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Windows Dream Vista
	Crusty Windows bootleg
	The desktop of Windows Dream Vista
Original OS	Windows XP SP3
Release date	June 2012
Author	Tarek Sadek
Language(s)	English
Architecture(s)	x86 (32-bit)
Other version(s)	Windows Dream Vista 2, Windows Dream Vista 3
File size	690 MB
Download link	Dream Vista.iso
Date added	Either late 2021 or early 2022

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Revision as of 18:19, 21 June 2023

Windows Dream Vista is a bootleg Windows XP SP3 edition created by Tarek Sadek released in June 2012, and added to the archive either in late 2021 or early 2022.

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows XP SP3 ISO. It is styled after Windows Vista, as the name suggests. The bootleg has multiple versions of itself which all have various differences between them.

Changes from Windows XP SP3

The setup OS text is changed to Dream Vista, and centered
New setup graphics with a fake Windows 7 window
New Vista boot screen
The OOBE video has been replaced with the Windows Vista startup video
Four themes are added, all of them being Vista lookalike themes
A new logon screensaver is added with images of Windows Vista advertising
A program that cycles the wallpaper has been added, and will now run on every startup

Software

Customization Utilities

GlassToast
BorderSkin
VistaDriveIcon (spelled vista drive in WPI)
LClock
ShowDesktop
Sidebar
VisualTaskTips (spelled VisualTibs in WPI)
CAD 2010

Gallery

Setup in the graphical phase
Boot screen
Pre-OOBE
OOBE startup video
OOBE
Log in
Empty desktop
Start menu
WPI

Themes

Inspirat Theme
Vista Inspirat 2 Theme
VistaCG Theme

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