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WARNING!
I have recieved intellegence that Service pack 3 for Windows XP breaks this. I have only tested this with SP2, so if you are using SP3, make sure you know how to fix it if it goes wrong.

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25th May 2008 - Major Update
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Re-made from the original, NOW WITH ORANGE!. That's right, I discovered that images actually have an internal palette that they read from, which overrides the default windows one - meaning i can have any colours I want now :D

So yes, overall quality improved a hundred times over with this update.

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A boot screen image (also known as "boot skins" or simply "that loading screen thing"), themed around one of the best games I have ever played, Portal [link] .

The text is an adapted version of the text that can be found at [link] by typing the command "HELP".The original orange shiny mock-up can be found here: [link]


Zip File contains:

ApertureScience.bootskin
Used for implamenting the bootskin with Stardock's popular program [link]

ApertureScience.bmp and ApertureScienceBar.bmp
Some systems don't like Stardock's program, meaning the only solution is to manually edit NTOSKRNL32.EXE/NTOSKRNL.EXE yourself, so the images are right here, ready to be inserted (you will have to code the new bar location yourself). If in doubt, don't attempt this method - it can go horribly wrong if you mess it up.

This bootscreen has been tried and tested on both my laptop (Windows XP Pro, SP2) and desktop PC (Windows XP Home, SP2), using both methods. It is up to the individual user to ensure they do not break their system - once downloaded, I am not responsible for any action taken by you. I know it sounds harsh, but I don't want to be blamed for breaking more PC's that I already have :P

Aperture Science, the Aperture Science logo and GLaDOS are the property of Valve Software [link] - I simply loved the game enough to make this for the people who are still alive.

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06/01/2008
Changes:
> Slightly different style for the box corners.
> Fixed a few inconsistencies.
> Changed Loading bar colour slightly so it's not as tough on the eye.
> Changed red bits on the text to a darker yellow, red didn't work was well for shading as I'd hoped.
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~HydroLion Sep 29, 2011
is this only for XP? looks pretty badass but i have Windows 7
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~tomthetove Feb 6, 2011
Hey I tried using this but it says it doesn't work with this version of Bootskin. How do I install this manually with that file you were talking about?

BTW, I'm running Vista if that helps.
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~ChrisInVT Mar 26, 2010  Hobbyist Photographer
Ever going to fix this for SP3? I'd recommend "Courier New" font too, since that's the font GLaDOS uses.

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~votrereine Apr 15, 2009
V. nice but 'immediately' is spelt incorrectly.

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~dachshundfan Jan 7, 2009
does this work on vista?
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~Mollikka Aug 24, 2008  Hobbyist Digital Artist
It's an awesome idea :) But is it supposed to say "imediatley" or is it a typo?
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~Callistonian-Wolf Aug 25, 2008
Oh good god you are right D:

I never saw that before, and neither did anyone else =/

Thanks for pointing it out, I'll have to get that fixed some time :)

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~cringle54 Jun 16, 2008
Has anyone else been able to confirm the ill effects of SP3 on this boot screen. Most awesome work btw.
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~Coolin93 Jun 9, 2008
Awesome! I love Portal but attention all people with XP SP3 don't use this cause I used it and the next time I turned on my comp it wouldn't start, I had to use a system restore to fix it. But if your on any other SP's go ahead cause this is awesome!!!

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~Callistonian-Wolf Jun 10, 2008
Ouch, I'll have to add that to the list of things SP3 breaks - I am not using it at all due to it causing my PC to bluescreen each time I booted it, this may actually be why :)

I'll stick a note in the main area about this too. Thanks for letting me know :D

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