How many people actually use the Boot screens?

Tuesday, November 18, 2003 by Weaksid | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

This was bothering me. Since we have the boot screens now and it seems like more and more boots are showing up. How many people are actually using them? And how many really need them. What I mean by that, how many actually reboot their computer? I tend to leave mine on for days sometimes weeks. It depends on my usage and how it seems to be acting or if I update certain things that require a reboot. It's a simple question that was on my mind. And seeing if it was worth while to even complete the boot screen I started if that many people don't even use them.

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Styl-X Design
Reply #21 Wednesday, November 19, 2003 4:26 AM
nope dont use them, only time that my pc is down is when there is a power fallout. (witch almost never happends here)

Leo the Lion
Reply #22 Wednesday, November 19, 2003 4:28 AM
Prior to the new Boot Screen Programme I had seen far to many horror stories with people playing with their boot screens and for that reason i will not be using them. Customization is a great thing but for a "one second show" - no thank you. Now Logon screens are different as sometimes prior to logging on to XP i will leave it hanging plus when swapping between accounts it shows up. Just my 2 cents worth

Stumpy
Reply #23 Wednesday, November 19, 2003 5:21 AM
It seems very strange to me that if WindowBlinds is updated via SDC it will tell you that it needs to reboot to finished installing, and many people say they never reboot, well I'm not surprised that these many people are having problems with their WB installation.

Or is it just me that needs to reboot on updates of WB or MS Critical updates (or any other software)

Perhaps a reboot would solve many problems.




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Keith Perry
Reply #24 Wednesday, November 19, 2003 5:27 AM
Im using the Bootskins, but I really wish now that they have brought the rainlendar skins instead, DX2 Calanders are fine, just not as popular. Rainlendar section would be ten times the calanders than what DX2 has to offer. Rainlendar please!

Stumpy
Reply #25 Wednesday, November 19, 2003 5:41 AM
I agree with Meyend Tripp, the calendars are fine for those who use DesktopX all the time, but a calendar is useful for those who don't, but although useful and would be nice to see, I for one am not really desperate for the, the defaults are ok for me

Possibly a new section for the future



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Weaksid
Reply #26 Wednesday, November 19, 2003 6:48 AM
I don't know why I do it but I have a habit if I have to reboot when everything is done loading, I kill the calendar. Even though it doesn't use up hardly any memory.

Tiggz
Reply #27 Wednesday, November 19, 2003 7:52 AM
as others do I switch off my pc before I go to bed and restart it the following morning, and although the bootscreen is visible for only a few seconds it just rounds off that front end nicely...

exactly the same thing with logon screens, which I don't use to actually log on with, but they do make a sneaky little appearance as my pc boots or shuts down


Kevin_C
Reply #28 Wednesday, November 19, 2003 7:57 AM
I have a question for all of you people who never seem to reboot your computers.. Are you using the latest versions of WB? The reason I ask is that it seems EVERY time I've installed the latest veriosn of WB from SDCentral it's made me reboot my computer.. Does everyone else just ignore that reboot the PC prompt? On a more thread friendly note, I will absolutely use the new BootSkin app once it gets a tad more polish. I am specifically waiting for it to support more colors..

If I need to take this question to another thread I will I just thought it fit in here because of the comments about never rebooting and all..



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Snowman
Reply #29 Wednesday, November 19, 2003 8:21 AM
Snowman doesnt use Bootskin
 since my machine is on 24/7, a bootscreen changer is kinda.... useless to me

Styl-X Design
Reply #30 Wednesday, November 19, 2003 8:39 AM
dont see the use of rebooting, the powercosts are not an issue, so why turn it off? I also have a server running full time, that one is quite packed away so I acces it trough my main machine

Stumpy
Reply #31 Wednesday, November 19, 2003 9:34 AM
Then please answer the two queries, How do you update WindowBlinds and get it too work without rebooting?





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bakerstreet
Reply #32 Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:13 AM
Not everyone uses windowblinds. Even those who do, does it force you to reboot more than once a week?

joetheblow
Reply #33 Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:22 AM


Well on my sisters XP computer the boot screen is only up for a good 3 seconds; Maybe less.

and she doesn't like skinning so no Boot Screen on hers


Can't use it on my win98 computer sooo....

I don't use them.

joetheblow
Reply #34 Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:27 AM
Oh and the rebooting when updating to a new version of windowblinds:

I think you can just not reboot, but the new updates won't be in use until you do.

Or not update to the new windowblinds.


Me, I turn my computer off all the time. Not sure anymore if that extends the life of the computer or not. I use to assume so but now I don't know.

Keeps the electic bill low.



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Aqua.
Reply #35 Wednesday, November 19, 2003 2:19 PM
I use it, mostly because I find the default WinXP Pro bootscreen to be ugly. Yes, it's just a few seconds every couple of weeks, but that's just one less thing left to the MSFT default

BTW, does anyone know if it'll just be the bootscreen, or will it be extended to the hibernate screen, etc? If it's extended to the hibernate screen, that's definitely a good thing as I see it several times a day.

CerebroJD
Reply #36 Wednesday, November 19, 2003 2:43 PM
I use BootSkin! I only see the images for about 5 seconds per week, but I do use them. I think its gonna be great once the program is fully refined.


ozmars
Reply #37 Wednesday, November 19, 2003 7:10 PM
I installed a bootskin because I am a skinning junkie, but after receiving the blue screen of death (WINXP) on boot up i uninstalled.

Morning routine:

get to work.
switch on computer
make espresso
get to work.

marsh



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Stockholm Syndrome
Reply #38 Thursday, November 20, 2003 2:09 AM
I use them. I have a laptop and i turn off my laptop before i put it in my bag to carry somewhere else to use (aw the beauty of a laptop).


Same here, same reason. No I don't use them on my desktops because I rarely reboot them either. However my laptop may be rebooted several times a day so the skins are nice.

Frogboy
Reply #39 Thursday, November 20, 2003 2:12 AM
We had a poll on what sections people wanted. Rainlendar got creamed. It had its shot. It'll get another shot someday in the future but the poll results weren't even close.

Stockholm Syndrome
Reply #40 Thursday, November 20, 2003 2:20 AM
Not everyone uses windowblinds. Even those who do, does it force you to reboot more than once a week?


No....I'm not quite getting why folks are getting scolded for not letting WB reboot. I only reboot when I have to, which includes when a program needs it. Sheesh.

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