[:Category:Bootlegs based on Windows XP|Windows XP SP2]] edition, which was created by [[:Category:Bootlegs created by Pepsi Labeb|Pepsi Labeb]]. It released on July 7, 2006, and was added to the archive on December 22, 2022.
 
== Description ==
The bootleg is a modified Windows XP SP2 ISO. It applies a new look based on the CrystalXP.net skin pack which was starting to gain traction around the time of this bootleg's release. It adds many new programs, themes and wallpapers, UI changes to thenew icons and morecursors, updates, and updatesmore. It comes with a final setup "software installation" segment, and its own autorun. It comes with registry tweaks, which get applied in the aforementioned segment. It is unattended and preactivated.
 
Through the autorun, you can install a beta version of Internet Explorer 7 (''Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview'', mislabeled as ''Beta 3''), run a very early scene crack for Windows XP from 2002 (although very shoddily made, it literally just sets a value in WPAEvents\OOBETimer), or get more information about Crystal XP (which simply just launches an RTF document packaged with a cracked version of WebExe. There is an RTF document in the Start menu programs which has some differences, ''see Notes section''). You can even rename your Start button (using a program called ''StartBtn Renamer 2.02'') from this menu!
 
This mod is presumably based around the CrystalXP.net skin pack (it uses resources from it) which was new and ''just'' gaining traction when this mod was released.
 
The ISO was made using nLite and Windows Unattended CD Creator 0.9.8, and the autorun was made with AutoPlay Media Studio.
 
== Changes from Windows XP SP2 ==
=== Minor changes ===
* New setup graphics. The setup background is taken from Windows Vista
* OEM branding is included
 
=== Changes in pre-desktop procedures ===
* New setup graphics. The setup background is taken from a Windows Vista wallpaper
* New boot screen
* New login graphics
 
=== Look and feel ===
* New default theme, wallpaper and icon set
* 30 new themes included
* New icon set
* New (Tux) Crystal Clear cursor set
* OEM branding is included
 
== Software ==
 
== Notes ==
=== Bootleg quirks ===
* There are two versions of the same RTF document, one in the Start menu programs and the other packaged as a "WebExe" executable in the Autorun's Docs folder.
* The differences between these two versions are:
# The theme screenshot where "XtremeXP" is shown, has the icons aligned to the right. The folders from before are no longer present.
# And finally, the Winamp screenshots shows a Winamp version of 5.21. This was before it was updated to 5.24 in the final release.
 
* Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4's installation has leftover extension install logs for the following: Adblock Plus 0.7.0.1, CuteMenus - Crystal 0.9.9.73, Google Preview 1.3.1, Mr Tech Local Install 5.0.2 and TinyURL Creator 1.0.2.
 
* The VS7 theme is actually supposed to have its own folder with its visual style in it, but it's in the root directory (in this case, <code>Resources\Themes</code>) instead. Fascinatingly enough, Windows is aware of it, and automatically fixes the problem.
* A serial number for the OS is included as a text file on the CD root. Interestingly enough, the serial listed is not the same as the one set in the mod's <code>WINNT.SIF</code> file.
* A serial for AVG Antivirus is included as a text file on the desktop. It cannot be applied, because it has long since expired.
* IDM is supposed to have a crack registered to "MerCuRy", but it gets overwritten with "MiKiCuN MiKiCuN" instead.
* Internet Explorer starts in full-screen mode by default.
* The Internet Explorer title is set to "pepsi_labeb Internet Explorer".
 
=== CD contents and other info ===
* A serial number for the OS is included as a text file on the CD root. Interestingly enough, the serial listed is not the same as the one set in the mod's <code>WINNT.SIF</code> file.
 
=== WINNT.SIF metadata ===
* The full name and organization is set to "crystal" and "xp" respectively.
* The computer name is set to "PEPSI".
* The Internet Explorer default homepage is set to "islamonline.com".
* The Internet Explorer title is set to "pepsi_labeb Internet Explorer".
 
== Gallery ==
</gallery>
 
=== Development Screenshotsscreenshots ===
''Disclaimer: These screenshots were sorted in the order that they were shown in the Web2Exe README.''
 
XP Crystal XP 2006 Development Screenshots - delete.gif | Deleting files ''(delete.gif)''
XP Crystal XP 2006 Development Screenshots - winamp.gif | Winamp 5.21 ("VistAmp" skin) ''(winamp.gif)''
XP Crystal XP 2006 Development Screenshots - shutdown.gif | Shutdown screendialog ''(shutdown.gif)''
</gallery>
 
[[Category:Bootlegs originating from Africa]]
[[Category:Bootlegs based on Windows XP]]
[[Category:Bootlegs created by Pepsi Labeb]]
[[Category:Partially lost bootlegs]]
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