Exploring Terrible Windows Bootlegs...

[@Waltman13]

All of these are oozing with "graphic design is my passion".

[@wowierosieposie]

Lmao I would've made something like this if I could

[@daviddunmore7076]

But sadly, not my skillset.

[@_..-.._..-.._]

_You may notice that I actually applied _*_TWO_*_ filters here_ “Woooaaahh” 😮

[@Bloxxers_rclNotAClanner]

"Graaphic desiun is mai passon" - Vargskelethor Joel

[@naverlyn]

> gold windows xp > ubuntu logo and slightly vista wallpaper

[@xpower7125]

normal :D

[@naverlyn]

@@xpower7125 yeah, I remember when playing this stuff back in 2014 but transforming my xp computer to look like 8. It was a mistake xD. It keep restarting and my parents were mad because the computer can't boot anymore.

[@feelingmachine]

>ubuntu logo in setup >apple logo in ui >gold xp

[@hyperturbotechnomike]

If Dubai would be an operating system, it would be Windows XP Gold Edition

[@varadp6983]

Looks apple logo in start menu

[@KingNikolai]

dont talk to me if your primary OS isnt windows angry birds edition

[@PineconiumOfficial]

What about Bad Piggies Linux?

[@KingNikolai]

@PineconiumOfficial that's acceptable too

[@cameroncole06]

"Babe, fire up the Windows Angry Birds Edition PC!"

[@Wzeyisbacklmao]

​@@PineconiumOfficial Bad piggies linux > windows angry birds 11

[@Zangos2AN905]

*talks about windows XP Undertale edition*

[@PineconiumOfficial]

Windows modifications have two sides. - Actually well made with effort put in. - Platinum Window 2009 (99% chance to have random totally legal bloatware)

[@averagerobloxsimp]

Avast anti-virus from a russian website✅ Must be Window 2009 Platinum

[@detecta]

ive never seen a modded windows that didnt eventually break stuff so eh

[@stefanalecu9532]

​@@detecta don't be so harsh to them, even regular Windows breaks your stuff

[@DanTDMJace]

@@detectaRectify11?

[@detecta]

@@stefanalecu9532 i mean i never had regular windows exactly break on me like the modded ones those modded ones just break so much crap disabling random services

[@Akahigep]

Jokes aside, I miss themes. It was super exciting to have themes, download them, get themes from magazines with discs...

[@xWaLeEdOoOx]

Third screen of Avengers installation screen reads: Follow up: The Tour was Removed Help was Removed The UNUSEFUL How to Use Windows was Removed

[@xWaLeEdOoOx]

The funny thing is they added an APP on desktop that literally says in arabic (Learn How to Use THE Windows) which is more useful than the removed one mayhaps?!

[@xWaLeEdOoOx]

Im Commenting as im watching and OMG he oppened it and i AM NOT going to translate all that shit but it's hilarious

[@rekkisomo]

@@xWaLeEdOoOx Translated one slide through google lens and omg lol. Can only imagine what everything else was like HAHA

[@xWaLeEdOoOx]

@@rekkisomo oh you have no idea how absurdly awesome it 🤣😂🤣

[@inkballpro]

Hi Michael! Thanks for taking a look at these, I'm actually a wiki administrator for the source you got these from (User:Kon on the wiki) and I've made some articles on various different ones. I know you may not be so fond of how they look, but glad to see you return to the unofficial windows series once again! Been a fan of it for a long while.

[@robertschnobert9090]

What does a wiki administrator do all day?

[@inkballpro]

​@@robertschnobert9090 Considering it's a private-ish wiki, not much moderation has to actually be done.

[@heart_locket2]

are you holynetworkadapter

[@glitchyyt7482]

@@heart_locket2 no, they're not.

[@frazercowan4030]

It's hilarious how people have the skill to modify Windows like this and they choose to make it hideous.

[@jothain]

I'm quite sure they're mostly done by fanboy kids that don't have access to virtually any hardware to even test things out.

[@randomcommenter2941]

Wdym? Angry birds edition is awesome, i installed it as soon as i finished watching.

[@asteroidrules]

Just another thing these bootleggers have in common with the actual Microsoft.

[@varahunter68]

​@@asteroidrules nice pfp

[@knobbymcfeck]

Wait, the Angry Birds distro doesn't come with playable Angry Birds? What a missed opportunity

[@SL4RK]

In Russia in the days of windows xp relevance, this kind of bootlegs were on almost every pc, such as the most famous of them zverdvd, god how awful it was, some of them had important features removed, so that some software wouldn't even run or install... Thinking back to those times I can say it was the best advertisement for licensed software...

[@SheridanAndCompany]

О, наш слон, здарова. Да, было время, помню продавали на рынках, в переходах такие... Помню была сборка одна из самых популярных от УралСофта.

[@SL4RK]

@@SheridanAndCompany Иронично, но никогда не покупал, у нас они ходили по рукам на самописных болванках...

