vista boot screen custimizations

in Windows XP there was a utility to change the boot screen of the OS. it was a 3rd party one. it works great in xp. I tried using it in vista but it does not work. does anyone know of a utility that I can use to change the boot screen in vista?

Are you thinking about "Bootskin" by any chance? I haven't tried it on Vista, yet, but it is in my plans.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message

in Windows XP there was a utility to change the boot screen of the OS. it was a 3rd party one. it works great in xp. I tried using it in vista but it does not work. does anyone know of a utility that I can use to change the boot screen in vista?

Steven--
Timetable wise,just as in XP, many more of this type hack/tweak will follow as a few months pass. Meanwhile try these sites:
http://www.winmodify.net/files.php?section=Bootscreens
http://themes.belchfire.net/affiliates.html
They may not have boot screen customizations yet, or many but will and it's a good site: http://www.vistamania.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=475&Itemid=34
Also do a search on Vista Bootscreens, ecto
Good luck,
CH

"Steven Wabik" wrote in message

in Windows XP there was a utility to change the boot screen of the OS. it was a 3rd party one. it works great in xp. I tried using it in vista but it does not work. does anyone know of a utility that I can use to change the boot screen in vista?

thanks, i'll give them a try.
"Chad Harris" <Bushisamoron.net> wrote in message

Steven--
Timetable wise,just as in XP, many more of this type hack/tweak will follow as a few months pass. Meanwhile try these sites:
http://www.winmodify.net/files.php?section=Bootscreens
http://themes.belchfire.net/affiliates.html
They may not have boot screen customizations yet, or many but will and it's a good site: http://www.vistamania.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=475&Itemid=34
Also do a search on Vista Bootscreens, ecto
Good luck,
CH

"Steven Wabik" wrote in message in Windows XP there was a utility to change the boot screen of the OS. it was a 3rd party one. it works great in xp. I tried using it in vista but it does not work. does anyone know of a utility that I can use to change the boot screen in vista?

i tried the "bootskin" applications. it works but with some issues.
-it applies the default skin. the os/2 warp IBM skin. -it won't let you change it to another skin. -and i'm not sure if it will let you go back to the os bootskin yet. i have not tried that yet for some reason. oh well.
if anyone finds out how to manually change the skin, please tell me. it shouldn't be that hard. after all, the bootskin applied skin should be stored ina findable place. once found it just needs to be replaced. i'm not talking about the program files location just in case your not sure.
if i find a fix to the issue, i'll post it.
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote in message

Are you thinking about "Bootskin" by any chance? I haven't tried it on Vista, yet, but it is in my plans.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message in Windows XP there was a utility to change the boot screen of the OS. it was a 3rd party one. it works great in xp. I tried using it in vista but it does not work. does anyone know of a utility that I can use to change the boot screen in vista?

i messed areound with "bootskin" a bit and it will work with compatibilty mode (xp sp2). "Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote in message

Are you thinking about "Bootskin" by any chance? I haven't tried it on Vista, yet, but it is in my plans.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message in Windows XP there was a utility to change the boot screen of the OS. it was a 3rd party one. it works great in xp. I tried using it in vista but it does not work. does anyone know of a utility that I can use to change the boot screen in vista?

Hey Thanks, Steve. I have a bunch of skins, any one of them is better than what is included. Maybe I'll go with Commodore 64...
-- Mark
Keeping the fun in dysfunctional! "Steven Wabik" wrote in message

i messed areound with "bootskin" a bit and it will work with compatibilty mode (xp sp2). "Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote in message Are you thinking about "Bootskin" by any chance? I haven't tried it on Vista, yet, but it is in my plans.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message in Windows XP there was a utility to change the boot screen of the OS. it was a 3rd party one. it works great in xp. I tried using it in vista but it does not work. does anyone know of a utility that I can use to change the boot screen in vista?

i made my own. i took some one elses, edit the bitmap files and the txt files. then my custum boot skin is ready. one is just an image of a rose. well i have two versions of that one. one for xp and one for vista.
my other one does not have any images in it at all. its not made to look good. even though it looks much better then the default xp boot skin. this one i made a while ago. i made this one with a hardware command in it. the hardware command was to start up this technology i made that made the pc go a lot faster. it was a special type of RAM i made. i have not tested it in vista yet because of the PCs that it was installed in do not have high enough specs to run vista. i don't have it on the pc i am using now because the technology is PC specific and besides my new laptop does not need it. maybe i'll make a new version of it just for vista but that will take a while.
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote in message

Hey Thanks, Steve. I have a bunch of skins, any one of them is better than what is included. Maybe I'll go with Commodore 64...
-- Mark
Keeping the fun in dysfunctional! "Steven Wabik" wrote in message i messed areound with "bootskin" a bit and it will work with compatibilty mode (xp sp2). "Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote in message Are you thinking about "Bootskin" by any chance? I haven't tried it on Vista, yet, but it is in my plans.
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message in Windows XP there was a utility to change the boot screen of the OS. it was a 3rd party one. it works great in xp. I tried using it in vista but it does not work. does anyone know of a utility that I can use to change the boot screen in vista?

Well, I tried bootskin and got the fatal error on reboot. I assume that it is not compatible with x64. And yes, I did select the Win XP SP2 comp. mode, and I have UAC turned off. Oh, well, I'll try something else.
-- Mark
Keeping the fun in dysfunctional!
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message

i made my own. i took some one elses, edit the bitmap files and the txt files. then my custum boot skin is ready. one is just an image of a rose. well i have two versions of that one. one for xp and one for vista.
my other one does not have any images in it at all. its not made to look good. even though it looks much better then the default xp boot skin. this one i made a while ago. i made this one with a hardware command in it. the hardware command was to start up this technology i made that made the pc go a lot faster. it was a special type of RAM i made. i have not tested it in vista yet because of the PCs that it was installed in do not have high enough specs to run vista. i don't have it on the pc i am using now because the technology is PC specific and besides my new laptop does not need it. maybe i'll make a new version of it just for vista but that will take a while.

i turn off the uac as well. i also made it so that windows security senter does not bother me about it. i wish you the best off luck with the bootskin issue. "Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote in message

Well, I tried bootskin and got the fatal error on reboot. I assume that it is not compatible with x64. And yes, I did select the Win XP SP2 comp. mode, and I have UAC turned off. Oh, well, I'll try something else.
-- Mark
Keeping the fun in dysfunctional!
"Steven Wabik" wrote in message i made my own. i took some one elses, edit the bitmap files and the txt files. then my custum boot skin is ready. one is just an image of a rose. well i have two versions of that one. one for xp and one for vista.
my other one does not have any images in it at all. its not made to look good. even though it looks much better then the default xp boot skin. this one i made a while ago. i made this one with a hardware command in it. the hardware command was to start up this technology i made that made the pc go a lot faster. it was a special type of RAM i made. i have not tested it in vista yet because of the PCs that it was installed in do not have high enough specs to run vista. i don't have it on the pc i am using now because the technology is PC specific and besides my new laptop does not need it. maybe i'll make a new version of it just for vista but that will take a while.