Exploring the Windows 20th Anniversary Theme CD!

[@DenialMC1]

As the developer of Clean Flash Player, I'm really honored for Clean Flash to appear in such an amazing video :) Thank you so much for bringing more attention to the project! I'm glad it helped you out with the screensaver! Daniel

[@BilisNegra]

It sure attracted my attention. Such a project was simply so necessary, hope I'll recall that name when I need to get something Flash working in the future... And if I forget it (I'm not exactly a bright mind, sorry), I'll have this MJD video to remind me.

[@Riolupai]

@@BilisNegra maybe bookmark this video or save it in its own playlist?

[@Laesx]

wow I know the album from your pfp, that one from t+pazolite where cheatreal is, great song

[@Michael18751]

I have one question. Are you able to port the X64 flash plugins that only seemed to be used in the browsers to just a regular flash projector (in 64 bit only of course), because through my testing before flash was killed off, the browser plugin version (x64 version) was always faster than the 32bit standalone projector version (It's always slow when you move your mouse in the projector, and I have a good computer. It's just flash being unoptimized). The projector is just the flash player standalone file that opens a window where you can drag and drop a .swf file in (In Windows at least), or set .swf files to open through that .exe, and it will open .swf files normally! No installation needed!

[@KoopaMedia64]

Thank you for making a non-evil version of flash player

[@MDTechVideos]

I have gotten so much slack for the Apply > OK, that I do it on purpose now.

[@AlexRobloxBB]

A

[@blacksta-r]

A

[@HeidenLam]

F

[@AlexRobloxBB]

A

[@haijehiemstra2883]

C: D: B: P:

[@unoyoshiblu700]

Imagine having, in the future, a windows 60th anniversary box and thinking about the times when the 20th one was old...

[@lucysayshi]

Imagine getting a Windows 8 60th anniversary box

[@dubbynelson]

it's pretty unlikely that Microsoft is ever gonna do something fun like this ever again, especially in the US.

[@fmefw9892]

I mean, in 2025 maybe we get the 40th anniversary Windows edition

[@DuckeyDev]

@Yoshi Yoshi

[@unoyoshiblu700]

@@dubbynelson im in europe but ye

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

I can't wait for the 20th Anniversary Edition of MJD

[@rayirth.upside-down]

HOL UP

[@botorfj]

ah yes

[@Aryx_]

ME too

[@syd5099]

Me too!!

[@JasonBerlk]

Me too

[@boxman139]

Hey it's the guy that sounds like 20 different people apparently.

[@chevycaprice87]

AT the same time.

[@John17TheOGmp4]

OH NO DOn't tell me this had became A F***IN' MEME apparently LOL

[@Windows_98]

idk, he sounds more like mjdextras than Michael MJD.

[@BilisNegra]

@@Windows_98 Had forgotten that second channel! To the extent that I'm even subscribed, and had forgotten that, too. Looks completely dead, and only has a few videos, but I also see there was an almost 2 year hiatus in the past, so he might get something in there at some point. It will be nice, but if anybody is banging their heads to the wall because unaware of that channel, you were not missing on that much, really, but well, you can always take a look.

[@Kalphalu]

What a suprise! He sounds like Michael MJD

[@mjdxp5688]

Don't you just love it when you try to run a piece of software, but it has some dependency, so you try to install the dependency but that has its own dependency

[@imgamingbear662]

yep

[@doge7831]

and the dependency have a dependency

[@laz3664]

Welcome to the world of Linux packages, how can I help you

[@charlesdorval394]

@Marci Schneider Linux 2021... :P It just does it all for you aptomatically nowadays ;)

[@hansworthe]

I hate mjd

[@Dullrig]

Jesus Christ dude, I can't believe you actually had to explain how "OK" and "Apply" work. A lot of geniuses running around out here.

[@DaVince21]

I'M SO GLAD you mention the Apply/OK thing. I've had to contend with people who insist I'm wrong about the Apply/OK behavior and it's slightly frustrating every time someone mentions it.

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

Two videos in 24 hours? What a treat!