[@gengar-1997]

About the Mario Forever game bundled with Gold XP 2009, I actually have a later version of it (v3.0 instead of v2.16). The game is now maintained by the successor to Buziol Games, which is called Softendo. And yes, it IS a Polish game.

[@imburrnin4495]

POLISH GAMES YEA RAAAAGHHHHHBHHHHGG

[@xamtastic]

Good lord the thumbnail is horrible! This is gonna be a good video

[@Alt659]

118 likes 0 replies?? K I’ll be the first reply

[@Jonathan-gq8di]

2nd to reply

[@ax14pz107]

If my OS doesn't look like the urine of a super dehydrated drunk, then I don't want it.

[@Doxxii413]

Michaelsoft Windows XP Gold Super Sniper

[@iDrinkCoffee-ju5zg]

Time traveler tell me da wae

[@arubberroomwithrats]

what if instead of windows xp it was windows freakyp and instead of being top tier it would top guys 👅

[@phonghai87]

Should be "Michaelsoft Binbows XP"

[@freezysh]

by gaber samir

[@rockpie.iso.tar.bz2]

Micro$haft Winblows PX Platinum Ultra Smart 2019

[@bm_midotv9841]

Man having been born in north africa and actually seeing people use bootleg xp versions as their daily drivers is an experience like no other. Its funny and nostalgic watching this video I actually had s relative use windows gold and saw nothing wrong with it. Good times... And great video hope you make more in the future

[@lunaticberserker5869]

There's another version called "Windows XP Gold" but not this one on the video...

[@xWaLeEdOoOx]

the Arabic text on GENIUS installation screen translates to: HUSSAM (on the Right Side) Welcomes You The First and NOT LAST version Try to benefit from this system In ALL use cases System is full of Features

[@MrMangoRonaldo]

nope not even close🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@perfecto279]

What do you mean? I can't read arabic so i dont know what it means​@@MrMangoRonaldo

[@GG-go2ue]

⁠@@MrMangoRonaldoترجمته صحيحة yes he is close😂

[@suspeh]

God sends his worst designers to make his best versions of Windows 🤧💘🙏

[@praetorangel8967]

Fun fact, if you add the options "extract all..." or "extract to \{filename}\" for winrar to your windows context menu, the winrar free trial notification never pops up at all, and you can use it indefinitely without even the popup.

[@pb-doslegacy2020]

The Unofficial Windows Versions series is back and Michael, once again, deep diving into the Gaber Samir world of Windows. ngl haven't seen the OG series for years

[@rockpie.iso.tar.bz2]

Missed the bootleg Windows series by Enderman, so for me this is an alternative to that.

[@Win_Explorer]

@@rockpie.iso.tar.bz2 yeah

[@bitelaserkhalif]

Muhammad Sadeem, Gaber Samir.

[@mnemonic6047]

@@bitelaserkhalif kebab enthusiast

[@シルヴェオン]

Nothing will ever beat the bootlegs made by Gaber Samir.

[@Thegamer5x]

Imagine him making bootleg Linux distros

[@PainweedingPills]

But what about Chinoduby? Everyone knows that Windows Chinoduby Speedlight V3 by Chinoduby Chinoduby Chinoduby makes the best Chinoduby Windows Speedlight ever

[@alcoholguy6941]

1 Spanish bootleg vs 10 Arabic bootlegs, you probably know the winner here.

[@Fortuna1]

This was the most valuable video and OS ever

[@martynasdelrtuvas4489]

@sansdetta u true

[@povilasstaniulis9484]

These re-skinned Windows editions bring back memories. I remember back in the day when Vista came out, I've installed a Vista re-skin on my PC with Windows XP x64 Edition. So it would look like Vista but still be XP. Had it for a long time, until Windows 7 came out. I actually used to make kind-of bootlegs myself, Windows 7 installations with all updates to date and a bunch of software (Office stuff, archivers, media players, etc.) pre-installed. No re-skins or anything, just software. Later did that with Windows 10. When Microsoft switched to using WIMs for installation (since Vista), it became incredibly easy to make custom Windows builds. All you had to do is install what you want on top of a clean OS, run sysprep and create a WIM image of the disk, which you would then copy to a Windows DVD image, replacing the stock install.wim.

[@gluttonousmaximus9048]

14:35 "How many clock and calendar apps do you need?" "Yes"

[@rastas_4221]

You use any of them? "no"

[@marshmellowpops]

I kinda like the loud, tacky, gaudy UI. With everything being so flat and minimalistic, aesthetic wise nowadays, Its nice seeing the much more antiquated, early 2000s amateur "graphic design is my passion" look. Love me a good bootleg :)

[@kuramamizukage]

OMG THE GOLDEN WINDOWS OR WHATEVER WAS IN THE THUMBNAIL WAS SO FAMOUS IN PAKISTAN AND I EVEN BOUGHT THE CD FOR IDK 15 CENTS IN MY TIME

[@RandomCsDude]

As a Pakistani I approve the gold windows XP, I also used it when I was small thinking it's some new shit made by Microsoft

[@th3_terminator]

