UIS0 Skin Killed My Rig

I can't boot up......

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OK, guys. I opened SKS7, new UIS0 skin, named it, added texture to the taskbar and start panel, clicked apply, save changes, and it blurred and locked down.

After waiting a good two minutes or so, I performed a hard reboot, hasn't booted since. Or maybe it has. I do get a black screen and a cursor. No sound, nuttin.

Can't do safe mode, last known good config, nada.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Can you get into bios?

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Probably haven't tried.

What am I looking for?

Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

i hope you didnt do this in xp, its not xp compatable......:S

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Boot sequence....

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Windows 7 Home Premium 32 Bit.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting yrag, reply 4
Boot sequence....
End of yrag's quote

Boot order seems correct...loaded optimized defaults, restarted.no help.

Why and how would a borked windowblind affect boot sequence?

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

BTW, I have a dual boot system and Vista still boots normally.

I have managed to boot into safe mode, but still, just a cursor and a black screen.

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Wait a minute.... Vista boots fine??????

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Sorry...Vista is on a seperate drive.

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

You're killin' me hillbilly.....killin' me.....

What boot manager are you using?

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Easy BCD Is what I used to decide which to be the default OS. After that, windows gives me the choice every time I boot.

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Ok....

Boot into Win7 safe mode: Elevated Command prompt:  sfc /scannow

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting yrag, reply 12
Ok....

Boot into Win7 safe mode: Elevated Command prompt:  sfc /scannow
End of yrag's quote

All modes give me only a cursor and a blank screen. No command prompts available.

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Easy BCD Is what I used to decide which to be the default OS. After that, windows gives me the choice every time I boot.
End of quote

....someday you'll have to explain the logic of that.

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Ok.... I misread #7.......

Can you boot to Win7 DVD?

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I fail to understand how a UIS0 skin can cause this crap. Neil needs to look into this.

 

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It didn't..... get back on track.

Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting yrag, reply 15
Ok.... I misread #7.......

Can you boot to Win7 DVD?
End of yrag's quote

Probably, I am currently using a system repair disc that Win 7 lets you create to try system restore. If that fails, I'll try the scannow via startup repair. If all that fails, I do have a spare clone of my 7 drive on a shelf, made a few weeks ago.

Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Seems system restore worked!

Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Good.... you banged your MBR.

Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Did the hard reboot when windowblinds locked up do it?

 

Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top

.....that's more than I banged tonight.....:grin:

Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 21
Did the hard reboot when windowblinds locked up do it?

 
End of RedneckDude's quote

probably.... the hard boot not any software. 

Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting yrag, reply 22
.....that's more than I banged tonight.....
End of yrag's quote

Me too...Thanks Yrag.

Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top

NP