Trouble Creating Boot Screen
Friday, November 14, 2003 by Rocky Nimda | Discussion: Stardock Software
I have created a boot screen, and everything looks like I think it should. I looked at several of the others as examples. It let's me apply it, but when I reboot, I get a 4 bit version of the default windows boot screen. 
The bootskin.ini file I am using looks like this:
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[BootSkin]
Type=0
Name = "Boot Screen Name 1.0"
Author = "My Name and screen name"
Description = "boot screen description"
ProgressBar=ProgressBarFilename.bmp
ProgressBarX = 241
ProgressBarY = 420
ProgressBarWidth = 200
Screen=ScreenFilename.bmp
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The ScreenFilname.bmp file is an 8 bit (16 color) 640x480 bitmap file. and the ProgressBarFilname.bmp file uses the same colormap as the ScreenFilname.bmp file.
The app I used to create the images is Photoshop 7.0.
Any idea what I may be doing wrong?
The bootskin.ini file I am using looks like this:
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[BootSkin]
Type=0
Name = "Boot Screen Name 1.0"
Author = "My Name and screen name"
Description = "boot screen description"
ProgressBar=ProgressBarFilename.bmp
ProgressBarX = 241
ProgressBarY = 420
ProgressBarWidth = 200
Screen=ScreenFilename.bmp
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The ScreenFilname.bmp file is an 8 bit (16 color) 640x480 bitmap file. and the ProgressBarFilname.bmp file uses the same colormap as the ScreenFilname.bmp file.
The app I used to create the images is Photoshop 7.0.
Any idea what I may be doing wrong?
Rocky Nimda
Reply #2 Saturday, November 15, 2003 7:07 PM
Reply #2 Saturday, November 15, 2003 7:07 PM
Thanks crissy14, that fixed my problem. It works just fine now.
Now my only problem is that when I tried to upload it to this site, I got the following error:
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You do not have the appropriate access to upload files to the WinCustomize library.
If you have an account please try to relogon to update your account settings.
If you do not have an account click here to become a registered user of WinCustomize.com.
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I have not had problems uploading files before, cant figure out why I am now. Any one have an idea?
Now my only problem is that when I tried to upload it to this site, I got the following error:
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You do not have the appropriate access to upload files to the WinCustomize library.
If you have an account please try to relogon to update your account settings.
If you do not have an account click here to become a registered user of WinCustomize.com.
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I have not had problems uploading files before, cant figure out why I am now. Any one have an idea?
Rocky Nimda
Reply #3 Saturday, November 15, 2003 7:13 PM
Reply #3 Saturday, November 15, 2003 7:13 PM
I tried uploading again, and it worked this time. 
Again, thanks to crissy14 for her help...
Again, thanks to crissy14 for her help...
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Reply #1 Friday, November 14, 2003 11:40 PM