BootSkin
Saturday, February 7, 2004 by hcfghfgh | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
why cant i download the Bootskins from this website all are dead links 
:< please fix it asap!
ty greetz me!
:< please fix it asap!ty greetz me!
Stumpy
Reply #2 Saturday, February 7, 2004 8:24 AM
Reply #2 Saturday, February 7, 2004 8:24 AM
It may be your connection, downloads work fine here.
ricoel
Reply #4 Sunday, February 8, 2004 3:01 AM
But the question remains.....does the BootSkin program crash Win2K and WinXP computers on startup or are the negative post on the C/Net download site full of it?? Inquiring minds wanna know!
Reply #4 Sunday, February 8, 2004 3:01 AM
But the question remains.....does the BootSkin program crash Win2K and WinXP computers on startup or are the negative post on the C/Net download site full of it?? Inquiring minds wanna know!
Erk.
Reply #6 Sunday, February 8, 2004 4:09 AM
Reply #6 Sunday, February 8, 2004 4:09 AM
whilst download.com.com is a good place to get some great stuff..... read, and remember the (peoples) names of a lot of negative posts.
See a pattern there??
See a pattern there??
sig101
Reply #7 Sunday, February 8, 2004 4:17 AM
Reply #7 Sunday, February 8, 2004 4:17 AM
Some other people have reported having problems downloading recently. Dunno what's up.
About download.com just in general, you'll often see the most interesting comments there. Sometimes people don't like a product or vendor and just like to dog it by posting stuff. Or who knows what the real situation is that resulted in the problems they say they have? Someone will always claim they had to reformat their PC because of some software product that most others I know find totally innocuous and incapable of damaging a system in that fashion. So take such feedback with a grain of salt.
As for bootskins, I haven't had any problems yet with the program on XP, FWIW. I usually check the comments for skins (not just bootskins) to see if anyone's reported problems with a particular skin. If/when there are common issues, especially serious ones, with an SD product you'll see it openly discussed here at WC and also in the SD newsgroups.
At any rate, making regular backups is always a good thing for quick recovery should ever one need it. This provides some insurance in the event of any hiccup at any time, not just when trying out new software of which you may be unsure.
[Message Edited]
About download.com just in general, you'll often see the most interesting comments there. Sometimes people don't like a product or vendor and just like to dog it by posting stuff. Or who knows what the real situation is that resulted in the problems they say they have? Someone will always claim they had to reformat their PC because of some software product that most others I know find totally innocuous and incapable of damaging a system in that fashion. So take such feedback with a grain of salt.
As for bootskins, I haven't had any problems yet with the program on XP, FWIW. I usually check the comments for skins (not just bootskins) to see if anyone's reported problems with a particular skin. If/when there are common issues, especially serious ones, with an SD product you'll see it openly discussed here at WC and also in the SD newsgroups.
At any rate, making regular backups is always a good thing for quick recovery should ever one need it. This provides some insurance in the event of any hiccup at any time, not just when trying out new software of which you may be unsure.
[Message Edited]
Stumpy
Reply #8 Sunday, February 8, 2004 5:02 AM
Reply #8 Sunday, February 8, 2004 5:02 AM
The Bootskin program and any skins for it should in no way crash your system.
1. The program does NOT alter any system files, so it is safe
2. If a skin is created wrongly, it will either a).Show strange colouring,
Not show at all, c) Show the original MS skin
I hope this will settle any fears you have, I have been using it since it first came out and the only problems were due to colouring on skin from skinners that have sent me their skins when they need help
1. The program does NOT alter any system files, so it is safe
2. If a skin is created wrongly, it will either a).Show strange colouring,
Not show at all, c) Show the original MS skin I hope this will settle any fears you have, I have been using it since it first came out and the only problems were due to colouring on skin from skinners that have sent me their skins when they need help
ricoel
Reply #9 Sunday, February 8, 2004 5:40 AM
Stumpy, sig101, Travis the Kong, & WrecklessEric, your comments are all dead-on! Why folks waste server space inputing comments that make no sense and probably never used the software, I'll never know. Forget'em anyways. 
Citizen RICOEL
Reply #9 Sunday, February 8, 2004 5:40 AM
Stumpy, sig101, Travis the Kong, & WrecklessEric, your comments are all dead-on! Why folks waste server space inputing comments that make no sense and probably never used the software, I'll never know. Forget'em anyways. 
Citizen RICOEL
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Reply #1 Saturday, February 7, 2004 8:02 AM