XPero heeft zondag de derde bètarelease van versie 5 van XPize uitgebracht. Met dit programma kan de gebruikersinterface van Windows XP of 2003 worden opgefrist. Er zitten in Windows namelijk nog steeds plaatjes en iconen die al in Windows 95 te vinden waren. XPize past de originele plaatjes in meer dan 150 systeembestanden aan om zo iconen, animaties en dergelijke een ander aanzien te geven. Er is dus geen aparte software nodig om ze weer te geven. Verder kunnen eventueel ook de screensaver, het opstart- en inlogscherm worden aangepast.
In versie 5 is aan het eindresultaat niet zo heel erg veel veranderd. Wel is het installatieproces volledig op de helling gegaan en zal het programma nu ook met 64bit-versies van Windows XP en 2003 Server overweg kunnen. Om zijn werk te kunnen doen heeft XPize versie 2.0 van het .NET FrameWork nodig, en ook moet SP3 van Windows XP geïnstalleerd zijn. Deze bètarelease is alleen bedoeld voor de 32bit-versie van XP, maar in de volgende release zullen meer versies worden ondersteund. Mocht je de foutmelding krijgen dat SP3 niet geïnstalleerd staat of wil je het toch op de 64bis-versie van Windows XP willen proberen, dan vind je hier meer informatie. Hieronder zijn de release notes voor XPize 5 bèta 3 te vinden:
XPize 5 Beta 3 Release Notes
This is the second public release of xpize 5, released to coincide with the second release of the Anolis Installer software.
Change List:Installer Issues
- Now includes the Blue, Luna Element, and Black resource colour schemes. The Black scheme includes contributions by Zedox (author of XPize Darkside) and is a superset of XPize Darkside.
- Built on a newer release of the Anolis Installer framework
- XP navigation buttons brought back to Internet Explorer 7
- Windows Defender now patched
- Other than that, most of the other changes are in the Installer framework
Installation Issues
- The "Download Tools" feature doesn't work because I haven't configured the server yet, you'll notice the error is 404.
- Not all strings have been localised. If a localised string is missing the English equivalent will be used as a fallback. I'll need to get the translation volunteers to finish off the tables when it hits final. Let me know of any mistranslations.
- There is no way to opt-out of checking for updates, which means your IP address will be logged by my server. This is used only for geostatistical purposes and never used to identify you personally.
- Progress is not shown for the extraction of the package beyond "LZMA".
- The installer is not customised with xpize banner and watermark images.
- The "Show Log" button doesn't keep the log window up-to-date.
I386 Installation Issues
- For some reason screensavers aren't being applied. I'm setting the registry key right, but the Display control panel just isn't picking it up. I'm actively investigating.
- Custom file type icons aren't being set. This is because the code to work with file types hasn't been finished.
- The UxTheme patcher (based off DeepXW's Universal-patching heuristics-based approach) has not been tested. All but two of the included visual styles are compatible with the original unpatched UxTheme.dll. Let me know if it doesn't work or causes any kind of system error.
Uninstallation Issues
- The installer will refuse to handle the package if its condition="" doesn't match your system (i.e. if you're running XPx64 and want to patch an XPx86 ISO on your computer). Until the next release is out you can bypass this by adding the /ignorePackageCondition command-line switch (note that it is case-sensitive)
- Custom Windows setup artwork is not applied.
- Wallpaper files aren't removed, but the wallpaper setting is reset.
- Cursors aren't removed nor reset to their original setting.

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