Bootskin not changing boot skin

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i had previously installed bootskin some mths back n it was working well on my comp.. but now when i reinstalled it, it doesn't change the boot skin... how can i rectify this?
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Did you try the other versions?

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Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
i tried all 3 versions n now they started crashing at boot up.... its kind of wierd coz i was using tis before w/out any probs....
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Did you try the other versions?WWW Link
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DON'T USE THE VERSIONS CONTAINED IN THIS LINK.

I followed the advice given in Zubaz' thread. Each version caused Windows to crash at bootup. I was able to retrieve the situation only by booting in Safe Mode.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Bootskin doesn't work with all BIOS, if none of those versions work there's really nothing that can be done.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
DON'T USE THE VERSIONS CONTAINED IN THIS LINK.

I followed the advice given in Zubaz' thread. Each version caused Windows to crash at bootup. I was able to retrieve the situation only by booting in Safe Mode.
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Really bad advice.  Bootskin (any version) is unsupported because of PC specific issues; not the app.  Some versions work with some PCs and some versions will never work.
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Hi, I'm using bootskin since years, and it always worked for me.

I don't think there is anything between the program and the BIOS, I was using it quitely on my Asus P5E3, with WinXP Pro sp3, now I go through XP Pro sp2 64 bit and bootskin is no working anymore. So, I don't think it works or not depending from the hardware/BIOS.

I just know that now, also if I have the same hw config, I have to renounce to bootskin until I'll not be back to Win 32 bit, and this is not make me so happy :(