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What is Windows
XP Ultimate Edition?
Windows XP Ultimate Edition is a custom Windows XP Professional Edition that
includes several software integrated as components that in my point
of view should of have always been part of windows.
This is not an official release from Microsoft. |
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Why
did you do it, and share it on the internet?
It all started when I "broke up" with vista and went back to XP.
I gave up on Vista mainly because of it's incompatibility with many
software, hardware and it's bugs.
Also when wenting back to XP, I missed some of the Vista features...
so I started researching and integrating software into XP that would
give me a reasonable Vista experience.
As I did not find software that would emulate some of the Vista
Features the way I wanted, I just made them myself - that's the case
with the Drive Monitoring Process that displays a usage space graph
bar for each Drive, and the XP Ultimate Dreamscene Wallpapers.
In an attempt to go further, I also tried to recriate the MacOS and
Linux GUIs in XP.
And today I use mostly the MacOS GUI :-)After I did some of the
earlier XP Ultimate versions, I shared them only with my friends
that at the time promised to not leak it into the internet. Although
they all kept their promise, they also started to put pressure on me
that it was really good and should be shared with the world.
Eventually I gave in and started posting the releases at "The Pirate
Bay". |
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Where can I get it?
To download it, please refer to the
download page.
Note that it is advisable to download from the Official Release
Sites and their respective Official Uploaders.
Many users have also uploaded Windows XP Ultimate to several torrent
sites, but although the intention is good as helping to distribute
it, I cannot guarantee that it is not changed in any way from my
Official Release. |
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Why is the ISO 4GB?
There are a couple of things that make the ISO that big.Here are
the most relevant:
- Dreamscene Wallpapers: about 1GB
- Nero: about 660MB
- Windows Dancers: about 550MB
- Frameworks: about 280MB
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Does Windows XP Ultimate have viruses, my AV just flagged a couple
of files?
No. Windows XP does not have any viruses of any kind. In fact each
release is carefully checked before uploading.
If your Anti-Virus is flagging any file as a virus, it is a False
Alert.
Cross-Check with other anti-virus and update your virus definition
database.Windows XP Ultimate Edition has all it's custom
configuration and repair tool files compiled with programming tools.
As some viruses are also made with these same programming tools, some of
these Windows XP Ultimate's configuration files may be mistakenly
flagged as viruses(False Positives).
Normaly AV companies will take this into account and most likely
following virus definitions will no longer trigger the False
Positives.
Also feel free to send any flagged file to any AV company for
analisys.
But then again, make sure you are downloading from the official
Release Sites and Uploaders. |
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Does Windows XP
Ultimate include any Support?
Windows XP Ultimate Edition is provided for Free and As It
Is, with no guarantees or professional support.
The only support is this website and the comunity at the
Official Release Sites. |
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I have emailed you, but have not recieved any answer! What's up?
I recieve many emails for all reasons... and only reply back
occasionally.
The available time for Windows XP Ultimate is mostly spent on
developing, tracking and fixing any bugs left. |
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Only a few seeders to download from, why is that?
At the begginning will only be one seeder...
I have limited upload bandwidth so it will take a while to make the
first hundred seeders.
Anyway, I'm using super seeding to eliminate most of the
redundant upload and make the initial seeding as fast as possible.
After a few days there will be several seeders and the download will
be fast.
Thank you for all your offers of servers and of uploading, but it
wouldn't matter cause I would still have to upload and it would
still take all this initial time.. :-) |
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Can I upgrade
from previous release?
No. Please make a clean install.
Windows XP Ultimate is complex and it uses several diferent
installers for the diferent components and upgrading will most
likely mess any part of the install process or even hang up the
whole setup.
It's just not possible to make an upgrade due to all of the install
processes merged in the whole setup! |
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I
can't restart from the DVD, did I do something wrong?
First make sure you burned it properly.
You only have to burn the downloaded ISO as an image to a
DVD - do not extract, it's ready to be burned.
After properly burning it, restart your PC with the DVD inserted and
upon restart go to the BIOS and make sure the PC is set to boot
first from the DVD Drive which contains Windows XP Ultimate.
Exit the BIOS and let it reboot, you will see a message like "Press
a key to start from DVD..." - just press any key and it will enter
the first phase of the setup. |
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The setup is in the "Installing Components" and is taking so long, why is
that?
This is normal, Windows XP Ultimate takes longer than standard XP
Pro to install.
It's just impossible to install a larger amount of components and
software in the same amount of time as standard XP takes!
The Frameworks (1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5) will take the majority
of the time - about 15 to 20 mins... the other components will be
faster.
Also on the last phase of the setup, Nero will take most of the
time. |
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Can I use my purchased
key?
Yes you can and you should.
Windows XP Ultimate will accept any V.L. Key.
To insert your key you can use
WinKeyFinder
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Can
I disable any of the XP Ultimate components?
Yes, the way you disable it depends on the component:
- Some components load trough the Ultimate Services process:
Go to Start -> All Programs -> Ultimate Services
Configuration
- Some components/software have their own options to be
disabled - just go to their settings/options menus
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Windows XP Ultimate DreamScenes and Internet Explorer 8?
XP Ultimate Dreamscenes are based on IE's Active Desktop
technology.
With IE8, microsoft marks the abandoning of Active
Desktop in detriment of web slices.
This will cause the following
dreamscene issues to XP Ultimate users running IE8:
- First Dreamscene will load fine. Following dreamscenes won't
load.
Workaround: Load the desired dreamscene and then log
off and on again. Upon login on again the previously loaded new
dreamscene will show up.
- With IE8, XP Ultimate Dreamscenes will use more CPU than
usually with IE7.
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I
have Realtek HDA, but my sound doesn't work?
Well, XP
SP3 doesn't fully support the Realtek HDA Bus so, you'll have to install the
HDA Bus HotFix (KB835221)
first.
After that you'll have to install the drivers for your
sound card. |
