BootSkins

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can any1 help me? i go to the bootskin area and try to get a halo bootskin and i click download but it just opens a window and shows the pix...can any1 tell me how to download it and use it in my bootskin program?
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
lol i just went through the same problem like a couple hours ago.. alright what u need to do is go to "explore" (i hope u know what im talkin about) to program files and then finc the bootskin program that u should have downloaded and.. click in the file and then the file called skins and then u will see the skins that the program came with .. well just put ur new skins into that folder and they will show up.. hope that helps
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
u get to explore by right-clicking on start menu then clickin explore.. just scroll down the left column and u will see program files..
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Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
@ 2juicy:

you first have to create 2 bmps, one with a size of 640*480 pixels and a color depth of 4 bpp (16 colors), the second with a heigth of 9 pixels and same color depth (the width doesn't matter i think...).
now you have to create a file called "bootskin.ini". it's data content has to be the following:

[BootSkin]
Type=0
Name = "Your Skinname"
Author = "The Authors Name"
Description = "A Description of your file"
ProgressBar=YourBar.bmp
ProgressBarX = 100
ProgressBarY = 100
ProgressBarWidth =200
Screen=Background.bmp


"Type" always has to be 0, I don't know why...
the second value is the name of your skin
the third is the name of the Author
the fourth value is the description of your file, if you don't want to use it then enter Description = ""
the next value is the name of the bmp-file of your progress-bar
the next 3 values are the x- and y-position of your progressbar (where it starts) and the length
the last one is the name of your background-picture

now you have to create a zip-file of these three files (the background-picture, the progress bar and the bootskin.ini). this zip-file you have to rename from YourFilename.zip to YourFilename.bootskin. thats all, now you can upload your bootskin

TheBrainless

PS: sry, for my bad english, i but i think it's understandable
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Okay, so here's my problem, i download the skins from wincustomize and put them in the bootskin 'skin' folder, open up boot skin and it's there. I apply it and shutdown my computer. when i restart it i find that it shows up but it has this blue screen telling me that something's wrong [lots of technical jargan i can't understand] so i'm wondering if anyone else has the same problem and how i can fix this. i got some really cool skins i want to apply please help!
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Okay, so here's my problem, i download the skins from wincustomize and put them in the bootskin 'skin' folder, open up boot skin and it's there. I apply it and shutdown my computer. when i restart it i find that it shows up but it has this blue screen telling me that something's wrong [lots of technical jargan i can't understand] so i'm wondering if anyone else has the same problem and how i can fix this. i got some really cool skins i want to apply please help! :
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Has it ever worked, if not Bootskin does not work on all computers due to the BIOS. There are a couple other versions on bootskin home page https://www.stardock.com/products/bootskin/. If none work sadly you will be stuck with default Windows boot.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

re #4: The Progress Bar needs to be a maximum of 22x9 pixels and from the same palette as the background. The best way to do that is to make your background, reduce the colours to 4bit(16 colours) then select a 22x9 area from that and use copy/paste as new image.

To save you can, in the Bootskin program, select the skin, then File > Export selected skin to file