Current Poll: Boot Screens?

The screen that comes on before the logon.

On 2K/XP? That first one with the little blue progress bar on the bottom you mean?

Yes

Ah... okay. Thanks. I would never have even thought of skinning that thing, it goes by so fast.

Same here. I'm clearly out of touch.

Skin it, but don't blink. You might miss it.

Indeed, I use to change the one on my puny Mac all the time, it would really be nice to be able to so with a Stardock product for Windows.

I'd much rather see HoverDesk than bootscreens.......... why do people worry about something so trivial? How often is it even seen, and  for only a few seconds?

I'm surprised Rainlendar isn't in the poll.

Bootscreens seem to be increasingly popular though. In addition to hacking it yourself there is BootXP and another application that can change them. How safe it is depends I suppose on the user's ability to get things back to normal if anything screws up.

I tried the BootXp for 1 day and didn't care for it. Resolution & quality were low & I didn't like the way it hacked the file, so I uninstalled it. Like was said before, It's something not often seen and not for very long (hopefully). For me it just wasn't worth it.

I don't restart my computer enough to even notice the 'Bootscreen'...It's only 16 color...why bother? Why mess with the ntoskrnl.exe for a couple of seconds of a crappy display?

Strange they are as popular as they are.

I'm also surprised Rainlendar was not on the poll...Seems there has been far more requests for Rainlendar

Rainlendar is nice indeed, but now you can make a nice calendar with Desktop X too.

But... I want a Trillian section!!!!!!!

rainlendar was my vote in the 'other' category in wc's latest poll. there are plenty enough bootscreen choices on other sites to warrant putting it on wc. imo. as far as bothering to change bootscreen, as brief as it is seen(or isn't), it's still nice to change to complete your customizing experience.

Sorry ,I picked bootscreen because i didnt know anything about the others.Maybe I should have picked other,but what other?Hoverdesk sounds interesting,but I only know what I read in Frogboys primer.

Plus I restart my pc at least twice a day,tho a bootscreen really isnt important.

Now that I think about it,YZ's Toolbar comes to mind,or better yet a Stardock version .If your not familiar with it,hers a SS.Notice the new icons and missing microsoft flag.Koasati turned me on to this.

https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=13&SkinID=2496

I.R: Stardock already has a product doing that, it's called WebBlinds. But it does also a few other things such as skin IE (kinda like a IE only version of Windowblinds), block popups, etc.

Thats right!Keila told me about that!Looks like a great program but I dont have a full OD subscription yet and YZ was free.And since I run WB IE is skinned already.WebBlinds looks considerably more powerful tho.

I'm with Koa-san on this one. Hoverdesk I see/use all the time - bootscreen/logon I hardly ever see, since my pewter is on 24/7

Go Trillian!

I really thought Aston would have done better.

Bootscreens seem to be popular, but I would imagine that theyre not too much different from walls. I dont know what Aston or Hoverdesk is/are so, I cant say if they're (IMHO) worth creating a new section for. I vote for trillian as I use it frequently and could use some new skins aside from the ones on its home page.

An idea for the next poll...Who's you're favorite mod/admin?

I go with Madam Snowman there.... my sys is on 24/7 anyway too, 'cept during installs, & then they go by in a matter of a second or two. I don't personally see any real reason to skin something i see maybe 3 or 4 seconds total in a month.
I still want to see some high-quality skins for Trillian...they have a few good ones at home, but im sure we could see some amazing stuff from the artistic geniuses posting here.

Paxx,thanks for pointing out WebBlinds,...I forgot to say YZ's Toolbar works for all explorer windows,not just internet explorer.That was what I originally was looking for,a way to get rid of the ms flag.Should be possible for Stardock to come up with something similar or better.Maybe part of icon packager or WB itself.It just looks so much cleaner without that durn flag and the custom icons are nice.

I used to have a matrix boot screen. I found that sometimes when you mess with changing the boot screen. Windows don't like it so it acts funny. Wait, that's normal. What am I saying geez. Ok, forget that. But I don't see the point in changing the boot screen unless your that bored.