Software update: XPize 4.2 beta

XPero has released a new version of XPize, 4.2 beta. This program is intended to spice up the user interface of Windows XP or 2003. There are still pictures and icons in Windows that have sometimes not changed since Windows 95. XPize modifies more than 150 system files to modify icons (from 32×32 to 128×128), animations and images. Furthermore, the screen saver and the start-up and login screen can also be adjusted as an option. on this page several screenshots can be admired. XPize is available in a normal and a Lite version, the latter of which lacks the icons in the 128×128 format. The changelog for this release shows the following changes:

Resources:

• Improved 16×16 icon size of icon 101 in regedit.exe
• Modified icon 161 in shell32.dll

Extras:

• Fixed Royale listed in Display Properties
• New method for Boot Screen installation
• New method for applying wallpaper
• Logon installation optimised
• Custom icons installation optimized
• Added Fedora Inverse cursor scheme

XPize Reloader:

• Keeps track of the default XPize visual style, cursor scheme and wallpaper settings (optional)

i386 Patching:

• Renamed to “Create a XPized Windows ISO” (Patches a given Windows installation source and creates an ISO)

switches:

• Internal improvements (easier to manage)
• /dest and /mode=normal switches no longer available

Installer:

• No need to uninstall previous versions
• Installation types (Full, Lite and Express)
• New Maintenance Mode page when XPize is already installed
• New Extra Options page (Reloader on Startup, MS Dlg pointer to Tahoma and backup desktop settings)
• New method for Restore Point creation
• Checks if user is on 64-bit version of Windows
• Improved cleaning after installation

uninstaller:

• Restores the exact visual style used before installing XPize (if selected so in the installer)
• Restores the exact wallpaper used before installing XPize (if selected so in the installer)
• Restores the exact cursor scheme used before installing XPize (if selected so in the installer)
• Uninstallation optimized (only uninstalls what needed although everything selected for removal)
• Improved cleaning after uninstall

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