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Should I remove BootSkin Vista Free?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
26% remove it74% keep it
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How common is it?
United States Rank #37,361
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BootSkin Vista Free

What is BootSkin Vista Free?  (from Stardock)

Stardock BootSkin Vista is a program that allows users to change their Windows boot screens. Unlike other programs that can change the Windows boot screens, BootSkin Vista does so in a safe manner. It doesn't patch the Windows kernel. Nor does it require the user to download replacement Windows kernels to do so. Boot s...  Read more

Overview

BootSkin Vista Free is a program developed by Stardock. The main program executable is bootskin.exe. The software installer includes 9 files and is usually about 3.06 MB (3,210,288 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows Vista (SP2) as well as Windows 7 (SP1). While about 77% of users of BootSkin Vista Free come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and Brazil.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.stardock.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\BootSkin
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\BootSkin\UninstHelper.exe" /autouninstall bssw
Estimated size: 3.06 MB

Program filesFiles installed by BootSkin Vista Free

Program executable:bootskin.exe
Name:BootSkinVista
Path:C:\Program Files\stardock\object desktop\bootskin\bootskin.exe
MD5:ebc87de4c9864366c265bc54f45cd337
Additional files:
  • Sd.Common.dll - Stardock Impulse (Stardock Impulse Common Library)
  • SDActivate.exe - Activate (Stardock Product Activation)
  • Stardock.Central.Security.dll - Security
  • UninstHelper.exe - Impulse (Add/Remove Programs Helper)
  • Sd.BootSkinVista.SdBootLib.dll - Sd.BootSkinVista.SdBootLib
  • ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll (by ICSharpCode.net) - #ZipLibrary (SharpZipLib for .NET Framework 2.0)
  • BootSkinCore32.dll
  • BootSkinCore64.dll

How do I remove BootSkin Vista Free?

You can uninstall BootSkin Vista Free from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program BootSkin Vista (Free), click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove BootSkin Vista Free.

OS VERSIONS
Win Vista (SP2) 57%
Win 10 4%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 26%
Keep it 74%
 
US RANK
#37,361

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows Vista 56.52%
Windows 7 39.13%
Windows 10 4.35%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 39.13%
Windows 7 Home Premium 26.09%
Windows 7 Ultimate 8.70%
Windows Vista Home Basic 8.70%
Windows Vista Ultimate 8.70%
Windows 7 Professional 4.35%

Distribution by countryGeography

77.14% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 77.14%
  Canada 5.71%
  Brazil 2.86%
  Italy 2.86%
  Netherlands 2.86%
  Portugal 2.86%
  Sweden 2.86%
  Singapore 2.86%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 45.00%
Dell 20.00%
ASUS 10.00%
Packard Bell 5.00%
Lenovo 5.00%
GIGABYTE 5.00%
Gateway 5.00%
Acer 5.00%
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About Stardock

Stardock is a software development company that initially developed for the OS/2 platform, but switch to Windows.
Publisher URL: www.stardock.com

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