Hi Michael, I didn't know if you knew, but we run a wiki that documents all of these bootlegs called "Crusty Windows". If you ever make a sequel to this video, it might be a useful resource for you to find stuff :p

[@amazeyourself_]

very sure he used the very source you mentioned to get these bootlegs

[@winexperiments]

Here's a translation of the Arabic text in "Windows The Avengers" that's not quite literal, but rather more logical: 19:47 Information about this version of Windows you're going to use: All 2013 Windows updates have been added Patches to speed up Windows have been added Essential programs have been added An install disc that you can use to install more programs has been added to the desktop 19:52 What has been removed from this brand new version of Windows: WMP has been removed IE has been removed Low quality Windows games as well as internet games have been removed 20:20 Follow up Tour has been removed (incorrectly typed as "remved") Help and Support has been removed (also incorrectly typed) Tips have been removed, they're useless 20:49 New additions to the brand new Windows, we're going to explain them in detail in the next slide 26:45 You can change the appearance of Windows using the beautiful available desktop backgrounds 26:47 You can change the appearance of Windows using the beautiful available themes 26:49 You can change your screen resolution here 26:50 Now you need to install your drivers. If you have your install disc, use it to install drivers. Otherwise, use SkyDriver(?) for drivers 26:51 Don't install too many programs. This version includes every program you'll ever need. If you're good at Windows then the possibilities are endless 26:52 You can change the appearance of Windows using this program 26:53 You can change Windows themes from here 26:54 You can change the desktop background using this program: Start\WindowBlinds 26:55 More options in the program 26:56 Any question? I'm available. My Windows-related (Facebook?) page: windows theavengers Or: [Author name]'s official page

[@EthanRDoesMC_]

25:37 absolutely screaming over “Windows th E Avengers” with the E being completely unique

[@ArchLars]

Virgin Linux distros: tries to copy windows as much as possible for users that claims to "hate" windows Chad Windows bootlegs: *GOLD XP WINDOWS BY SALEH KAKAR*

[@Aeduo]

I love how maximal all these are. It's the not so professional, calculated design experience I really miss in OSes and software. I don't care for the avengers though.

[@starrymohannad]

at least more useable than windows 11 tbh :v

[@894MUSIC]

@@starrymohannad windows 11 was the reason I switched to Mac lol

[@starrymohannad]

@@894MUSIC it made me dive deep in the Linux rabbit hole

[@894MUSIC]

@@starrymohannad oh cool, I’m too scared to go down there lol

[@starrymohannad]