[@halami2149]

13:51 I would argue that it probably doesn’t help much with screen burn in, since the background is static. But I guess it would be better than having your windows desktop burned in

[@emrebakann]

7:20 the way you explain ok and apply buttons made me laugh so haaard 🤣🤣 im surprised some people dont know about that!

[@MeTheCoolDude]

I knew it, but it's slightly bad UX... maybe OK should be 'Apply & Close'

[@emrebakann]

@@MeTheCoolDude but it’s the way it is 🤷🏼‍♂️ maybe they tried to keep the buttons the same size and it became traditional.. Apply & Close would be a huge button besides cancel and apply

[@emrebakann]

@@0w3nn I understand that everyone has opinions but you’re dragging this too far.. it’s been 30+ years of windows os and there’s nothing not to be got used to..

[@gionder]

Omg, I was thinking "who the Frigg doesn't know that?"... I mean, have these people never tested it to see that it behaves like it does?

[@emrebakann]

@@gionder some act like they’ve seen the windows for the first time..

[@ZX3000GT1]

9:43 So it's an English copy of Windows XP, having a Japanese only 20th anniversary add-on installed, while the Control Panel is in French. *M R . W O R L D W I D E*

[@hullauttttt]

if you don't know, BetaCollectr actually made a comment in the CD-ROM Video reupload that says where the giant warped monitor came from. It was a prototype, basically, but it is really interesting. Also, amazing video! Also, I feel cool that I already knew about the "Apply vs. OK" thing

[@DominikoPL]

That was very fun and comfy video to watch. I'd love if that Japanese website browsing and translating was longer

[@MichaelMJD]

Thanks for the feedback! I appreciate it!

[@MetalTrabant]

Well, that "theme" was quite underwhelming to be honest... it's more of a lame icon pack than a theme. I was expecting something like Royale or Zune, those were cool!

[@DaVince21]

I'm surprised at how amateuristic the entire Windows theme is. Like it doesn't feel official at all, and even uses Flash player for its screensaver. And then there's the jarring MIDI-sounding startup sound. You'd think Microsoft would never OK it like this but I guess times were a little different.

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@DaVince21 it was Microsoft Japan, not Redmond, after all. Local, small release, for free.

[@YeOldeKamikaze]

Yeah. Many CDs died by burning for this lol.

[@PhirePhlame]

Did anybody else, when they first heard of this product, think it was commemorating the 20th anniversary of Windows XP itself?

[@hicknopunk]

I did

[@CesareVesdani]

This 20th anniversary CD was amazing. I never knew that such a CD existed before. Thanks for making the video on this CD.

[@FrontierGD]

“2000 came before ME, except after XP” Time to start teaching this in school

[@hicknopunk]

2000 came out before XP

[@white_mage]

5:21 im suprised they had those at the time, but did you know there also were 1080p crt monitors? and of the 16:9 kind like most screens today. there were also (and these are very rare) touch screen crts for computers.

[@rixius1005]

Windows Vista hype! I'm gonna be the first one to install this legendary new version of Windows, it's going to revolutionize everything we know about Windows and OS's for the better. Change is coming and it's on a Vista!

[@KoopaMedia64]

I came into this video thinking this was a 20th anniversary CD for Windows XP itself (2001 - 2021), then half way through the video I realized this is a 20th anniversary for Windows itself. I feel dumb and disappointed. Japan always gets the cool and unnecessary anniversary releases for weird stuff.

[@BookwormKevin]

Oh wow I wouldn't expect you to have Spongebob Krabby Quest and Wonderland Secret Worlds installed! I thought earlier it was cool how you played Marble Blast that one time and now I see you have 2 more obscure games I've played before lol

[@mayhair]

A pleasant surprise to see that theme just a few hours before my birthday :)

[@PavleYT]

Happy early birthday :)

[@theforerunnerreclaimer]

Happy birthday!

[@xXBeefyDjXx]

Hah, that tablet displayed in the video is one of HP's Tablets, I'm sure you've covered it before actually! In their docks they became awesome little XP machines for the period, I used to own one a few years back!

[@Nathan-jf6cg]

I got nostalgia when I saw the Nick Arcade application

[@MIXEDBYJS]

Nice vid MJD I love this videos it make me calm!

