<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>Stardock Forums » RSS Feed » BootSkin Posts</title><link>https://feeds.feedburner.com/Stardock/Stardock_com/forum/360</link><copyright>© 2006 - 2026 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><description>Recent Posts In BootSkin</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 7:47:57 AM -0400</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 7:47:57 AM -0400</lastBuildDate><docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs><generator>Stardock Rss Generator v1.0</generator><managingEditor>info@stardock.com</managingEditor><webMaster>kwilas@stardock.com</webMaster><item><author>Tankerbot</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/515453</comments><description><![CDATA[I ran into this problem recently when setting up BootSkin for Windows XP on a old laptop that has Windows 7 as a primary OS. I recently solved this problem so posting about it here to help people in the future who may and try and search for a solution to the problem as I'm sure it may come up for them.  &nbsp;  The original problem was that if you have XP as a secondary OS on a computer that changing the boot skin has no appearent effect. This may not occur in all situations as it may depend...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/515453</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/515453</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2022 7:55:48 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2022-11-13T07:55:48-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Using BootSkin for Windows XP on a Dual Boot system</title></item><item><author>dayhill</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/426675</comments><description><![CDATA[Hi all i had installed one of the free versions of bootskin ages ago, over a year ago or more. Any ways i played around with it and ended up changing my boot screen to one of the boot skins in the free version. I then decided couple weeks later that i didnt want boot skin installed anymore so i uninstalled it. However i did not revert back to windows original bootscreen before uninstalling and still to this day the boot skin theme i chose still loads. Where the heck is this theme stored? how can...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/426675</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/426675</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 8:13:38 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-06-14T08:13:38-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Just Can't find the answer anywhere.</title></item><item><author>DednDave</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/385569</comments><description><![CDATA[the video drivers on my machine support 800 x 600 as the lowest screen resolution  this is kind of nice - if you need safe-mode, it is better than 640 x 480&nbsp;    but, the 640 x 480 skins are "stretched" out to 800 x 600  the&nbsp;vidstub.sys driver seems to only allow 640 x 480 skins  has anyone else had this experience ?  if so, have you found a way to use 800 x 600 skins ?  &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/385569</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/385569</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 5:18:59 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-03-02T05:18:59-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>800 x 600 boot screen</title></item><item><author>SmitaBernadet</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/414885</comments><description><![CDATA[Hi Guys, Is there a way to increase the color range for xp bootskin? After loading the bootskin, it gives a blurred and loss of color. Can it be altered?  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/414885</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/414885</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 9:22:11 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-01-05T09:22:11-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Bootskin color range</title></item><item><author>betamaxman</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/345040</comments><description><![CDATA[Seems all bootskin vista is capable of doing is applying a static image.  I have been able to do this since before there was a bootskin vista or bootskin pro simply using msconfig and changing some file permissions. Is this all that is available with vista bootskins? If so this application seems a tad lame and I feel a little dissapointed and well riped off. Was hopping for something a little more spectacular.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/345040</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/345040</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 1:40:52 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-06-26T13:40:52-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>bootskin vista? What's the point?</title></item><item><author>OldMsgt</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/367094</comments><description><![CDATA[Does Vista Bootskin work with Windows 7 64 bit? I just need a yes or no  TIA  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/367094</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/367094</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 6:21:16 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-06-16T18:21:16-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Boot Skin Windows 7 64 bit</title></item><item><author>Masterhawk</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/406187</comments><description><![CDATA[I'm just wondering if there are any plans to make a version of Bootskin that will be&nbsp;compatible with all versions of Windows 7? I really miss the ability to use that program.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/406187</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/406187</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 1:00:12 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-06-08T01:00:12-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Bootskins and Windows 7</title></item><item><author>Hituro</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/404569</comments><description><![CDATA[So, I've been playing with bootskin, and I'm noticing, when My computer boots up, the skins, whether they are the ones that came with bootskin, or my own, do not display properly.&nbsp; They appear to be off center, or squared off and do not fill the whole screen, leaving a strip of black running down the right side of the screen.&nbsp; If I change back to the windows default it fills out fine.&nbsp; Is there any way to fix this?&nbsp; It really is taking away from the whole point of having a bo...