@@894MUSIC don't worry because once you go down Y̵̨̢̡̢̖̝̩͍̹̻̱͖̟̬̳̱̥̩̬̮̬͙̟͉̰̫̞̙̟͚̜̘̯̰̝͔̻̰̰̯̖̋̏͜͝ͅö̸̹̤̪͕̥͓̥̼̼̮͎̪̫̝̪͈̺̝͓̮̫͉̝̝̣́̀̇̃͒̔̒̆̏̑̈́̆̆͆͆̈̊̔̓̌̆̊̉̎͊͋̒͜͝͝ͅŭ̸͍͓̣̇̄͋͜͝ ̶̢̧̢̡̛͉̥̩̩̯̰̗̝̦͉̹̠̳̱̟̬͚̗͖̺͓̙͖͉͍̭͉̤̖̻͂̑̈́̀̃̍̅́̆̅̈́̔̄̋́͛͑̑̂̋́͛̍̿̓̈̆̽̊̍̽̚͘̚̚͜ͅw̴͔̩͉̞̗̱͇͍̳͇̺̼͈̲̩̲̟̥̬͎͍̹̰͎͔̰̬͚̹͂̊̿̈̎̀̃̀͊͐̊̏̑̈̄̎̋̈́͐̎̉͒͌̔͆̔͛͒͊́͋̑͑̔́̕͘͜͝͝͝͝͝͝ͅĩ̵̡̧̡̡̡̛̛͍̠̰̯̞̟̪̮̙̞̥̗͇̝̬͍̪͔̥͍̫̤̥̲̱͚̪̦̼̤̥̖̤̟͔̤͈̞̹̥̮̙̬̐̂̌̀͗͆͑̓́̋̉̐̍͐́̎͋͛͛͂͆̈́̒̅́͌͐̽̌̋̕͘͘͜͝ͅl̶̨̧̧̬̯͖̺̪͚͈̩͉̞̤͖̬̜̹̬̦͈̟̯͇̼͉̟̖̗̲̤̣̯̪̗͗̉͛̎̉͒̂͊̀̓̎͜͝͝l̵̨̧̧͓͍̲̹͈̮̟̞͍̙̞̺̼̦͈̬͓̥̐̇͜͜͠ ̴̨̨̢̛̤̬̼͓͔̟̪̥̟̞̪̫̱̣̫͎̰͈͖̞͎̲̲͇͍̯̥̪̝̗̘͙̻̤͕̏̈̂̆̒̄͒́̓͆͠ͅņ̵̛̛̱̠̮͙̪̂͐̔̎̆̀̏̽͗̀̂̓̿͌̊̒̈͛̇̇̊̾̌̆̃̀͗̋͌̊͒͐̿̒͐̆̉̔̎̋̄̍̇͜͠͠͝͠e̴̢̢̨̨̨̧̨̺͎̼̞̼͍͚̖̯̩̫̩̞͓̳̙͈̹̰͉͎͓͇̗̗͖͎̮̪̥̳͇͒̎̔̔̆͛͐̐̊̌̌͒̅̀̈́͘̕͝v̴̨̡̡̡̛̛̳̯͕͕̼͍̦̗̠̤̳͍̤̠͎̳̰͚͓̞͈̘̥̯̖̗̩̘̠͎͍̫̳͎͎͎̜̻̮̉̌̈́̔͑͋̀̑͌̂̎̈̋̆̆̓̈͒̏̄̈́͆̈́̽̍̋̈͊͂̆̿̅͌́̓̊̋͛̕̕̚͘͜͜͜͠͝͝e̸̛̛̛͕̜̟̝̞͂͋̉͆̄̓̐́͂̈̈́̈́̀͆́͗͑́̈́͗͑́̄͗̍̍̒̄̑͑͐́̒̄̔̆̍͘̚͝ͅr̸̡̢̛̥̜̬̱͙̣͈͍͕̭̯̯̎̓̂͒͊̇͐̐̈́̈̈́̑͊̂̒̈̎̅̈́͊̆͆̆̃̃̚̕̕̕͘͠͝͝ ̷̧̛̛̦͍̰͕̮̲͇̤̝̞̻̟̹͙̩͖̙̝͕͚̰͎̪̫͛́͗̊̋̓̍̈́͂̔̾̐̅̉͋̅̍͌̉͊̈̿̿̋͊̍́̉̀͗̿͑͗̃͒̔͘͘̚̕͜͝͝ẗ̵̢̢̛̳̩̦̭͖͇̮̰̺̫̳͔̦̖͍̪͓̺̦͎̓̽̑́͆͌̽́̅͗̑̔̃̐̂̓̆͊͛̒̈́̄͝͝ḩ̸̞̞̭͙͎̭̩͖̜̲̖͍̱̫̗̝̥̣̝̯̜̜͍͎͎̖̞̯̗́̈́̃̌̾̀͆̅̓͂̓́́̇͂̉̈̊̈́̎͛͒̇̀͘̕͠͝͠͝ͅḯ̸̧̧̢̨̛͍̭̟̦̜͙͎̖͕̜̦̲͚̥̥̗̰̯͚̜͚̮̤̮̘̯͙̺̠̟͇̦̱͚̪̠̻̄͆͑̔͆̑͛͑͐̐̔̽͌̕̕͜͠͝ͅn̴̨͓̲͔̳̯͚̝̠̗̠̱̞̤̫̯̥̻̘̰̙͓̻̯͉̣̱̫̪̼̥̣̲̺̖̲͚̤̲̿͂̎͊͆̑̀͑͛̐̄́̌̇̌́̓̓̑͑̔̍̆̀̒̂̂́͂͑́́͂̃̇͐̈́̈̍͘͘̚͜͜͜͠k̶̢̡̨̢̡̧̢̝̩̟̘̗͍̣̞̹̣̝̖͈̦̟͓̼͔̘͖̱̰̯̹͎̗̼͖̞̰̑̇͗̅̈̓̑̊̇͑͛́́̔̋͑̾̎̐́̈́͊͛̊̓̐̆̅̈̈́̇̽̔͒̓̔̐̑̓͆̎͂̑̚̕̚̚͜ͅ ̸̨̨̡̛̛̫̦̮̩͙̖̲͓̲̳͈̰͓̳̹̖͓͚̦̭͙̥̜̱̤̞̩̳̞̼͔̥͔̓̇̀̋̊̊̋͌̒̈́̈́̓͆͐͗̅̇̆̒͆͆̈̏̄̌̃̄̅͘̚͜͝͠͠͝͝ͅạ̸̢̢̬͎͎͉̗͕̘͚͚̭̲̘͎͖͓̭̥̫̠̯̬̳͍͖̹̗͔̺̩̝͚̝͎̰̝̲̳̅͌̿̑̈́͛̍͘͘̕͜͜ͅͅb̷̢̢̡̡̛̥̖͙̗̻͍̤̠̻̜̣̠͕̼̬͔̱̜͈̺̣͉̻̝̪̜̯͙̳̤̭̺̹̭̝̰̣̱͙͖̺̼̫̙̀̎̇̈́́͒̽͑͒̈́̍̑̈͐̓̔͒̈́́̈̊̍̽̓̇̑̀̈́͛̄̾͂̂̍́͋̅͌͋̚̚̚͜͠͝͝͝ȏ̷̢̠̝̣̜̲͚͔̞̪̱͇̤̫̠̺̮̣̳̯͚͖̣̙͎̭̥̭̮̤̞͚̰̜̫̰̰̗̩̱̃̏͒̇͆̃͂̊̊̋͌́̎̔̅̄̏͠͝͝͝ͅu̵̲͎͛͌̿̃̋͐͐͒̉̈́̀̽͆͛̒̓̌̔͐̑͑̂̋̐̃̿̈́́͌̌́͛̈͊̎̈́͘̚̚̚͘͘͘̕͠͝͠t̴̡̢̧̛͓͕̤̻̪͚̦̝̖̜̜̼̞̲͈̣̣̱̝̻̥͎̲̻͉̯͓̞̣̬̱̻̰͎̩̜̘̞̳̿̉̈́̀̓͐͒̾̌̉̈́̈́͐̃̇̈̓̐͗͐̏́̔̅̓̓͑̀͛̎̚͘̕͝͠ͅͅͅ ̷̧̡̧͉̩̭̞̪̹͓̦̩͍̠̦̩̜̣̮̼̻̳̜͔̟͍̱̦̹͎̻͓̥̞̼̈́̉̄̑̈́̌̒̐͒̍͗̅̏̓̃̀̿͜͝ͅg̸̨̡̖͇̘̺̩͕̪̯̤̱͓̮̫̟͓̱̮̮̣̹̜̙̹̼̠̳̗̱̻̳̪̮̮͉͔̠͉̦̈̈́̒̎͐͌̅̇͜͜͝ͅͅǫ̵̧̡̹̮͚̳̣̼͔̘͙͙͚̬͈͖̼̥̰͔̠̜̪̗͎̟̯̯̺̙̈́̍̇̒̈̊́̀͋̂͗̐̄̊͒͌́͆́̑͋̊̈͂́̒̑̀̀̀̓͗̚̚͠͠ͅį̵̨̛͓̬͓͔̖͙̘͍̫̥̣͔̯̖̮̻̼̠͕͉̖͚̰̤̘͙͙̙͔̄͊̌͊̐͆̔͊̈́̒͒̑̂͗̐̄͆̅̌͂̐̎̃͋͑̒̚̕̚͘͝͝ͅň̶̝̞̖͚͓̞͔̪̥̤̱̰̝̳̳̲͉͓̹́͆̀́̓͘ģ̶̰͎̯͚͔̠̠̤̩͇̲̇̄́̆̆̂̋̀̂̎͛͋̋̅̈́̆̀͆̾̈́̕͘͘͝ ̶̡̥̙̼̭̠̘̬͙̖̖̬̝̠̭̦̣͓̘͕͔̬͕̟͓̯͓̜͐́͑̂̿́̉̏̃́͆̍̈́̀̕̚͘͝͝b̸̢̡̢̛̖̤͎̦͈̬̙͙̤̗̟͖̗̰̠̥͚̣̲̗͉͖͉̫͓̠̠̟̫͖̙̤͙̙̈́͌̈̑̍̌̑͊̆̑̐̐̃̃͌̊̑͋̑͐̋̌̽͗͘͘͜͜͜ͅͅͅa̵̡̼͇͎͖̩̥̘̯̼͊̊͐̔̔̅̀̿̐̑͐́̂̇̑̑̔́͋̋͒͗̃̈́̑͑͒̈́̒̑̾̍̎̽̓̈́́́̄̍̾̚͘͘̕̕c̸̜̩͍͉̠̬͌k̶̨̡̢̧̨̢̛̳̲̝̞̩͓̤̻̪͇̩̮͔̫̦̮̯̙̪̻̝͕͇̳͖̹̜͓̞̅̐̈́̈́̍̀͒̋̈͊́̆̔̒̊͂̃͊̔͒̒͌͌̈́͐͌̕̚͘̚̕͜͝͠ͅ

