[release] Bootskin Alpha!

Quoted from Wincustomise:

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Want to change your boot screen without patching your actual OS kernel?

Stardock has a free program in development to do just that and the first alpha is now available:

http://scripting.stardock.com/private/bs_current.exe

BootSkin replaces the boot screen by creating a device driver that does the job. This has several advantages:

1) It will work on Windows 2000, it'll work on Windows XP, and it'll work on Longhorn 4051 it seems to work. Heck, it probably works on NT 4.

2) This has been implemented in the way that Microsoft would probably do it (or arguably how they should have done it). No patching, no hacking, totally safe.

3) No need to "back up" your kernel. If you somehow blow up your system, you can just boot up in safe mode and uninstall it.

Limitations:

Right now it's no better no worse than the regular boot screen. That means 16 color VGA (640x480).

What's next:

High resolution, true color and animation. But these won't be for a bit. We want to make sure this works well on everyone's system. Creating your own boot screens is incredibly easy. Just look at the included ones in the directory it's installed to (\program files\stardock\wincustomize\bootskin) and go from there. You don't even have to do progress bars if you don't want to. We'll have a bunch of examples as soon as we put some other projects together but hopefully you'll be able to figure out how to do these on your own. Remember though - 16 color (that's 4 bit) only right now since it's VGA. Same as regularly boot screens.

But this is just to get things started and make sure there aren't any problems. It's been tested extensively internally but usual caveat: This is an alpha, use at your own risk, assume it will blow up your computer, kill your pets, set the house on fire, etc. No problems reported so far.

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enjoy...waiting for the beta folks :naughty:

#75394

Its downloaded

Hope its a apart of the stardock package, cause i bought it over a year ago,and renewed my subscription :canadian:

#75442

Nice app

#75447

making bmps for my own use...hope it wont let me down

#75460

i downloaded it but for those who think it makes images exactly the same as boot screens do it doesn't. no animation includes that progress bar at the bottom so until they add animation i would still recommend boot screens like ntoskrnl but just a warning: ntoskrnl files ONLY work on windows 2000 and windows xp. windows xp krnl files will not work on windows 2000 or vice versa. if you mess up your computer using the wrong ntoskrnl it's your fault. :banging:

#75714

TheSoleEmulator, thank you for picking a tag when you posted this thread.

Sorry I reply to thank you for for this.. but its a shocking surprise for me :woot: (not cause its you, but cause its been 1 hour without any tag problems) :rock:

#75722

Yeah!!! i can see the reason for the surprise...

i try to stick to the rules as much as i can cause i know for sure how you(mods&admins) suffer in these things

and don't mention GOKU :shy:

#75942

Bring Some Aqua Boot Screens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :woot: (Y) :rule:

#75967

Originally posted by albertwesquer@Nov 10 2003, 01:37 PM
Bring Some Aqua Boot Screens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :woot: (Y) :rule:

Nah!!! don't think so <_< ...i mean it dosen't worth it as it's still doesn't support except 16 color VGA (640x480) ....you can easily shoose a bmp and edit and you'r done...

you'll have to wait till they release the support for animation and high color (Y)

#76084

Originally posted by TheSoleEmulator@Nov 10 2003, 08:50 PM

you'll have to wait till they release the support for animation and high color (Y)

animation is needed very badly, although high color won't suck, anyway, it's a cool innovation.

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