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Black Edition
Nov 25 2007, 9:43 pm
By: Echo  

Nov 25 2007, 9:43 pm Echo Post #1



I went to my cousin's house few days ago for Thanksgiving and I saw Windows XP Black Edition. It seems to have like all features of Vista, kind of, but more like windows xp. It looked pretty cool because it was black and gray. I thought it was just the background but I googled it and I saw that other people had it. There is a video that shows from features of Black Edition of youtube. Anyone knows what this is? I know you can't buy it but you can download it. I read some rumors on it saying it has hidden viruses and such.



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Nov 25 2007, 9:59 pm Doodle77 Post #2



It's a theme.



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Nov 28 2007, 3:48 am Echo Post #3



Does anyone know if it really have a virus? It looks pretty huge for just a theme though. You have to download like a million files.



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Nov 28 2007, 7:17 pm Kow Post #4



Does it run faster?



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Nov 29 2007, 12:23 am Echo Post #5



If it is a theme, it would probably run slower.



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Nov 29 2007, 1:05 am Riney Post #6

Thigh high affectionado

Bad echo, you know better than illegal stuff :D



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Nov 29 2007, 4:02 am lil-Inferno Post #7

Just here for the pie

Quote from Dark_Marine_123
Bad echo, you know better than illegal stuff :D
Illegal stuff for the loss, I don't even really know if you mean the compooter was black and gray or if it was the screensaver, anyway, have fun? :mudkip: .




Nov 29 2007, 4:15 am Echo Post #8



I explained what it was. It was a type of Windows XP, not the color of the computer or screen saver... It isn't even illegal, it is a mod.



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Nov 29 2007, 6:17 pm Kellimus Post #9



Man, some people just don't read throughly........




Or they're too dumb to digest what has been said *shrugs*



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Nov 29 2007, 11:57 pm Echo Post #10



Clearly...



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Nov 30 2007, 12:35 am Riney Post #11

Thigh high affectionado

Most mods are illegal, they make the Geniune check fail, and Microsoft only supports their professional skinning tool, and Windowsblinds



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