[@crookedhatter]

So apparently winrar crystal edition was a special winrar version made for its 15th anniversary, it just had a different theme applied. I couldn't really find much else about it besides an old usenet post

[@LuisMercadoorg]

Real and funny story: a friend of mine used to work for a big UIX company back in the 2000s and early 2010s. The company basically collaborated with other AAA companies to help them create the most intuitive GUI for their products. This company constantly received applications from design newcomers, as some positions could be done online, from a distance even back then; but the company had a very strict and particular rule: automatically reject applicants from India and Arab countries. It wasn’t a racial thing, mind you, but it was a rule almost solely based on these bootlegs and the very heavy handed and tacky design language so popular in those regions back then.

[@LuisMercadoorg]

@0x0fffff yeah. But I did believe him when he said it wasn’t racially motivated.

[@thecorruptversion]

How tf isn't that racist lmao "yeah, that entire kind of people does it exactly the same, awfully bad, so we must discriminate against entire race for that factor". "I won't hire african americans because I've had some bad experiences with some of them". That isn't racial either, right?

[@AraiDigital]

I mean I can’t say I blame the company for that, because I genuinely wouldn’t be able to find one of these that didn’t look like someone threw up all over them

[@feelingmachine]

linux distros will come with a themed desktop enviroment and some random shit to make your command line experience tolerable, windows distros come with the cryptominer pre-installed

[@arivald6677]

7:25 I remember this Mario clone, it was very good game, except I think I played in 3.1.1 version. I also played Chicken Invaders, Deluxe sky jump, Heroes 3 and Worms world armadegon those were very popular in Poland long ago.

