This is 36 disks in 1. It will fit on a single DVD due to packing with a special app. Duplicate files are written only once so it will all fit easily. If you need a genuine key, you will need to buy it from Micro$oft.
This is the work of many dedicated souls. The one who put their work all together in this form is called SATHANAS. He was once a member here, but was banned for some reason or other and refuses to return. I agreed to post this for him because I used it and it is totally awesome. If you are a PC tech, you want this. Sathanas asked me to add here that if you have something negative to say about this, other than a bug you found or some legitimate issue, go find something else to do with your time. Nobody cares if you think XP sucks or is worthless. If you don't want this, fine. Don't download it. Move along now.
Work has been started on an official SATHANAS Windows 7 build, soon to be released.
Also in the works is a version of this disk with the ability to pack files to bootable usb drive. Many thanks to SPINNING CARROTS for his work on this project!
Changes since last release : 1) Updated Windows Updates through August 2011
Root certifcate update to June 2011; added KB2507938 (supersedes KB2476687 & KB2121546), KB2541763 (supersedes KB980436), KB2555917 (supersedes KB2525694), KB970159 User-Mode Driver Framework version 1.9 update for Windows XP, 2559049-IE8 (supersedes KB2530548-IE, KB2536276-v2 (supersedes KB2536276), KB2562937 (supersedes KB2508272), KB2566454, KB2567680, KB2570222 (supersedes KB956072), KB2570791 (supersedes KB2543367)
2) Updated MRT to v3.22
3) Updated Adobe Flash Player ActiveX Control to v10.3.183.5
4) Removed Burn Aware Free v3.3.1 (latest release forces Ask toolbar install)
5) Fixed issue of corrupted files in MCE builds
6) MCE builds now install with all latest updates for MCE
7) MCE builds now include Windows Digital Media Enhancements: Windows Dancer, Windows CD Label Maker, Windows Audio Converter, Windows Party Mode, Themes and Screensavers
Updated Klite Mega to v7.6
9) Updated VLC to v1.1.11
10) Updated Java Runtime to v7
11) Updated Revo Uninstaller to v1.93
12) Updated driverpack CHIPSET to v11.08
13) Updated driverpack GRAPHICS A to v11.07
14) Updated driverpack GRAPHICS B to v11.07
15) Updated driverpack GRAPHICS C to v11.07
16) Updated driverpack MASS STORAGE to v11.08
17) Updated driverpack MISC to v11.08
1 Updated driverpack HUMAN INTERFACE to v11.05
19) Updated driverpack RUNTIMES to v11.07
20) Updated driverpack GRAPHICS PHYSX to v11.07
21) Updated driverpack GRAPHICS LANGUAGES to v11.07
22) Updated driverpack MODEM to v11.07
If you are installing Media Center or Tablet editions and plan to enter a key and activate later, you must enter a key for that version to get it to install at all. If not, you'll end up installing XP Pro. So these keys will work for you to get MCE and Tablet to install, but will not activate:
OEM MCE) DTQ4X-9BFVC-G3T32-TQFR3-MF6DB
OEM TAB) XT67V-GY7FW-GR6FR-WDK2C-8T97J
Volume keys will activate corporate edition builds, but leaked keys such as this are likely to be blacklisted:
VLK MCE) D36RK-QDFFD-BTWWY-BT7KK-43MGM
VLK TAB) ?????-?????-?????-?????-?????
If you try using the above keys for Pro or Home and then comment here about how they don't work like some of the other downloaders have already, I promise to ridicule you for being an idiot.
IF ANY BUILD SEEMS TO FREEZE AT 23 MINUTES OR AT FIRST LOGON, PLEASE BE PATIENT AS THAT IS COMPLETELY NORMAL. AT 23 MINUTES, THE MS UPDATES ARE BEING INSTALLED. AT FIRST LOGON THE DRIVERS ARE INSTALLED.
Okay, here is the answer to the inevitable question, "What is the difference between these?"
First of all, only use Home with the intent of remaining legally licensed in the event you have a Home COA. If you have no license or just don't care, Pro is always better.
Use MCE if you have a PC with a TV tuner card and you want to record live TV, etc. Or again, if you have an MCE license.
You must use the right channel build to ensure it will accept your license key. The 3 channel builds are OEM, retail and corporate.
OEM means Original Equipment Manufacturer. If your PC is Dell, HP, IBM, Sony, eg. any brand name system, the license will be OEM. OEM licenses are often purchased by system builders for custom built systems also. If your license is OEM, it should say so on the certificate of authenticity sticker on your PC case. Any OEM key found on a COA sticker can be used to activate an OEM channel build unless that key has been used to activate Windows a maximum number of times. If an OEM key is active on multiple systems, Microsoft can see that and may blacklist the key causing WGA to go off and Windows Updates to be blocked.
Retail is the channel build sold in retail stores. Only retail keys will activate retail builds.
Corporate is a channel build that uses a volume license intended for use in large corporations that require hundreds of PCs to be licensed. They use a single key to activate them all, but the volume license has a maximum number of PCs it can be used on. Corporate channel builds are often used with leaked volume license keys (like the ones included for MCE and TAB VLK listed above) found online to pirate Windows. Such keys are inevitably blacklisted, causing WGA to go off and Windows Updates to be blocked.