[@MIXEDBYJS]

@20th Video ®™ /WS2007 uh man I like his vids

[@chriswork3358]

Thanks for mentionning the whole "Apply" "OK" thing. Most people I work with seem to think that it,s necessary to click Apply everytime.

[@shanegeorge69]

LoL the sound effect for start up is a Midi converted to a.wav file, it uses the default horrible Microsoft Midi MS GS synthesizer, interesting indeed.

[@Gbrille]

Thank you so much to telling me about clean flash existing! Installed it now on my XP and 7 OSes machine along with basilisk for a flash browser (only is 64bit so win7) and now everything active x just work in every browser + flash games under basilisk... nice... very useful for childhood xp era pc and web stuff & old websites.

[@sladewatkins]

Michael: *drops video on my birthday (September 2nd)* Me: “Oh yay new MJD! Gotta see what this is…” Michael: *video is about Windows XP, the first operating system i ever used* Me: “Alright I’m old.” Loved this episode! :)

[@Bari-gd]

Nice nov 21

[@Bari-gd]

Im in 7

[@Bari-gd]

Bron in may of 2014

[@Bari-gd]

The yare i bron

[@HL1_EP1]

When I was watching this I just realised that Half Life 2 was meant to be run on Windows XP.

[@halami2149]

7:17 Omg thank you! I thought I was the only one who knew that! It’s so obvious, because when you click apply, the window stays open. What’s the point of the cancel button if “OK” just closes the window without saving changes? I completely forgot about that until this, but I’m glad you brought it up

[@DominatorHDX]

I'm always excited when MJD but also LGR posts a new vid. You guys should do a collab some time! 😉

[@chuuisinsane]

14:44 i swear to god that's made with the same exact generic MIDI sounds windows xp comes with

[@MondySpartan]

Having listened to a lot of MIDIs while playing Doom and especially its mods I can confirm. It’s indeed Microsoft’s default MIDI track/GS Wavetable Synth/Roland SC-55

[@FoxerTails]

Pretty much. Starting in Windows 98, yeah. Or to be more specific, the sounds are from the Roland SC-55 module which is where the default MIDI wavetables come from.

[@Arink22]

Egg

[@nslouka90]

That really wide monitor reminds me of the one Linus reviewed of LTT.

[@dinkarfowkar999]

Me too

[@zeze64.]

Thiccc wide one?

[@Lambdambient]

12:23 - "A long time ago In a galaxy far, far away"

[@MondySpartan]

So you have the old Steam (look at the icon!), as well as the games from it, classic Nick games and others...mjd really giving the 2005 vibes.

[@TheAlphaWoomy]

Still waiting to see that set of mock up discs completed with XP and Vista...

[@windestruct]

I wonder how it will perform on windows 10 since it's 20th anivessary but it's stil pretty cool

[@カイト高奈利亚46坂道P]

BTW, Server codename Longhorn build 5270 is a Beta 2 build of Windows Server 2008, I hope MIchael can make a history of Windows Server 2008(Beginning from Windows Server 2008 build 4028)

[@musicbyapo]

The question is: why they are releasing such a thing only in the japanese market? i'm sure it would perform better if they did it globally

[@ZekiPlus]

Cuz there are lots of people like MJD

[@eirinym]

My best guess is that Japan has a culture that really really responds to limited edition / special edition type promotions. Not every country responds as strongly as they do.

[@rando843]

@@eirinym That's definitely the case but I didn't expect it to also extend to operative systems tbh

[@Twilight7701]

Cool, also congrats on getting this Ultra Rare Windows XP pack

[@denisapanie]

finally the actual cd content also me: tries to comment youtube: verify its you me: ignores and tries to comment again youtube: again verifiy its you me: signs in *frustuation*

[@Arink22]

?

[@MaxwellCEdison]

Did you check the Appearance tab? I can't remember what the setting is called, but the place where you choose between the blue theme, silver, olive, etc. I think the Windows MCE theme was added there, so I would've thought there might be something there.

[@ultramagnushurts]

The curved monitor, Linus has actually done a video on a couple years back

[@NathanChisholm041]

What is it?

