RSS| GimieGimieGimie | Apr 17, 2002 | 1.90 RC2 |  5 out of 5 |
Well, dispite all that people say, if you do it correctly, then this little app can make the world of difference ;), it's saved me lots of time by not having to manually change my boot screen. That's one pain in the ass, and BootXP allows me to change my boot screen with ease. I was abit weary at first when everyone started complaining that it messed up their system, but i'm an explorer at heart so i decided to dive in the deep in. This program doesn't make it easy for the average user to get it up and runnning, and i can see how easy it is to mess up your system. I just guessed my settings and everything worked out fine, maybe lady luck was on my side, but this program really does do what it was designed for. Just it's very crude and not thought out/designed well. And since i've got this app to work for me every time, and never had any problems with it, i'll give it a 5 :) |
| eddie | Feb 15, 2002 | 1.50 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
Same download URL the author has... |
| golbex | Sep 17, 2002 | 2.25 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
Hey, this proggy worked. Plus, it doesn't constantly nag you to buy the program, although it's encouraged. Good job, a 5 all the way. |
| GimieGimieGimie | Feb 25, 2002 | 1.75 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Great program, still has some glitchs. |
| schubb | Jun 20, 2003 | 2.50 Final | 5 out of 5 |
With 2.5.1.0, I have not had any problem with XP SP1. It has adds lines to your boot.ini to allow booting with or without bootXP loaded in case your ntos is corrupted. Vantorax , Logon studio only does logon screens. The startup screen is not the same thing. Startup is the screen where you see loading windows..., logonstudio modifies the actual logon screen where you enter your password. I do recommend logonstudio for that. |
| Darken | Jan 9, 2002 | 1.2 |  4 out of 5 |
Good soft ! |
| povard | Mar 21, 2002 | 1.85a | 4 out of 5 |
its not perfect but it works for me |
| freelancevip | Mar 18, 2002 | 1.85 | 4 out of 5 |
Give this new version a try. Still have a few bugs but the compatibility and the features are improved a lot from previus versions. If you run into problems give feedback in www.bootxp.net/feedback.htm. Thanks To all |
| Anacific | Feb 24, 2002 | 1.75 Final | 4 out of 5 |
Actually, this program is very nice. Much better than changing boot screens manually. Still needs improvement though (cleaner interface for one) |
| _Pepe_ | Jun 20, 2003 | 2.50 Final | 4 out of 5 |
Messenger keeps getting better and better, really recommend this one. The image on this page is from version 5... |
| quanta | Mar 20, 2002 | 1.85a |  3 out of 5 |
It's a little hard to use. I couldn't get the program to generate ntoskrnl.exe files in another directory besides C:\. That 10 second shareware nag gets old pretty fast too. I would recommend using ResHacker to do the actual bitmap insertion, and use this program for a preview only. |
| grivad | Feb 28, 2002 | 1.75 Final | 3 out of 5 |
I would like this program a LOT more if it was a bit smarter -- ie: recursive directory searching, better interface, better options, etc. |
| -Kev | Nov 24, 2002 | 2.30 RC1 | 3 out of 5 |
G'day All, Just a quick note for all those who want to change their boot up screens. Try running this program in safe mode in XP. Because in safe mode Windows allows you to change system files, such as the "boot.ini" file. If you change a system file running XP normally, then Windows has a built in security feature that tries to undo the changes you make. Just a tip. Thanks |
| mharrel5 | Apr 29, 2002 | 1.90 RC2 |  2 out of 5 |
OK for thoes of you that messed up your boot/windows and had to reinstall, here is a quick fix, I know this works on win2k but I dont know about XP but i`m asuming there the same, Now if you get error when you boot then reboot to a dos prompt use a win98 startup disk or something, then goto C: Drive or whatever Drive you have your OS on. then Delete the BOOT.INI file (just delete it) then by default windows wont be able to find the boot.ini file so it uses a built in safe alert, and it will default the Noraml kernal file in the winnt/system32 Directory.... So as long as you didnt delete the Default kernal your ok.... just delete the boot.ini file and then reboot and it will load the default with boot.ini settings with no problems.. then once loaded just Go and Fix your boot.ini stuff.... (Word of a warning, Next time back your stuff up.. ) ....... |
| jcbenois | Mar 24, 2002 | 1.85c | 2 out of 5 |
This program has deleted my boot.ini file => a lot of hassle Don't know why : my W2K install is not on C:\ drive perhaps, or the fact I have cancelled the process |
| CharredPC | Apr 14, 2002 | 1.90 RC1 | 2 out of 5 |
I was wondering why no one has commented on this new version yest, then I installed it and figure out why; they're probably all reinstalling windows. This program changes your boot.ini to no longer use ntoskrn.exe, but another exe- one which froze my system everytime upon bootup. The fix is to (in DOS, I suppose, since you can't get into windows) change your boot.ini kernel referance back to ntoskrnl.exe. Trying to repair your windows using the cd doesn't fix this, by the way. I gave this a 2, not a 1, because I used to really like this program; before it made me spend an hour trying to fix my system... |
| sorlag | Apr 17, 2002 | 1.90 RC2 |  1 out of 5 |
messed up my ntoskernel.exe or boot.ini, dont know, but the bootscreen gave me an error. reinstall windows, i love this app :( |
| Makull | Feb 15, 2002 | 1.50 RC1 | 1 out of 5 |
The program doesn't work (and actually crashes) if you have your XP OS on any other drive then C:. bad bad bad... |
| above_you_xp | Apr 14, 2002 | 1.90 RC1 | 1 out of 5 |
this program gave me a nice stop error when trying to boot the new boot screen |
| Vantorax | Jun 20, 2003 | 2.50 Final | 1 out of 5 |
I'm not sure why people would use something that hacks system files instead of using LogonStudio, which is free and does it the right/legal way. |