[@charginginprogresss]

Considering how many Gangster Version memes are around recently in the last year, I am surprised no one actually went and made a XP Gangster Edition mod for real.

[@鉄血不死鳥]

...it is an actual thing

[@charginginprogresss]

@@鉄血不死鳥 it's just a boot logo mod

[@dyter424]

I did actually play Mario Forever back in 2008, probably downloaded from a shovelware game website. It's essentially an (unauthorized and uncredited) clone of the Super Mario All-Stars version of SMB, but also using music from Super Mario World in some levels.

[@whovianmusic]

ah yes michbows mjd: gold edition

[@matt.w]

Michealsoft binbows flashbacks.

[@cameronbosch1213]

MichaelShaft Winblows 2009.

[@matt.w]

@catermelony I know

[@mrskizzot]

This takes me back, I used to collect ISOs of all these and just check them out, they even had their own little dumb company names and groups. Its quite the rabbit hole.

[@themizfaar2160]

Gold xp is made from someone from Pakistan, it was actually my first bootleg, iam from Pakistan. Also i actually had bunch of crappy cds , so many times i combined different versions of bootleg to each other, you can do that by removing cd in certain steps of windows installation and change to cd

[@TheRandomChannel_idk]

The crossover of the century: *WINDOWS THE AVENGERS!* Featuring: Windows95Man, SuperXPboy, VistaWoman, and more!

[@Fay7666]

Nice to see windows95man keeping busy after that amazing Eurovision presentation.

[@sihamhamda47]

Fantastic 7 Ultimate after VistaWoman is very cool too

[@dan55800]

In Russia we call them “govnosborki”

[@alexanderpopov473]

ZverCD

[@opywndow]

good thing i know russian

[@-PVL93-]

Vasyan Edition Turbo

[@namesurname4666]

thanks didn't know

[@tennickjestzajety69]

all slavs will call them 'gówno' or similar, depends on slightly language differences xD but we usually call them simply 'bootlegi'

[@SoftendoCMK]

7:11 Holy frick Mario Forever mention!!!

[@ChicDead26]

The fact that some people dont know mario forever nowadays is completely insane to me

[@x1BitJay]

I was born slightly too late 😭😭😭 to experience much of xp I barely remember it

[@AraiDigital]

I used to play that and Super Mario War or whatever it was called lmao

[@ChicDead26]

@@AraiDigital SUPER MARIO WAR IS *TO* *THIS* *DAY* ONE OF MY FAVORITE GAMES

[@rastas_4221]

I only knew it because the remake for Super Mario Forever stole a song from Pekka Kana 2 that is an super obscure, but great freeware game.

[@ChicDead26]

@@rastas_4221 Dude i LOVE Pekka Kana 2. I used to play it so much back in the day.

[@charlesdorval394]

Dear dog the choice of text colors in that Genius install, wow lol

[@grammyTF]

YOU MISSED THE ADELE THEME ON THE AVENGER OS 🙃

[@ericn.wilson2345]

The busy design style for all of these has a peak Myspace vibe to them.

[@grumpyoldwizard]

I remember being able to customize your install of Windows. I had a blast changing things around. It was pretty easy to do, back then, too. You could find a lot of high quality creations onliine.

[@RandomPlayer02]

Never thought I would see a Mario Forever gameplay... on a MJD video of all things. This is mindblowing!

[@ali99_82]

Im shocked he never played it before. I thought playing that is a universal childhood experience

[@PrincessLalara]

A really nice way of already putting viruses on your pc by the start lol Though I will say I really enjoyed playing Mario on my windows XP as a toddler

[@xWaLeEdOoOx]

4th screen of Avengers installation bares bad news for us LOL: The additional Features for this Windows will be in the second presentation (oh NOOO!!)

[@winstonslone2797]

I worked as a tech in a repair shop for a few years in the mid to late 2000s. I've seen some real bloated bootlegs. They were extremely prevelent during the XP, Vista, Seven days. I ran Malwarebytes on a fresh install of 7 and it was full of Trojans and trackers. I wouldn't install that on anything with data I care about on it, nor would I use the internet with it. Hell I wouldn't let it get close to an Ethernet cable

[@rg40xs]

11:13 “Please insert next disk with wimp”

[@NigelMontezuma]

Well we don't know what it wants, it might just be calling MJD a "wimp" there.

[@packerfan10]

I remember installing one of these when I worked at the school district on an older computer (around 2007) and it having a ton of X rated pictures on it for the wall paper.

[@FloridaMann123]

There will always be a soft spot in my heart for garishly modified bootleg windows XP editions.

[@HeroRareheart]

Always fun to see that 200s PC at work. Still shocked I found it in such immaculate condition.