[@vivianciurus5326]

@@NathanChisholm041 it's a monitor, but it's curved

[@NathanChisholm041]

@@vivianciurus5326 No shit whats the brand?

[@vivianciurus5326]

@@NathanChisholm041 it's the way a product or company is perceived by people, basically some kind of identification of the seller

[@sonicsansic]

@@vivianciurus5326H A R D L A U G H I N G I N T E N S I F I E S

[@halami2149]

5:04 I finally found out the intermission music that’s so fitting that I like, thanks Shazam. It’s “For Good - Claps Music” apparently

[@theblubus]

Wait, people seriously didn't know that OK and Apply both apply the settings? wow. That hurt lol

[@CocoTheMii]

7:00 THANK YOU! This has been a massive pet peeve of mine for ages.

[@SunIsLost]

A minute of silence for those people who thought Michael actually knew Japanese.

[@sadmac356]

"That's a terrible rhyme, I'm sorry" dude that made me laugh

[@lolcatpl]

Only 9 years and mjd channel is gonna be 20 years!

[@VexedSteak]

we waiting

[@andresbravo2003]

A Rare Oddity for every Windows XP Fan.

[@MellowFeeling]

I've been waiting for this!

[@mswheatley]

I couldn't help laughing when you had to explain what the "OK" and "Apply" buttons do

[@dan339dan]

Pretty sure some Japanese applications might crash if they aren't being run with Japanese locales in XP. I think the message was just to shield the app from any blame

[@slendercraft]

Yep, Japanese software is really commonly region/locale locked.

[@kaitlyn__L]

Not to mention they don’t want any support calls for other regions asking why the text won’t show up properly.

[@Thensi72]

7:02 I didn't know it until in one of your windows 10 something something videos but I knew that you know what you're doing(only sometimes lol)so I learned it from you thx

[@iwillrockyourworld]

Thanks for another great video, sam!

[@MINI_91]

Windows XP and 95/98 are my favorite nostalgic Windows releases.

[@attack0nmem0ry]

@10:55 - The "????? ????..." error message: 😅 How much difficulty would it be to start putting that on some of your merch, MJD? Genuinely, I'm down.

[@2020boomstudios]

i loved the " you sound like.." video!!

[@Xodabeef]

7:45 HOW do people NOT know that???

[@charlesdorval394]

Oh wow, I haven't seen that MFC icon in years! Ah memories...

[@amichels]

Can you do an entire video on safe mode? The history of, what it does, all that.

[@mattm7220]

The Apply button must *always* be clicked before clicking OK. It's not about the fact that they do the same function, but it's the same as saving a game twice - you just do it to be extra, extra sure.

[@mattm7220]

@@0w3nn 😒 I somehow get the feeling that the satire went over your head

[@kaitlyn__L]

Hmm I think you’re missing a few dozen re-saves of the game there…. :)

[@ayanbadinoldchannel]

Gotta love how the Windows XP Startup sound changed into MIDI

[@microsoftword92]

Nice video michael watching all of your videos!

[@barneycalhoun7960]

i love the valve games at the background

[@cydragon2.099]

and yet Microsoft can't make an official Win Xp theme for Win10

[@DoctorWhom]

I haven't seen ANY theming within Win10, you get what they do, a bit of color can be tweaked is all that I've seen :(

[@bonnieredfern2232]

You should try installing the 20th anniversary software in Windows 10 or 11

[@ChaseMC215]

For those of you who still yell at him saying "OH YOU NEED TO HIT PRESS APPLY!!!", pressing OK does the same job as pressing Apply, the closing, but with the OK button, it does it all for you without the stress now stop yelling at him for not pressing Apply, because OK does the same job

[@WellBeSerious12]

Such a missed opportunity to use that screensaver background as the theme background.

[@Kalphalu]

Wow! What a suprise! He sounds like Michael MJD

[@tomanderson2006]

That's nice you found the cd

[@alextoolstudio]

i hope someone have a mp3 of the start up

[@lillywho]

12:54 Dadadaaaa daaa dadadaaaa daaa Seriously, just play Star Wars in your head to this... It makes sense! It fits!

