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I feel slightly ashamed that I spent enough time using Windows XP that was able to spot that this was a clone based on the fonts and shadow effects alone.

Nice effort though.

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It could be a badge of honor! You used the system so much that clones can't fool you. To be fair, Windows text rendering does have a very specific look that's difficult to perfectly replicate without using the actual Windows APIs.

I'm sure some here could look at a screenshot of the same text rendered on Windows, macOS, and Linux and tell them apart.

Also the Windows boot loading bar was way too smooth.

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