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/404569</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/404569</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 2:47:15 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-01-28T02:47:15-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Bootskins are not displaying full screen</title></item><item><author>hynostroza</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/404210</comments><description><![CDATA[I edited an image in ms paint and made it 640x480 and the colours 16 bit. Everything looks great when I preview it from Bootskin but when I restart it and it shows up its distorted and is sorta dark blue and black. Can someone help me figure this out?  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/404210</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/404210</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 2:43:55 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-01-28T02:43:55-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Having trouble with creating a boot skin</title></item><item><author>saurabhvyas</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/379544</comments><description><![CDATA[how can we take ownership of file winload.ex.mui  is there any other way other than editing replacing this file  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/379544</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/379544</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 9:00:55 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-12-10T09:00:55-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>some questions to bootskin</title></item><item><author>alfaxpippo</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/401784</comments><description><![CDATA[Hi,  i am an italian user, i use Bootskin 1.5 version and WinXP SP3.   The progress bar doesn't work, it is static and it doesn't move to the right  from left.  I have tried with different skins, but the result is the same.   What do I have to do?   Thanks  Alfax  PS You excuse the  errors of grammar, but I don't write well in English  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/401784</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/401784</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 9:57:05 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-12-09T09:57:05-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Problem Bootskin</title></item><item><author>pcexpertlz</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/399253</comments><description><![CDATA[Hi,  I've been trying for years to create a professional looking BootSkins in Paint Shop Pro 10, but I haven't had any luck. All I know how to do is create just regular BootSkins with no progress bar. I really want to learn how to create one with progress bars. The question is... How do I create BootSkins in Paint Shop Pro 10 and load 'em into the BootSkin program. I don't have Adobe PhotoShop at all and I'm used to making BootSkins in my current paint program. If anybody does&nbsp;these in Pa...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/399253</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/399253</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 9:17:39 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-10-22T09:17:39-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>How do I create BootSkins in Paint Shop 10 and load 'em into the BootSkin program</title></item><item><author>Raven1417</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/142369</comments><description><![CDATA[I'm rather confused, now I've made a fair few bootskins and to actually use them I normally get the main bitmap, the progress bar bitmap and the .ini file, zip them then change the extension to .bootskin and it's always worked, but on my latest one it wont, says there was an error and it might be due to a corrupt file or something. Now just in case I did something wrong I did the same thing with another bootskin, one that I knew had worked, and the same problem again.  Any ideas folks?]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/142369</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/142369</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 2:33:07 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-09-23T14:33:07-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Bootskin Error</title></item><item><author>PJStaley</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/395996</comments><description><![CDATA[Please forgive my ignorance, but I need some direction. With most of the Wincustomize applications, when you download them, they are automatically opened by whatever application they are associated with. The Bootskin skins are in the zip format. I would like to know where that location is. I've tried doing a search for the names of the bootskins that are already installed but haven't had any luck. I've tried unzipping to the Bootskin application, restarting Bootskin (Vista) and it's not there. P...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/395996</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/395996</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:40:42 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-09-09T12:40:42</pubDateParsed><title>unzipping bootscreens</title></item><item><author>digitalpix4all</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/130247</comments><description><![CDATA[How do I create a BootSkin for XP?]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/130247</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/130247</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 8:31:06 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-09-03T08:31:06-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>How do I create a BootSkin for XP?</title></item><item><author>gradv50</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/342250</comments><description><![CDATA[Hi. bootskin does not work, have put in a request about 8 weeks now and still no joy.Stardock must be very unhappy about this particular programme, because to start with they tried to suggest things to try and they all failed, now i think they have given up, have not heard from them for about 5 weeks now. Do any one else have this trouble.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/342250</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/342250</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 4:04:54 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-08-14T16:04:54-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>bootskin pro.</title></item><item><author>Penangry</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/388307</comments><description><![CDATA[ Despite uninstalling and re-installing and attempting to remove  "OS2 Time Warp" my default boot screen is now OS2TW. Is this because I'm running the free version, if so it defeats the object.  Please advise.