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Reply #26 November 19, 2003 6:48:37 AM
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I don't know why I do it but I have a habit if I have to reboot when everything is done loading, I kill the calendar. Even though it doesn't use up hardly any memory.
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Reply #27 November 19, 2003 7:52:27 AM
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as others do I switch off my pc before I go to bed and restart it the following morning, and although the bootscreen is visible for only a few seconds it just rounds off that front end nicely...

exactly the same thing with logon screens, which I don't use to actually log on with, but they do make a sneaky little appearance as my pc boots or shuts down

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Reply #28 November 19, 2003 7:57:32 AM
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I have a question for all of you people who never seem to reboot your computers.. Are you using the latest versions of WB? The reason I ask is that it seems EVERY time I've installed the latest veriosn of WB from SDCentral it's made me reboot my computer.. Does everyone else just ignore that reboot the PC prompt? On a more thread friendly note, I will absolutely use the new BootSkin app once it gets a tad more polish. I am specifically waiting for it to support more colors..

If I need to take this question to another thread I will I just thought it fit in here because of the comments about never rebooting and all..



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Reply #29 November 19, 2003 8:21:51 AM
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Snowman doesnt use Bootskin
 since my machine is on 24/7, a bootscreen changer is kinda.... useless to me
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Reply #30 November 19, 2003 8:39:27 AM
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dont see the use of rebooting, the powercosts are not an issue, so why turn it off? I also have a server running full time, that one is quite packed away so I acces it trough my main machine
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Reply #31 November 19, 2003 9:34:55 AM
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Then please answer the two queries, How do you update WindowBlinds and get it too work without rebooting?





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Reply #32 November 19, 2003 11:13:41 AM
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Not everyone uses windowblinds. Even those who do, does it force you to reboot more than once a week?
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Reply #33 November 19, 2003 11:22:05 AM
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Well on my sisters XP computer the boot screen is only up for a good 3 seconds; Maybe less.

and she doesn't like skinning so no Boot Screen on hers


Can't use it on my win98 computer sooo....

I don't use them.
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Reply #34 November 19, 2003 11:27:43 AM
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Oh and the rebooting when updating to a new version of windowblinds:

I think you can just not reboot, but the new updates won't be in use until you do.

Or not update to the new windowblinds.


Me, I turn my computer off all the time. Not sure anymore if that extends the life of the computer or not. I use to assume so but now I don't know.

Keeps the electic bill low.



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Reply #35 November 19, 2003 2:19:19 PM
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I use it, mostly because I find the default WinXP Pro bootscreen to be ugly. Yes, it's just a few seconds every couple of weeks, but that's just one less thing left to the MSFT default

BTW, does anyone know if it'll just be the bootscreen, or will it be extended to the hibernate screen, etc? If it's extended to the hibernate screen, that's definitely a good thing as I see it several times a day.
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Reply #36 November 19, 2003 2:43:41 PM
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I use BootSkin! I only see the images for about 5 seconds per week, but I do use them. I think its gonna be great once the program is fully refined.

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Reply #37 November 19, 2003 7:10:57 PM
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I installed a bootskin because I am a skinning junkie, but after receiving the blue screen of death (WINXP) on boot up i uninstalled.

Morning routine:

get to work.
switch on computer
make espresso
get to work.

marsh



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Reply #38 November 20, 2003 2:09:42 AM
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I use them. I have a laptop and i turn off my laptop before i put it in my bag to carry somewhere else to use (aw the beauty of a laptop).


Same here, same reason. No I don't use them on my desktops because I rarely reboot them either. However my laptop may be rebooted several times a day so the skins are nice.
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Reply #39 November 20, 2003 2:12:53 AM
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We had a poll on what sections people wanted. Rainlendar got creamed. It had its shot. It'll get another shot someday in the future but the poll results weren't even close.
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Reply #40 November 20, 2003 2:20:33 AM
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Not everyone uses windowblinds. Even those who do, does it force you to reboot more than once a week?


No....I'm not quite getting why folks are getting scolded for not letting WB reboot. I only reboot when I have to, which includes when a program needs it. Sheesh.
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Reply #41 November 20, 2003 2:24:42 AM
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How often does somebody update their software? And I don't think a new version of WB comes out once a week
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Reply #42 November 20, 2003 2:43:04 AM
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I installed a bootskin because I am a skinning junkie, but after receiving the blue screen of death (WINXP) on boot up i uninstalled.


Are you sure you didn't do something to Windows to cause this problem. Are you sure that your hardware is not faulty. Stardock said that BootSkin does not hack Windows.

The only BSODs during boot up on XP I ever had was caused by a hardware problem.



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Reply #43 November 20, 2003 5:35:36 AM
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i'm using a bootscreen also..pretty nifty actually
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Reply #44 November 20, 2003 1:36:17 PM
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does anybody here turn on their computer and walk away from it to do something else until the Longon screen comes on?



That is another reason why I don't see the boot screen on my sisters computer.

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Reply #45 November 20, 2003 2:32:48 PM
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does anybody here turn on their computer and walk away from it to do something else until the Longon screen comes on?


Are you kidding? I could make lunch while this thing reboots. In fact I just did....Started Stardock Central, ran the updates, rebooted, went to kitchen....mmm, sandwiches.
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Reply #46 November 20, 2003 6:13:34 PM
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In typical Kona fashion, I am going to contradict myself.

I started using bootskins yesterday, and no problems. I love em.
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Reply #47 November 20, 2003 6:14:56 PM
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@ Kona
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Reply #48 November 20, 2003 6:15:51 PM
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Is the counter off? It says 46 and we are not to that number yet
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Reply #49 November 20, 2003 6:19:05 PM
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it says 44 for your last post, this one will be 45.
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Reply #50 November 20, 2003 6:26:45 PM
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...counter..Kona....counter

yrag thinks we're back to counting fingers



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