BootSkin Plus in Beta for ODNT Subscribers ?

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In SDC I noticed a BootSkin Plus download link in the ODNT section.

I'm running now with no issues, although since no one else has posted this, have I gotten it in error?
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'm running now with no issues, although since no one else has posted this, have I gotten it in error?

No...

As far as I'm aware it's something that's been 'happening' for a while....even though GalCiv2 has taken much of the 'work-focus' of late....

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Then again...I don't see it there at the moment...so perhaps it was 'premature'...
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
In SDC I noticed a BootSkin Plus download link in the ODNT section.


Not seeing it . . . -=sigh=-

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Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ah.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hey, it's not my fault you didnt open SDC at the right time..
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
http://programcsharp.wincustomize.com/articles.aspx?SID=99&AID=38384&c=1
Stardock is also working on a BootSkin Plus which will allow users to apply true color boot screens (1024x768x16.8 million colors) but has no release date on that version.
--Brad 2/22/04

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Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I only ever got it directly https://www.stardock.com/products/bootskin/ not via SDC...

I'm running now with no issues


So 'fess up... is it high res/hicolour huh? huh?

I bet you are going to get sooo many emails ...

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Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top

Basically we had almost finished a BootSkin that allowed for high resolution/high color depth boot screens (i.e. 1280x1024 with 16.8 million colors).

But it never got finished.  In the last few weeks before it was ready, Microsoft hired the lead developer.  Since the whole thing was written pretty much in assembly, no one else could realistically just take it over (i.e. it wasn't feasible anyway to do that).  So it sits in perpetual beta.

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
In the last few weeks before it was ready, Microsoft hired the lead developer.


D'oh!

Since the whole thing was written pretty much in assembly,


EEEWwwww.. Shudder!

So it sits in perpetual beta.


D'oh!

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Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yes, it works with 1024x768 and "True Color"

No progress bar support that I know of, though.

I have made a few for it, and all of the old BootSkins work fine.
The about box claims it is version 1.04
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Nooo! Argf! Gaaah!



hm.... Wonder if Vista will come with a 1280x1024 16.7M colour bootscreen now... õ_O



Any chance that we could have a play with that perpetual beta? *big puppy eyes*
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well, it works fine for me so I don't see why Stardock shouldnt.
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I know! Let start a peti... o_O ...what? O_o why is everyone giving me that look?
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Like Brad said, it's stuck in beta which means Stardock can't really sell it. Releasing it for free will result in support needed and would be a drag on the company. Kind of a crappy situation but here they are.
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
We won't ask for help!
Please
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Real men don't need help! Arrrh!
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
"unsupported Beta" is what SDC claims.
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yes.
Once it is installed, it never leaves.
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I wish it had a progress bar support for the hi-res skins...
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I wish it had a progress bar support for the hi-res skins


Woe is you Meowy. How you suffer.
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Basically we had almost finished a BootSkin that allowed for high resolution/high color depth boot screens (i.e. 1280x1024 with 16.8 million colors).

But it never got finished. In the last few weeks before it was ready, Microsoft hired the lead developer. Since the whole thing was written pretty much in assembly, no one else could realistically just take it over (i.e. it wasn't feasible anyway to do that). So it sits in perpetual beta.

But none of that explains why it was temporarily available for ODNT subscribers, and then disappeared.........