Boot skin discussion

What problems do you have, you must remember that BootSkin at present is only an Alpha version, it will get better

For the time being you can report any problems here

im having problems. i cant get it to work when i try to use it just changes the color of my default boot screen. can you help me?

That prob is known.

If you are making a skin then make sure the Main pic and Progress bar have the same Palette

If it's one that you downloaded, then it's the same prob, but the authors fault

My system has a double boot...I was unable to use the Bootscreens at all...when I uninstalled it...it placed Windows in my recycle bin!! after messing around a bit I got it all back to normal ... Anyway...any suggestions? I have mfg still in my system ...their logo pops up when I boot...and then Windows XP Bootscreen......Seemed to download the program ok...but was unable to use it...Any ideas?

Sorry Footsie, that problem is beyond me, it would be best for you to email to the following

support@stardock.com

"it placed Windows in my recycle bin!!"

Oh that's not good. Best email SD support since this may be related to having a dual boot system (as some people have) and it'd be good for them to know what happened so this can be looked at.

"it placed Windows in my recycle bin!!"

I can remember times I wanted that to happen!!!!!!!!!

Ok, I can't import .bootskin flies, or export them. It says 'corrupted file error' for importing, and 'invalid filename or read-only directory' for when ii export. I can make ones myself, thats not a problem, but i want to use ones other people have made!

It's an alpha build and this is a known issue on some systems...if you're having this problem you're better off just not using it until it's a little more refined.

Kyro: there are a number of other threads here (and perhaps also the Help discussion board, I haven't yet checked) where people have similar issues. If you haven't already you might want to check them out and see if any info there helps. If not, well you could wait for a later build to come out and then see if people are still reporting those issues.

Thanks Stumpy and sig101!! I'll check it out! ...yrag gee 'whatebbah do yall mean sah?"{curtsy} hehehe Aw heck I'll figure something out...now no snickering at the rookie here

I have a suggestion; I don't know if this is the place to write it, but i will anyway

In a future version of the program, there should be a way to test out a bootskin without restarting the computer all of the time.

My main problem is that I have never rebooted since I installed it, and I probably won't for another week or two. Even if you rebooted three or four times a day you only see the image for like ten seconds, right? Dunno, to each his own.