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/388307</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/388307</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 1:48:41 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-07-20T13:48:41-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Free version</title></item><item><author>Ashpoker</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/386368</comments><description><![CDATA[So i created my own bootskin and the preview shows great..... the colors and everthing are well within the scope... now when i reboot, my screen blinks and is pretty much just black but my image never shows... then windows finally loads up.... not sure what else to do     ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/386368</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/386368</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 9:57:19 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-07-03T21:57:19-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Ok Im Confused now</title></item><item><author>fuzzb24</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/157890</comments><description><![CDATA[I decided to give BootSkin a try and loaded it.  When I restarted my machine, it started giving me an option of "which operating system" I wanted to use, WindowsXP (bootscreen) or WindowsXP - it didn't matter which one I chose, I still got the windows standard screen... so I decided that it wasn't working and a pain with the extra stop to select my bootscreen, so removed the program.  Well, it's not on my system any more... but I still get the option every time I start my computer.  I hate it!  ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/157890</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/157890</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 3:10:14 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-05-24T15:10:14-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Give me a choose operating system screen</title></item><item><author>rustysam</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/124595</comments><description><![CDATA[ When I reboot my computer, I get a blue screen with an error message and a lot of instructions on what to do.&nbsp; I have to reboot in safe mode and then uninstall bootskin. This has happened with several versions of bootskin. I would like to reinstall bootskin, as I think it is a cool program.&nbsp; Any suggestions?  I use windows XP home edition on a Dell computer. ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/124595</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/124595</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 7:15:08 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-05-13T19:15:08-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>bootskin causes error on reboot</title></item><item><author>panialga</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/356987</comments><description><![CDATA[Greetings people     First post.  Anyway, I came to make a few questions, im interested on animated booting. Now, after browsing a little around the sub forum, I realized that, XP is no longer supported and Vista doesn't have (yet?) available support for animated bootskins. My current PC is an old one running XP, but Im building a new one wich will be running on Vista SP2 (most likely) until WINDOWS 7 is released. With that said, what can I expect on the near future? I mean, right now I can'...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/356987</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/356987</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 6:21:04 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-04-20T18:21:04-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Animations for BS? How-what??</title></item><item><author>saurabhvyas</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/380566</comments><description><![CDATA[as earlier i made logon screen changer . now i have made boot screen changer  it changes windows vista boot screen .  and allows you to create your own screen .  download at saurabhorange.com  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/380566</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/380566</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:01:39 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-04-17T12:01:39</pubDateParsed><title>another boot screen changing software</title></item><item><author>CASIER_Marc</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/379571</comments><description><![CDATA[ I try to run the&nbsp; program BootSkin (vista) under windows 7,&nbsp; i&nbsp; have&nbsp; 64 bits version and&nbsp; it&nbsp; doe not work !!! not&nbsp; compatible !!!    Does a version for&nbsp; 64 bits exist?&nbsp;          Thanks for response.         &nbsp;   Marc from&nbsp; Brussels BELGIUM   ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/379571</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/379571</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 5:14:31 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-04-07T05:14:31-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Problem with windows 7</title></item><item><author>RJF1</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/377842</comments><description><![CDATA[When I apply a bootskin in windows 2000, which bootskin XP is supposed to work with, it still brings up the original windows 2000 boot screen, and then applies the custom screen on top of it, which makes the image incorrect, colors messed up, and makes the boot look terrible. I want this fixed ASAP because I want to show off my boot screen to others who don't yet know that this is possible.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/377842</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/377842</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 6:05:53 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-03-10T18:05:53-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>BootSkin for win 2000</title></item><item><author>Flat_Line___</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/371127</comments><description><![CDATA[I can't remove it... I keep getting this: The files necessary to remove Bootskin Vista are not available  Ok.... I haven't added or removed anything regarding the program, I verify it and it says it's not installed correctly to look for an update. After I get that meassage the status for it changes from 'installed' to 'Update available' I right-click the bootskin title in the software list, click update and the status changes again to 'preparing'&nbsp;and then 'error'. I go to close out Impuls...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/371127</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/371127</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 8:01:29 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2009-12-08T08:01:29-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>I can't uninstall Bootskin Vista (Free)</title></item></channel></rss>