How to make a Windows XP Boot Skin

Try googling bootskin tutorial.  I think you'll find a few options.

BootSkin:how to do a bootskin in spanish and english

and no you don't need photoshop, you can do it in paint

or if you will, a simple search typing 'bootskin' into the forum search box:

https://forums.wincustomize.com/?search=bootskin

Oh . . and look up Bootskin Buddy.  'tis awesome!

I know that was kind of dumb of me to ask for the link, I should have just searched myself.

Anyways, would any of you guys know what ProgressBarX, ProgressBarY, and ProgressBarWidth positions are for the stock/original Windows XP boot screen? Cause I need to put it down in the .ini file for the bootskin that I'm creating and it's just a little modification to the stock/original Windows XP boot screen. But the progress bar is the exact same as the stock/original Windows XP boot screen.

I don't but you might be able to find one in the gallery and be able to tear it apart.

I could do that if only I knew the passwords for the protected boot skins.

Every boot skin that looks almost original in the gallery that I downloaded is password protected when I change the file extension of the .bootskin to a .zip file.

C:\Program Files\Stardock\WinCustomize\BootSkin\skins


have you tried looking this way then just click on skin to see how it's done

Link to one you've tried (and failed) to open?

They shouldn't be.....can you post a link to one which appears password protected?

https://www.wincustomize.com/download.aspx?skinid=9382&libid=32

That one is as close to the original that I can find in the gallery, and after changing the extension from .bootskin to .zip it's protected with a password when I try to extract the bootskin.ini.

right clicking on that .bootskin and extracting with IZArc, can get to the .ini by going into:
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\BlackXPBootSkin\Program Files\Stardock\WinCustomize\BootSkin\Skins\Black XP BootSkin



changing the extension to .zip then right clicking and using xp's zip funtion to extract, I can get to:

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\BlackXPBootSkin\Program Files\Stardock\WinCustomize\BootSkin\Skins\Black XP BootSkin

and open the .ini


no probs here

right clicking the zip and explore, then browsing on in to the .ini, then copy and paste onto desktop = no probs


no password anything so far

Opened fine here.
Sorry man.  Looks like an issue on your end.

right clicking .ini and modifying to add 672,174,963,882 lines of code.. changed extension to .Troll... now have my very own OS...

nice holiday av Z

Thanks for noticign Troll . .I rather liked it.

Very weird!

do you think you can tell me the ProgressBarX, ProgressBarY, and PregressBarWidth values in the .ini file?

Name = "Black XP BootSkin"
Author = "Demonic DJ"
Description = "Windows XP Black Version"
ProgressBar=Progress Bar.bmp
ProgressBarX = 257
ProgressBarY = 353
ProgressBarWidth = 127
Screen=Background.bmp