boot skins help
Tuesday, December 2, 2003 by angela316 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
everytime i try to use a bootskin, i restart my pc and i get a message that windows was unable to start properly and it tells me to restrt in safe modes or last good configuration, i have tried uninstalling and reinstalling but nothing works, can someone help? i am using windows XP
please help, i really like these bootskins and would like to be able to use them
please help, i really like these bootskins and would like to be able to use them
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yrag
Reply #42 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 4:34 PM
no...
Reply #42 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 4:34 PM
| ok on my virus scanner i had the HAWK script stopper enabled, i just disabled it could that have been the prob?? |
no...
Jafo
Reply #44 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 4:41 PM
Reply #44 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 4:41 PM
angela316...there's a virus scanner in your BIOS which checks the system at boot, before the OS is even loaded.
You will not see that virus checker in your Programs...it is not on your drive, but in the hardware of your motherboard.
If you are unaware of BIOS settings and what they do I'd strongly recommend you seek the assistance of someone who does....as meddling with the settings has the potential to dramatically impact on your system's functioning.
That said, however, a fair guess is that your BIOS virus check is enabled and noticing a 'change' in the bootscreen and assuming you have a problem.
I'm not sure of this as I do not know at what 'level' the bootskin loader is working on bootup...
angela316
Reply #45 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:07 PM
Reply #45 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:07 PM
yrag i rebooted and nothing happened i didn't see the bios settings, was you wanting me to hit the delete key??? (DEL)
yrag
Reply #46 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:11 PM
Reply #46 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:11 PM
Jafo makes a good point....
if you want to try again turn off your computer and then re-start it. As soon as you push the power on button keep hitting the 'DEL' key and it will boot into bios.
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if you want to try again turn off your computer and then re-start it. As soon as you push the power on button keep hitting the 'DEL' key and it will boot into bios.
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Stumpy
Reply #48 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:17 PM
Reply #48 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:17 PM
Yrag, Too technical form a young lady, and it may not be the Delete key, sometimes it is an Fxx key, which I have come across many time, either way it should always be written across the bottom of the screen 
Jafo
Reply #49 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:23 PM
Reply #49 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:23 PM
Stumpy...not always as you can turn that off in the BIOS as well...
yrag
Reply #50 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:24 PM
Yeah...I'm inclined to agree, thus my reference to Jafo's post. I played the odds with the delete key...if it goes beyond that I think she needs to find a more informed person that can actually look at her machine.
Reply #50 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:24 PM
| Too technical form a young lady |
Yeah...I'm inclined to agree, thus my reference to Jafo's post. I played the odds with the delete key...if it goes beyond that I think she needs to find a more informed person that can actually look at her machine.
angela316
Reply #52 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:38 PM
Reply #52 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:38 PM
ok it was the F1 key instead of del and i haven't changed anything here is what i saw,,, main menue / date/time/language/floppy/primary master/primary slave-none/ secondary master/ slave- none
advanced/ plug and play/ reset config-no/ on board video menu- auto/ primary video/ mouse - auto/ usb/ onboard lan- enabled/ intergrated peripheralls/ on board audio options/ hardware monitor/
boot menu/ boot time diagnostic screen-disabled/ quick boot mode- enabled/boot devise priority
advanced/ plug and play/ reset config-no/ on board video menu- auto/ primary video/ mouse - auto/ usb/ onboard lan- enabled/ intergrated peripheralls/ on board audio options/ hardware monitor/
boot menu/ boot time diagnostic screen-disabled/ quick boot mode- enabled/boot devise priority
yrag
Reply #54 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:45 PM
Reply #54 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:45 PM
So much for odds
I strongly recommend you have someone more knowledgeable to look into your bios for that setting. Simply do not use the BootSkin until you get someone to change the setting for you. All this is not worth the 5 seconds you see it and the possible damage you could do to your system.
I strongly recommend you have someone more knowledgeable to look into your bios for that setting. Simply do not use the BootSkin until you get someone to change the setting for you. All this is not worth the 5 seconds you see it and the possible damage you could do to your system.
angela316
Reply #55 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:51 PM
Reply #55 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:51 PM
ok, well thank you all for your time, and if it wasn't for the garfield boot skin i would have given up by now but i just love garfield....lol 
oh well, thank you again,
angie
oh well, thank you again,angie
webmastah87
Reply #56 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:51 PM
Reply #56 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:51 PM
wow, all this over bootskins... i know that its worth it. go to change your bios settings, and in there, there should be Virus Detection, disable it and it should work. i think.
angela316
Reply #57 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:54 PM
Reply #57 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:54 PM
i looked in the set up menu during the boot up process and didn't see any virus detection settings
Stumpy
Reply #58 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:56 PM
Reply #58 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:56 PM
Navigate through the menu using the arrow keys until hardware monitor is highlighted then press "Enter" ket on keyboard, the anti-virus section should be under that.
If so navigate again until it is highlighted and use PageUp/PageDown to change it from On to Off, press "Escape" button on keyboard until you reach the main menu and (hopfully) there is a "Save And Quit" option, navigate to this option and press the "Enter" key on keyboard, the computer will reboot again and should run normally.
If you are unsure then do as Yrag suggests and get someone with knowledge of Bios to do it for you (Best Option)
If so navigate again until it is highlighted and use PageUp/PageDown to change it from On to Off, press "Escape" button on keyboard until you reach the main menu and (hopfully) there is a "Save And Quit" option, navigate to this option and press the "Enter" key on keyboard, the computer will reboot again and should run normally.
If you are unsure then do as Yrag suggests and get someone with knowledge of Bios to do it for you (Best Option)
angela316
Reply #59 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:59 PM
Reply #59 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:59 PM
ok no i am ok with it besides i have a thing called system restore i can fall back on, i will try it brb
angela316
Reply #60 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 6:22 PM
Reply #60 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 6:22 PM
under the hardware monitor the only thing there was cpu temp and fan speed
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Reply #41 Wednesday, December 3, 2003 4:33 PM