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October 10, 2005 12:54:54 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
Hi, How do I create my own bootskins for Win XP?
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Reply #1 October 10, 2005 1:13:22 PM
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for some reason the pics aren't showing up for me now.
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Reply #2 October 10, 2005 1:14:16 PM
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Reply #3 October 10, 2005 1:29:03 PM
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Thanks I'll give it a try!!!
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Reply #4 October 10, 2005 8:02:47 PM
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I gave the second one a try -- followed everything but the whole thing ended up in one color. Any tips?
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Reply #5 October 10, 2005 8:25:46 PM
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bootskin has to be in 4bit I believe. depending on the program you use, some programs don't scale the color down the way you want. Try Irfanview for after the pic is done. Open the pic in Irfanview and under image, decrease color depth. The progress bar has to be the same colors as the main I think. Never made a bootskin...have trouble just getting it to work.

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Reply #6 October 25, 2005 7:12:49 PM
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at time, when i activate bootskin and try to start up my computer, the screen will just go black and the computer wont start, when i deactivate bootskin the problem dosnt occur, what should i do to prevent it from not starting up and keep bootskin activated?
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Reply #7 October 25, 2005 9:59:32 PM
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Hello........had same thing on my old dell.......Click here https://www.stardock.com/products/bootskin/ ........look for:Alternative Versions:
Some drivers and bios makers "break the rules" which can cause BootSkin to not work correctly. If you experience that, you can remove BootSkin by deleting \windows\system32\drivers\vidstub.sys. And then try one these alternative versions:
BootSkin 1.02
http://storage.stardock.com/files/bootskin102_free.exe
BootSkin 1.03
http://storage.stardock.com/files/bootskin103.exe

Hope this helps
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Reply #8 October 26, 2005 2:16:51 AM
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Will be making a tutorial on Bootskins in awhile so stay tuned...
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