[@Lubuntuuser]

Add an extra 0

[@ExtremeWreck]

Nope that PC is from the Ancient Greece times. /j

[@arminius1972]

Having been subjected to that Gold theme for more than a minute, to quote Phoebe from „Friends“ … „My Eyes, My Eyes!!!“

[@АЧАЦАПМ]

The initial windows install of gold xp background is in Arabic which is read " In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful"

[@Fusorf]

Omg I remember seeing XP gold at someone’s place when I was young I was so confused lol

[@Eyetrauma]

For the past couple months I’ve been on a quest to recover some old versions of utility software and for all their faults some of these weird Windows distros are some of the only place the installers / serials exist. Goofy as they may be, they have some value to me and gives us a fun little time capsule to explore.

[@GGigabiteM]

"Gold XP Windows" isn't bad engrish, it's just a byproduct of the author of the bootleg, who appears to be Arabic. English uses Subject, Verb, Object ordering in grammar, but Arabic uses Verb, Subject, Object. The lack of plurality (Window vs Windows) is another thing, plurality in words isn't common in many languages. English speakers would say Windows XP Gold. Arabic speakers would say Gold XP Windows. Getting the sentence structure correct when learning different languages is hard. English is the rare exception where you can butcher and mutilate it to hell and it still mostly makes sense. That doesn't often work when going to different languages, where it can end up as utter nonsense or you saying something completely different by juxtapositioning words. It doesn't excuse the awfulness of the bootleg though.

[@DoctorOnkelap]

sure, but lesson 1 of learning another language is not to just translate your native language word for word

[@GGigabiteM]

@@DoctorOnkelap Sentence structure has nothing to do with word for word.

[@wolfetteplays8894]

Yeah. I noticed that mad quick when studying japanese, you fuck up one particle or order and it can screw your sentence. Shit happened to me all the time.

[@ungabungus01]

You needed the Arabic text to know it was made by someone from the middle east? I could tell right away by the gaudy gold theme lol

[@MohamedWael-ev6cl]

actually I'm Arab and Gold XP windows wasn't even Arabic lol , they use the same Arabic letters in Pakistan but a whole different language jus like all of Europe use the same letters , with that being said the 2nd windows "GENIUS" is Arabic and from the creator name's I suppose he is Egyptian (and yes Egyptians are Arabs cuz I'm an one) edit: wtf all of the rest of em are Arabic (Egyptian) too lmao it's really cool/weird/impressing/embarrassing/fun/everything , seeing your people having fun with windows like that instead of buying an official version lol

[@ErazerPT]

I salute your commitment... i was in PAIN, looking at the monstrosities... I've been rolling my own since the NT4 days and i think these will give me PTSD... I always thought Luna was "Windows Toys'r'Us" but now i feel like it was a somber, good taste theme... Anyway, thumbs up for the multiboot one. Hiren's was and still is nice to have, (depending on timeline) (Norton) Partition Magic/Acronis Disk Director, Norton Ghost/Acronis True Image and later Kaspersky's own "AV bootdisk". Shame that all these bootlegs seem to go "form over function" for the most part. Like they were put together by 14 year olds :P

[@gungriffon220]

"Direct X 32" How far in the future is Angry Birds windows that it skipped 22 versions from 7?

[@Para-Phrase]

This gave me really hard flashbacks from way back, wow, what a time it was, so many emotions. Thank you and best wishes!

[@Bakartridge2095]

omg, I'd love to see more windows bootlegs, bootleg stuff is always a trip and havent seen windows bootlegs until now

[@BenjaminMaggi]

Like you, Mike, I spent countless hours customizing my XP looks, but these folks took it to another level ! Maybe some of those guys are watching this video next to their grand son's says, hey your grandpa did that look at it ! So cool !

[@ClaudioVarone3299]

12:07 How was called that toolbar on the top?? ROCKET DOCK?! It's like 13y since last time I used it!!! I'm searching that for YEARS.

[@MarcBaggett1]

Didn't know there were so many Windows bootlegs. Great video MJD!

[@frozyre7854]

Man, the times when we trusted CCleaner. Those were the days...

[@wallyhackenslacker]

Win XP Gold Edition is like a crypto bro's fever dream! Sweet Jesus!

[@apollolux]

This video just sent me back to a time I had thought I had long past. XD Back around 2009 or so, an old acquaintance of mine had a laptop and because I was "the tech guy" in the group he wanted me to install "Vista Black" on it.

[@connorbeith3232]

The Avengers image has to be early MCU fanart, like from 2011, what with Cap's First Avenger suit, the comic-style SHIELD agent suits, Thor with a helmet, and Hawkeye's purple pseudo-comic suit lol

[@plnkfloydian7814]

This reminds me of learning how to strip down windows 7 to get it to fit and run well on a xp netbook I had. Was a lot of fun but really through caution to the wind as far as security goes lol

[@trongduc8659]

You should check out Vietnamese Windows bootlegs at some point too. They are quite "high quality (?)".

[@rezamolaee1]

This reminded me of the all those Windows 7 or Vista transformation packs I had installed on my XP machine back in the day. You should make a video about them Michael.

