Give me a choose operating system screen

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I decided to give BootSkin a try and loaded it. When I restarted my machine, it started giving me an option of "which operating system" I wanted to use, WindowsXP (bootscreen) or WindowsXP - it didn't matter which one I chose, I still got the windows standard screen... so I decided that it wasn't working and a pain with the extra stop to select my bootscreen, so removed the program. Well, it's not on my system any more... but I still get the option every time I start my computer. I hate it! Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks!
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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
reboot into
Safe Mode, delete Bootskin and remove vidstub.sys from system32 folder.
Galactic Civilizations III
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
did it work?
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

I have the same problem for a year!!

 Bichur, your advise doesn't work, because i can't find file "vidstub.sys" both in safe and normal mode.

please Help anybody!

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

This post is almost 2 years old since last comment. What version of Windows are you using?

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

this post is going on 2 yrs old, so:

 

which OS?

which version of bootskin?

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Is this being broadcast throught S.E.T.I. Jodrell Banks?

Judging from the lag involved between question and answer, the Romulans are at the other end of this thread.

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

 

 

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 7
Is this being broadcast throught S.E.T.I. Jodrell Banks?
End of DrJBHL's quote

 

:O  

 

(first one didn't work sorry)

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Is this being broadcast throught S.E.T.I. Jodrell Banks?
End of quote

Nope!  It was Dr Who's assistant, who just got back from a trip into time and space... apparently they thought it was yesterday two years ago.

:-"

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

If 'tomorrow' can never come, why 'yesterday' should go in just two years  |-O   

Hint: tomorrow never comes

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Because when it does it's already today. Wait til yesterday gets here then the fun begins.o_O

Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top

I specially choose this topic, because this problem started approximately(very approximately)) in the same time.

Now about 2 questions from  Bichur

1)Windows XP SP3, but when I had been installing bootskin, I had Windows XP SP2

2) It's difficult, I don't remember version.

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Try again installing the latest version. It should work.

 

Because when it does it's already today
End of quote

The same, When yesterday goes, it's day before yesterday and so forth not yesterday. O:)

Reply #15 from Stardock Forums Top

if I should only applied default skin, then it doesn't work. Still system give me a choice  :'(

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I specially choose this topic, because this problem started approximately(very approximately)) in the same time.

Now about 2 questions from  Bichur

1)Windows XP SP3, but when I had been installing bootskin, I had Windows XP SP2

2) It's difficult, I don't remember version.

End of quote

 

just wanted to make sure you didn't try installing BSkinVista on XP

 

if I should only applied default skin, then it doesn't work. Still system give me a choice
End of quote

 

which is probably one of the reasons: BootSkin XP is no longer supported and is available only on an "as is" basis.

Try again installing the latest version. It should work.
End of quote

not necessarily, that's one reason it's no longer supported

Reply #17 from Stardock Forums Top

just wanted to make sure you didn't try installing BSkinVista on XP
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I am sure, I installed bskin xp

e.g. there is only one decision, re-installing system?

Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Lanfren, reply 18
YEA! I found the problem and corrected it!
End of Lanfren's quote
What was the problem?  What was the correction?

Reply #20 from Stardock Forums Top

Problem, which describes in first post.

 now about coorection:

1)make available close(secret) folder

2) Open file  C:\Boot.BAK

3) there are 2 almost same lines:

 

   I) multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional RU(bootscreen)" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT /usepmtimer

 

   II) multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional RU" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT /usepmtimer

4)  Now delete one of these lines (which you don't like)

Reboot system and enjoy!

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Reply #21 from Stardock Forums Top

Just wanted to let people know what worked for me, as I couldn't find boot.BAK, I believe the file we want is boot.ini, but I don't know if there are multiple ways to do this :)

 

Here is how to edit boot.ini and fix this problem:

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289022

 

 

Hope that helps some people!