SP2 & Stardock

February 22, 2006 2:06 AM from

This may seem like a silly/obvious question but I remember when Service Pack 2 came out for XP Microsofts knowledge base said that bootskin would stop working after installing. I was wondering if that had been fixed or was still a problem?

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Reply #1 February 23, 2006 12:16 AM from

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don't know, bootskin has never worked for me.

Reply #2 February 23, 2006 5:24 AM from

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Apparently SP2 did cause bootskin issues for some, I use bootskin on Windows XP Home SP2 with no problems.

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Reply #3 February 23, 2006 11:58 AM from

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It is hardware specific. I'm not able to run it on one of my Sony Laptops.

Reply #4 February 23, 2006 12:07 PM from

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I can still run it fine.

Reply #5 February 23, 2006 12:25 PM from

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The knowledge base article didn't say it WOULD stop working, it said it it MAY stop working....

This problem may occur if you use the BootSkin program from Stardock Corporation.

To resolve this problem, turn off BootSkin before you install Windows XP Service Pack 2.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];873159

Reply #6 February 23, 2006 12:36 PM from

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grrr... cannot make the link work.

Reply #7 February 23, 2006 1:00 PM from

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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;873159

Reply #8 February 23, 2006 4:55 PM from

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Thanks for the feedback guys and gals.

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