OMG.
Take no notice people....this guys obviously a noob PC user.
Looks like he does things the(very)long way round. LOL.

There is no need to use the recovery console to repair an OS (windows) that will not boot due to a dodgy bootskin run.
And most deffinately no need to freakin format and re-install your OS, thats crazy S**T.
Its a 3 key press 5 second process,,,,,,job done.

And it goes like this.......derrrr......during 'POST' (power on self tests) which is the period your bios runs its hardware checks b4 booting from your OS/HDD, you need to hit your relevant F key (bios's vary) to bring up your menu for safe mode boot and the simply choose the 'last good know configuration' (or similar worded option) with your arrow keys, hit 'enter',,,,,job done,,,,,now your OS will boot with its last known boot screen that worked. Its as simple as that and if your doing any more,,,,tut tut, LOL.

If you cant find your F key for the menu then just keep rebooting your PC and it may automatically (and should) give you the menu, if it doesnt after 5+ reboots then hit the reset button or cut the power to the machine just before the point where it crashes and do that 5+ times then leave it to try and boot fully and it should deffinately give you the menu.
Either way, every bios has this option so its down to you to find it and use it.

Freakin format n install, OMG.

Try this problem.........  
A few months back i started using bootskin. For the 1st week i was fiddling with different skins untill i got bored of fiddling and stuck with one i liked (vista blue to go with my vista blue logon and vista windowblind).
Recently i had PC issues (not related) and as a clean install was in mind prior to the issues anyway i decided to clean install my OS and did.

So after the usual drivers and security software put on after the clean install i install BootSkin on C:, import a skin (from another drive) preview it (ok), apply it (ok), reboot, and the default skin appears not my selected one.
Ive tried all versions of Bootskin, all do the same. So i defaulted my bios settings, no good, ive tweaked my bios settings, no good.
I dont have LogonStudio or WindowBlinds installed now just BootSkin.

As the version i had before worked im puzzled. I have no new hardware, my machine hasnt changed.
I know BootSkin doesnt work with some bios but it did with mine before my clean XP install, and a havent changed my bios version, just the settings have been played with.

So what the hell has changed to make it not work?
Please, someone help me out here as i love my modded bootskins (i didnt realise how much till they were gone).
Does anyone know something else i might try?

Heeeeeeelp!

All you have to do is press F8 when the BIOS flashes, boot into safemode, and disable Bootskin. No need to go into the recovery console or any of that nonsense.

When I Use the Bootskin App to change the skin then reboot to check it , I notice that I can still see the original win xp bootscreen , just for a second then the one i switched to comes on . . .is there away around this prob . . or does it happen with everyone lol.

I agree with Bebi, hit F8 during bootup and enter safe mode when prompted, login and disable bootskin or select another bootskin that you know worked without any problems previously.
Messing with recovery console just takes too long, rebooted the 'puter into safe mode is fast, fixes the problem, no software to uninstall and no harddrive to format.

Entering windows safe mode is actually a great way to clean up virus & spyware infections on your pc. Don't run your spyware & virus scanners in windows regular mode, reboot into safe mode and run those malware scanners, you will definitely catch & fix more malware related problems.

asm124, bootskin will not verify if your bootskin was created properly - that responsibility lies with the author who creates the bootskin. I will download your bootskin when I get a chance and I'll see what the problem might be (resolution, using a color palette with more than 16 colors, progress bar & bkgrnd image don't share the same 16 color palette, progress bar runs off the edge of the screen, etc.), there could be several things causing this problem. The quick peek I had at it shows the progress bar running pretty close to the bottom right corner of the screen and very close to the right edge, that could be causing bootskin to bluescreen on your pc, I like to keep my progress bars away from any of the edges as I've seen a few bluescreens at my end when placing the progress bar close to the edges.