Skin Your PC From Start to Finish with These Great BootSkins
Customize your PC from start to finish.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 by Zoomba | Discussion: WinCustomize News
So you've skinned your PC with a WindowBlinds skin. You've switched up your wallpaper, applied an icon package, tried a custom cursor and have some great DesktopX widgets running in the background. You've even applied a custom Logon screen. You have successfully skinned 99% of your Windows experience. But there's still that annoying 1%, that one moment when turning on your computer that your senses are assaulted by the horrors of "default settings".
Yes, I'm talking about your boot screen.
If you're a Windows XP user, BootSkin will allow you to swap out the standard Windows XP loading screen you see when you turn your PC on. Take control of the last unskinned element of your PC!
Here are some great BootSkins you should try if you decide to give the application a spin.
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BootSkin is a free product and only works on Windows XP. You can get a free copy here.
ZubaZ
Reply #2 Wednesday, January 23, 2008 10:58 AM
Reply #2 Wednesday, January 23, 2008 10:58 AM
Stupid Vista! (and stupid XP virtual machine) Can't run BS.
Beautiful choices Zoomba.
Beautiful choices Zoomba.
joda
Reply #3 Wednesday, January 23, 2008 11:33 AM
Reply #3 Wednesday, January 23, 2008 11:33 AM
I'd love to use it but when I install bootskin on my new HP pavilion( I took Vista off and run XP), it Blue screens on bootup. Could it be clashing with the HP bootup screen?
ZubaZ
Reply #4 Wednesday, January 23, 2008 11:38 AM
There are three versions of Bootskin on the link provided. Try one of the other versions and you may get lucky. If it fails, you can boot into safe mode and uninstall to get back to normal.
Reply #4 Wednesday, January 23, 2008 11:38 AM
I'd love to use it but when I install bootskin on my new HP pavilion( I took Vista off and run XP), it Blue screens on bootup.
Good point. Different versions are incompatible with certain BIOS'. Your PC may not work with the latest version and it may not work with any version of Bootskin. I think this is why it's not an officially supported app, support would be a killer.There are three versions of Bootskin on the link provided. Try one of the other versions and you may get lucky. If it fails, you can boot into safe mode and uninstall to get back to normal.
skybright
Reply #5 Wednesday, January 23, 2008 1:52 PM
Reply #5 Wednesday, January 23, 2008 1:52 PM
I also got the BSOD on my HP XP Home computer...alot. After I removed the boot screen I have not had any problems since. lol
croths
Reply #6 Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:12 PM
Reply #6 Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:12 PM
We Vista users are waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting . . . . . . . .
Aquamonkey
Reply #7 Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:35 PM
Tell me about it! Vista has the most cr@ptucular boot screen of any version and we can't change it
Reply #7 Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:35 PM
We Vista users are waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting . . . . . . . .
Tell me about it! Vista has the most cr@ptucular boot screen of any version and we can't change it
AnneMarie
Reply #9 Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:58 PM
Reply #9 Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:58 PM
I agree with Aquamonkey and Croths..
I too have been soooo waiting to be able to use Bootskins....
I won't feel regretful for Upgrading to Vista... I am eagerly awaiting for Bookskins for vista though...
thats actually a major factor in very recently buying Object Desktop.. I am anxious that maybe OD 08 will have a bootscreen editor in it for Vista....
Other than waiting for Bootskin for vista *the LAST customization I Need to do to my vista PC* I am LOVING Stardock and ALL the support and products
Keep it up
I eagerly await the future and look forward to seeing what New and innovative stuff Stardock can bring out
Anne
I too have been soooo waiting to be able to use Bootskins....
I won't feel regretful for Upgrading to Vista... I am eagerly awaiting for Bookskins for vista though...
thats actually a major factor in very recently buying Object Desktop.. I am anxious that maybe OD 08 will have a bootscreen editor in it for Vista....
Other than waiting for Bootskin for vista *the LAST customization I Need to do to my vista PC* I am LOVING Stardock and ALL the support and products
Keep it up
I eagerly await the future and look forward to seeing what New and innovative stuff Stardock can bring out Anne
skybright
Reply #10 Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:15 PM
Reply #10 Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:15 PM
Okay I have decided to use a Stardock link to download BootSkins again; as I do miss having them and it is the only thing not skinned on my computer. And there are some very nice skins to download. See yah later.
black udder
Reply #11 Thursday, January 24, 2008 1:35 AM
Reply #11 Thursday, January 24, 2008 1:35 AM
I moved to XP64 over XP32 and, regretfully, am unable to run bootskins anymore 
No love if you're not in the mainstream...
Nice choices.
No love if you're not in the mainstream...
Nice choices.
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #12 Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:48 AM
Reply #12 Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:48 AM
An answer to all those who can't use BootSkin, do what I do... press the on switch, then go make a cup of coffee. I haven't seen the boot process in years 
AnneMarie
Reply #13 Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:29 PM
Reply #13 Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:29 PM
lol Nice one Fuzzy
*notices her empty cup* DOH!! Thats what I forgot to do... *chuckles and runs and gets a cup of coffee*
heheh
*notices her empty cup* DOH!! Thats what I forgot to do... *chuckles and runs and gets a cup of coffee*
heheh
unclerob
Reply #14 Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:52 PM
Reply #14 Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:52 PM
I love bootskins, it's the first type of skinning project that got me hooked on to this site, haven't created any new bootskins in a while but back in the day, I uploaded a few decent bootskins to the wc galleries. Al (Alperium) is basically king of the bootskin section, Al your work is awesome, keep up the great work!!!
As for bootskins for vista....
there is a roundabout way to create a bootskin for vista, it's definitely not supported by microsoft (or anyone else for that matter) but people have created working bootskins for vista - there is no app to do this yet, it's a manual & arduous painstaking journey to get a different bootskin installed on your vista machine plus if you happen to make a mistake when "tweaking" your system, you could be left with a vista-sized paper weight on your desk. In a nutshell it's possible to change the vista bootskin but this kind of work is best left to serious power users who don't mind messing with their windows system and having to fix their machines in the event of a failure.
Bootskins rock, I check out that gallery every day!!!
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Reply #1 Wednesday, January 23, 2008 10:54 AM
Thank you Zoomba.