[@sandystar3194]

I was singing it out loud the entire time xD

[@jamespearson6285]

I see Steam and other games on that VM... That means we have hope for Steam on Windows XP again, guys! You gonna do a video on that, Michael?

[@theforerunnerreclaimer]

Guys we need to like this to get it up top so micheal sees this

[@zeze64.]

@@theforerunnerreclaimer I think He did

[@CubeAtlantic]

ℹ️ remember when my parents used to have the 20th-anniversary for a long time but that (C.D disc) feels retro dead-serious xD

[@getnorgetout9425]

A 20th Anniverary Windows XP came out in 2005, when XP was only 4 years old?! I thought that this was going to be something that came out in 2021, since 2021 is the real 20th anniversary of Windows XP!

[@KarmaMan82]

Windows XP 64 bit is only in English available for installation. If you wanna localize your system, there are additional CD's with the language-packs on them. But the very special thing is, the Japanese and the German language-packs are on the same CD, (maybe since 1933 or 1945)!

[@DaVince21]

For a second, with that intro, I thought I was watching Marcel Vos with one of his Rollercoaster Tycoon videos. 😄

[@KingGamingReal]

"2000 came before ME, then Windows XP, then came along Mr. MJD."

[@kwsths499]

Oh boy, I remember the launch day of Windows Vista. I was like 2 years old then!

[@cfothough]

How would you remember that as a 2 year old?

[@kwsths499]

@@cfothough Idk, it's just stuck to my mind :/

[@cfothough]

@@kwsths499 I can't remember anything before when I was 4 years old except one random thing from when I was 3, that's incredible

[@skylarmyers1220]

great video Michael :) you should really try the vista beta lamfo

[@seths1997]

12:20 thought with that scrolling text it would play star wars theme

[@chrisdotexe]

Omg 24 years to discover that Apply just applies settings immediately 😮🤯

[@BilisNegra]

17:32 Have you noticed that little toolbar on the bottom left, above the taskbar? Pretty interesting, text input related, and clearly exclusive to Japanese XP. Would like to know more about it.

[@skoda8666]

That's present in the Chinese localisation too.

[@BilisNegra]

@@skoda8666 Makes sense, should have kind of guessed. Still, a little interesting thingie to see covered in detail, right?

[@LiEnby]

Thats the IME menu, it's for typing Japanese characters (hiragana, kanji and katakana) That acturally still exists in windows 10

[@opalmay]

Changing the locale settings through control panel should be enough to view Japanese text

[@MichaelMJD]

Yeah, I just had the Japanese XP VM set up so I figured it was a good excuse to use it lol.

[@maison2202]

13:36 Oooo, windows vista guys, its gonna be so amazing

[@iLikeFrutigerAero]

Love Ur Vids, MJD!

[@Kadencabs]

thanks for achieving it!

[@Vexcenot]

8:27 only a sith deals in absolutes

[@Cyclops_85Dcmb22]

watching your videos like riding a time machine👍

[@white_mage]

10:36 congratulations on having enough patience

[@xlamagamer3304]

7:00 You literally read my mind, I was going to comment that

[@AlkoholOgerLeonElektronik67]

7:32 this doesn't fully apply to one Windows smart screen behavior when marking it as "safe". There you have to click on apply and then ok, otherwise it just doesn't take effect (might be a bug).

[@saptadeepnath5664]

Never been so fast on an MJD video

[@mrscotti3224]

Nice video never been this early on a mid video ever!!!

[@TheGlitchyMario]

Can’t wait!

[@jackfrawley5187]

this is so funny and weird how i'm commenting on this video, exactly 20 years since windows xp's initial release date, 25th October 2021. i'm from the UK btw. :)

[@redacted493]

Very nice, now try running it on windows 10. EDIT:14th Sep 2021: Today I tested it and everything works as expected. This comment was intended as a joke, this theme will work on windows 10, probably.

[@maggiethegamer1271]

Actually no. Likely not

[@redacted493]

@@maggiethegamer1271 Yeah, you are probably right, I don't think those custom icons are gonna work. Sounds, wallpaper and screen saver SHOULD work. Should.

[@maggiethegamer1271]

@@redacted493 That's right. Everything but the icons should. At least that's what I think