Scorched Windows 95 and 98 Screenshots

See also: WinLogos

Here are screenshots of Windows and some programs hacked with Hackextr and Unikick (see SGTools package on Software download page and Winkicks on Articles & Documentation page). By the way, you can find most icons used on pictures below inside SGTools. All these screenshots were made 1997-1998.

Frequentry Asked Questions

Q: Is it real screenshots?
A: Yes! I just removed registration and version information from 2 screenshots and combined some screenshots together.

Q: Why?...
A: If you were sitting with Win 9x for a long time, you probably would understand it. Lame, buggy, slow system with ugly interface and periodical crashes which constantly screams: "I am the best!!! I am the most perfect!!! Microsoft rule!!!" and so on. Pretty controversial point of view, especially if you had seen OS/2 Warp Merlin. So I just wanted to make the system looking more self-critical, funny and just not like other's. That's all.

Q: Do/did you do the same things with any newer versions of Windows?
A: No! I moved to Linux and I have no interest in Window$. Under Linux, I really enjoy the environment and I don't feel like to do any stuff like that with KDE or Gnome :)

Q: Can you give me hacked files (executables)?
A: No. I don't even have ones. Everything is lost under sands of time.

Q: Was that (a modification of binary files) in violation of Windows (or other) EULA?
A: First, I consider that as a "fair use". I didn't do any analyse of code or decompilation and I didn't distribute changed files nor I would. I just "configured" the system to look more like what I want; this is not anyhow related to illegal copying or stealing "great" Micro$oft's programming ideas from their code ;) Second, it all was done that old-good time when there was no any problem pirating and hacking any software in Russia!