[@konman2809]

This is your best video yet! I remember first watching your channel around 2016, and I remember watching your unofficial/bootleg Windows versions videos that you used to upload a lot. This video just really brings me back to 8 years ago when I watched your Windows XP Gold 2016 and Windows 7 Gold 2016 videos!

[@bjiru_]

these are all official, I have no idea what your talking about. I use Windows Angry Birds 7 every day and I love it and I'm never going to switch (unless of course they finally release Windows Angry Birds 11)

[@ozzelot3349]

While these customizations are by and large awful, they are nostalgic. Today's custom builds of Windows are just like... bloatware removers.

[@thepoormechanic]

I kinda want to make a win 3.1 bootleg especially tailored to MJD and include every trope like having the desktop say gold 3.1 win Microsoft right at the top in 82 font

[@BlackTarH]

Windows XP 7 Genius 2014 definitely wasn't made by a genius

[@davidholanda1]

seeing Michael MJD playing the classic Mario Forever fangame for the first time made me happy I used to play it a ton as a kid

[@ST0NE_206]

there can only be one Window… and it’s my bedroom window

[@wowierosieposie]

steals your bedroom window

[@HarmlessBongo0]

the dark deep world of windows bootlegs yayyyy

[@xamtastic]

SCR profile pic?!?!?!?!?

[@QuantumParadox]

I use a verson of windows XP on my vintage P4 PC called windows XP Pro Pirated edition with a Pirate logo when it boots. I love it.

[@DoctorOnkelap]

Just use windows FLP

[@jrhaven]

The Windows Avengers one reminds me a lot of Windows 7 Batman v Superman Edition from years back

[@yazan4267]

10:51the text says the following: Welcoming you guys. The first version and not the last one. Try to benefit from this os. On all domains. An os have alot. Of features

[@yazan4267]

I didn't mess with this. This is who it actually looked

[@ajvark]

Truly this is the Avengers of windows bootlegs

[@MohamedWael-ev6cl]

actually I'm Arab and Gold XP windows wasn't even Arabic lol , they use the same Arabic letters in Pakistan but a whole different language jus like all of Europe use the same letters , with that being said the 2nd windows "GENIUS" is Arabic and from the creator name's I suppose he is Egyptian (and yes Egyptians are Arabs cuz I'm an one) edit: wtf all of the rest of em are Arabic (Egyptian) too lmao it's really cool/weird/impressing/embarrassing/fun/everything , seeing your people having fun with windows like that instead of buying an official version lol

[@WilliamShinal]

I had a laugh with these bootlegs when I decided to look for bootlegs other than trimmed down releases. Glad to see just how hectic this stuff can get.

[@ssflabasement]

7:16 mario forever my beloved

[@xpower7125]

The series is back :O (Nice how I was watching this series yesterday)

[@waldevv]

I still had XP in like 2010-2012 or so and I remember it feeling so cool when I installed a third party app that gave me the Windows 7 aero theme. Really made the PC feel fresh even though it probably really slowed it down because IIRC it had a single core Athlon 64 and some horrible low end ATI GPU that I had to buy because the original GPU blew up

[@capchemist]

I only run Michaelsoft Binbows

[@wolfetteplays8894]

That was a computer repair company, not an OS

[@alexm566]

​@@wolfetteplays8894that was a joke not a fact

[@philtkaswahl2124]

Gotta love all these variations of "we have Windows *at home."*

[@hgmd3284]

i love how unchained and unhinged some of the text is. theres just a boot screen in there that just has H a S s a N on the side.

[@Nickelbender]

This was definitely the best choice of video to watch with a migraine, MY EYEEES!

[@xWaLeEdOoOx]

Avengers Installation Screen is also Arabic and translates to:(im trying to be a bit literal cuz it's hilarious) Information about "the" Windows you're going to be using: 2013 Updates pack are added Batches to increase "the" Windows speed are added Essential programs for "the" windows are added A programs disk was added to desktop to install what's in it

[@channelname9843]

is "the Windows" grammatically correct in Arabic, or is this person unable to write correctly?

[@xythrr]

Oh, god, Mario Forever.... Vinesauce flashbacks.

[@moxxy8626]

Thank you silly swedish man

[@arandomworm8713]

9:33 good god 4 years later mjd finally show us what Genius look like

[@xWaLeEdOoOx]

OMG Avengers still have a second installations screen (again abit literal cuz it's so funny): What was removed from The Windows is new for it's kind: Windows Media Player was removed Internet Explorer was Removed The TACKY games and the Internet games that NOBODY USES was removed (Someone is gunna get triggered cuz i was xD)

[@LumemDH]

The best thing about XP was it’s GAMES

[@xWaLeEdOoOx]

@@LumemDH IKR?! thats why i said this would trigger people cuz it triggered me! xD

[@MUSiCK9]

I swear I bet the people who were sick of finding arabic bootlegs probably saw the Stock Windows XP as the holy grail at this point.

[@BNWilliamGaming]

4:34 Are those icons… Tux… Like, the Linux mascot?

[@Covarr]

it's a shame people aren't doing this stuff with windows 11.

[@FlamespeedyAMV]

Yeah it would be an improvement these bootlegs then