Every single one of the 36 separate builds included on this disk contain Microsoft updates through August of 2011.
OEM system locked preinstall activation is used on all the OEM Advanced builds here. The keys used for activation are SLP royalty keys. They will only work for the OEM brand they were intended for, and they will not ever work to activate any version of Windows after it is installed.
A detailed list of supported OEM brands is listed at the bottom of this description.
The Attended with updates builds are untouched with the exception of MS updates. They should be used for doing repair installs or accessing recovery console. They contain no driver packs, text mode driver support,OEM preactivation, added programs or tweaks of any kind. They are as pure as the driven snow.
All Advanced builds contain the following automatically installed driver packs : - Chipset 11.08
- CPU 10.05
- Graphics A 11.07
- Graphics B 11.07
- Graphics C 11.07
- LAN 11.01
- Mass Storage 11.08
- Sound A 11.05
- Sound B 11.05
- WLAN 11.01
- Graphics Languages 11.07
- PhysX 11.07
- Runtimes 11.07
- Modem 11.07
- TV 10.05
- Human Interface 11.05
- Misc. 11.08
- Drivers are installed only for the hardware on your system. Excess drivers are removed.
All Advanced Standard and Ultra builds contain the following 3rd party applications preinstalled : - Cabarc 1.00.0601 (03/20/1997)
- MakeCab (05/31/200
- Copy To/Move To Context Menu Shell Extension
- HashCheck Shell Extension 2.1.11.1 (Code65536)
- Microsoft Calculator Plus 1.0 (Replaces calc.exe)
- Microsoft HighMAT CD Writing Wizard (KB831240)
- Microsoft Makecab 6.0.6001.22192 (From Windows Installer 4.5 SDK, doesn't mess up file dates)
- Microsoft OpenType Font Properties Extension 2.30
- Microsoft Power Calculator PowerToy 1.0
- ModifyPE 0.81
- Microsoft TweakUI PowerToy 2.10
- Unlocker 1.9.1
- UPX 3.07w
- Sun Java Runtime 7
- CuteWriter 2.8.0.2
- Teracopy 2.12
- Adobe Reader 10.1.0.534
- Adobe Flash Player ActiveX Control v10.3.183.5
- DVDShrink 3.2.0.15
- IMGBurn 2.5.5
- K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 7.6
- 7-zip 9.2
- Arcade Classics Pack 5.10
- VLC 1.1.11
- XP Vista Pack
- Revo Uninstaller 1.93
The following modifications are only found on Ultra builds : Removed Components : - Accessibility Options
- Briefcase
- Wordpad
- Music samples
- Old CDPlayer and Sound Recorder
- MSN Explorer
- Windows Messenger
- Blaster/Nachi Removal Tool
- Search Assistant
- Tour
- Error Reporting
- Messenger
Unattended Settings : Users : - Owner and Administrator active, Guest not active, no auto login
Regional : - Defaults set to English (US)
- Default screen resolution set to 1024x768
- IIS will not install
- Auto Updates disabled
Option : - Windows File Protection disabled
- TCP/IP patched to 100 connections
- Enabled Unsigned Theme Support
Tweaks : - Autoexec.bat set to not parse
- Desktop icons, Show: My Computer, Recycle Bin, Internet Explorer, My Documents
- Set Windows Explorer to detail view
- Set Control Panel to Classic view
- Disabled Beep on Errors
- Disabled prefix “shortcut to”
- Disabled shortcut arrow
- Set to display contents of system folders
- Set to launch folder windows in a separate process
- Allowed to rename and delete Recycle Bin
- Set to restore previous folders at login
- Set to show drive letters in front of drive names
- Set to show file extensions
- Set to show hidden files and folders
- Set to show OS system files
- Set to show the full path in the address bar
- Added Command Prompt to folder context menu
- Disabled Outlook Express link creation
- Google URL search enabled
- Set to keep IE history for 0 days
- Homepage set to Google.com
- Set IE Cache limit to 20MB
- Set IE to accept 10 connections at a time
- Disabled auto search for network folders
- Disabled LM HOSTS lookup
- Disabled restoring mapped network drives on login
- Enabled remote desktop
- Disabled tracking of broken shortcut links
- Disabled WBEM logging
- Alexa removed
- Set to always show updates under software
- Screensaver disabled
- Screensaver password protection disabled
- Added Device Manager and Event Viewer to My Computer context menu
- Added My Network Places to My Computer
- Admin Tools added to Start Menu
- Recent Documents list set to clear at logoff
- Start Menu Documents List disabled and removed
- Disabled highlighting newly installed programs
- All Start Menu Folders set to display as menu
- Max number of Start Menu Programs set to 30
- Set start menu and submenu delay to 20ms
- Help and Support removed from Start Menu
- Disabled hiding of inactive taskbar icons
- Disabled Language Bar
- Taskbar locked
- Windows Media Player set to accept privacy statement
- Disabled auto add music to library
- Disabled starting with Media Guide
- Set to zoom video to window size
Services : - Fast User Switching set to auto
- Help and Support set to manual
- IMAPI set to auto
- Indexing disabled
- Logical Disk Manager set to manual
- Net Logon disabled
- NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing disabled
- Remote Registry disabled
- Smart Card disabled
- Terminal Services disabled