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excuse me what is boot skin

By rikardo152
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mountainhawk
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The bootskin is the image you see with WindowsXP Professional or Home Edition and it has an animation of blue or green running lights underneath. That is the bootscreen.
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shubham
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boot skin is the skin which we see when the window is booting.
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mickeblue
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It´s the boring image that sits on your screen for ages just before the welcome screen comes along to numb your mind for a bit longer.... Lord Bless Seattle ๐Ÿ˜‚
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jamaunzie
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BootSkin is a computer program for Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista that allows users to change the screen displayed while the operating system is booting. It is made by Stardock, and distributed for free under the WinCustomize brand. <br /> <br />BootSkin uses a boot-time device driver (vidstub.sys) to access the display directly using VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE), unlike other bootscreen changers which alter the image of the boot screen inside the kernel. This has the advantage of not modifying system files, and makes higher-resolution boot screens possible; standard boot screens are limited to 640x480 with 16 colors. Unfortunately, some graphics cards and chipsets do not have good support for VBE, preventing their use with BootSkin. <br /> <br />Due to the severe restrictions on colour depth, many images are not suitable for use as boot skins. Successful skins tend to take advantage of the limitations through the use of a limited palette and dithering techniques. <br /> :Happy
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I do admire your faith Jamaunzie ๐Ÿ˜‚
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LOL Thats all I gots anymore LOL
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mickeblue
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๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿ˜‚ <br /> <br />[ apologies for sidelining this posting ]
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