...may not work...

which means it's the same thing as with SP1...

I don't know if it's the same thing.
Bootskin is listed in the "Known as icompatible with SP2" Microsoft's list.

What is says on that page is..... "The following table lists programs that may behave differently after you install Windows XP SP2:"
Where does it say... "Known as incompatibale with SP2" ?

I've been running SP2 RC2 for quite a least a month, and haven't had any problem with BootSkin. Frogboy posted a news item about SP2 and BootSkin

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - BootSkin and SP2 notice

 

Just a head's up that our testing of BootSkin and Windows XP SP2 shows that there is an odd problem.  After installing SP2, the first reboot afterwards may cause a blue screen (or other bad behavior). The second reboot seems to clear it up.  We are looking into what is causing this. It's harmless but if you're not prepared for it it is kind of scary.  We are looking into solutions but obviously many people won't necessarily have that download then. 

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Just a head's up that our testing of BootSkin and Windows XP SP2 shows that there is an odd problem. After installing SP2, the first reboot afterwards may cause a blue screen (or other bad behavior). The second reboot seems to clear it up. We are looking into what is causing this. It's harmless but if you're not prepared for it it is kind of scary. We are looking into solutions but obviously many people won't necessarily have that download then.

Any new information on this issue?

Hi,

The only incompatibility, that i have encounter, is that it show for one second, the original screen bootskin of service pack 2, and after, it show the "startup bootskin of the Stardock BootSkin program".

But to (patch) that (fix) = simply add /NOGUIBOOT, the boot.ini file.

I hope, that it will help, ...

Thanks Sylvain St-Amand, I will try that when I do decide to install SP2. I am still waiting to check on all the other applications I have to make sure there are not conflicts with any of them before installing the update.

you guys are so on the ball. thanks for the heads up

When I installed SP2, I made sure I prevented any of Object desktops applications from running. I went into each one and unchecked the box that state "start-up with windows. For Bootskin, I opened and choose the default bootskin. For desktop themes, I right clicked on desktop, clicked on properties and chose the theme of "Windows Xp". After applying that, I noticed that the taskbar was still classic, so I clicked the tab: Appearance, clicked on windows and buttons and it brought up a lot of subsets. I chose Windows XP(you know the fisher price looking one).

I then rebooted to make sure The boot screen and logon screen had gone back to the defaults(go to the application Logon Studio to change that if it hasn't gone to default).

Then I downloaded and installed SP2. The first reboot takes a long time.....don't get impatient. The screen will look like the first time XP did when you first installed it. Mine stayed like that for approximately 5mins. Then it moved to the logon screen and everything was fine. When you log on, it takes you through the new security thing....to set up firewall, notifications etc. After that....

I would reboot one more time to make sure everything is in order. It should boot normally. Then try turning on your applications.
I have not had a problem with them working. Bootskins works great, Logon Studio works great and windowblinds is also without problems.

Hopefully, this will help others install SP2 without problems.