diff --git a/bin/arch b/bin/arch
index 521b1a64..8d93dfa1 100755
--- a/bin/arch
+++ b/bin/arch
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@
 p="arch"
 grep -qs "^$p=1$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" || exit 0
 
-uname -m
+printf "%s " $(uname -m)
diff --git a/bin/cpu-freq b/bin/cpu-freq
index 01c36ba9..33aa567d 100755
--- a/bin/cpu-freq
+++ b/bin/cpu-freq
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ mhz=`grep -m 1 "^cpu MHz" /proc/cpuinfo | awk -F"[:.]" '{print $2}'` || mhz=`gre
 
 if [ $mhz -ge 1000 ]; then
 	ghz=$(echo $mhz | awk '{ printf "%.2f", $1 / 1000 }')
-	printf "\005{=b cW}%sGHz\005{-} " $ghz
+	printf "\005{= cW}%sGHz\005{-} " $ghz
 else
-	printf "\005{=b cW}%sMHz\005{-} " $mhz
+	printf "\005{= cW}%sMHz\005{-} " $mhz
 fi
diff --git a/bin/hostname b/bin/hostname
index 11855b87..4111a196 100755
--- a/bin/hostname
+++ b/bin/hostname
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ grep -qs "^$p=1$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" || exit 0
 at=
 grep -qs "^whoami=1$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" && at="@"
 
-printf "\005{=b }%s%s\005{-}" "$at" $(hostname -s)
+printf "\005{= }%s%s\005{-}" "$at" $(hostname -s)
diff --git a/bin/mem-available b/bin/mem-available
index 294c616f..1ec44599 100755
--- a/bin/mem-available
+++ b/bin/mem-available
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ elif [ $mem -ge 1024 ]; then
 else
 	mem="$mem""KB"
 fi
-printf "\005{=b gW}%s\005{-}%s" "$mem$comma" "$whitespace"
+printf "\005{= gW}%s\005{-}%s" "$mem$comma" "$whitespace"
diff --git a/bin/mem-used b/bin/mem-used
index f8c9d1f1..d3c74a4a 100755
--- a/bin/mem-used
+++ b/bin/mem-used
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@
 p="mem-used"
 grep -qs "^$p=0$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" && exit 0
 
-free | awk '/buffers\/cache:/ {printf "\005{=b gW}%.0f%%\005{-} ", 100*$3/($3 + $4)}'
+free | awk '/buffers\/cache:/ {printf "\005{= gW}%.0f%%\005{-} ", 100*$3/($3 + $4)}'
diff --git a/bin/processes b/bin/processes
index f5396f2c..cb42b96a 100755
--- a/bin/processes
+++ b/bin/processes
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@
 p="processes"
 grep -qs "^$p=1$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" || exit 0
 
-printf "\005{=b }%s&\005{-} " $(ps -e | wc -l)
+printf "\005{= yk}%s&\005{-} " $(ps -e | wc -l)
diff --git a/bin/whoami b/bin/whoami
index 9356d2ab..13d78a17 100755
--- a/bin/whoami
+++ b/bin/whoami
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@
 p="whoami"
 grep -qs "^$p=1$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" || exit 0
 
-printf "\005{=b }%s\005{-}" $(whoami)
+printf "\005{= }%s\005{-}" $(whoami)
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 78c28b89..45727201 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,14 +6,17 @@ screen-profiles (1.43) unreleased; urgency=low
   * bin/*, profiles/profile.skel: make all status scripts handle their
     own colors and trailing whitespace;  this should help alleviate the
     16-color-change limitation on un-patched screens;  it also simplifies
-    the hardstatus string significantly
+    the hardstatus string significantly; reserve bold text for status
+    items that require an action (reboot, updates)
+  * profiles/profile.skel: move reboot-required and updates-available to
+    the early part of the status string, since these require action
 
   [ Raphaël Pinson and Dustin Kirkland ]
   * bin/battery, bin/users, bin/uptime, profiles/common, screen-profiles:
     added new status items for battery state, number of users, and system
     uptime
 
- -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:23:14 -0500
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:42:53 -0500
 
 screen-profiles (1.42-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/po/es.po b/po/es.po
index 9ab97eaf..cf2cfac3 100644
--- a/po/es.po
+++ b/po/es.po
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: 1.0\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2009-04-03 12:25-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2009-04-03 12:41-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2008-12-22 01:01-0500\n"
 "Last-Translator: Nicolas Valcarcel <nvalcarcel@ubuntu.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/po/fr.po b/po/fr.po
index c4866e13..6be18c0c 100644
--- a/po/fr.po
+++ b/po/fr.po
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: 1.0\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2009-04-03 12:25-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2009-04-03 12:41-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2008-12-17 23:42+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: Nicolas Barcet <nicolas.barcet@ubuntu.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/po/screen-profiles.pot b/po/screen-profiles.pot
index 4ffed56c..26eaf2f6 100644
--- a/po/screen-profiles.pot
+++ b/po/screen-profiles.pot
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2009-04-03 12:25-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2009-04-03 12:41-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/profiles/profile.skel b/profiles/profile.skel
index fb1273bb..6852a698 100644
--- a/profiles/profile.skel
+++ b/profiles/profile.skel
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ source /usr/share/screen-profiles/profiles/common
 caption always "%{kW}%?%-Lw%?%{bw}%n*%f %t%?(%u)%?%{kW}%?%+Lw%? %= %{= Wk}%110`%109`%111`"
 
 # Status string, last line
-hardstatus string '%{= Wk}%99`%{= Wk} %100`%112`%= %115`%114`%116`%108`%113`%102`%101`%106`%104`%103`%105`%107`%Y-%m-%d %0c:%s'
+hardstatus string '%{= Wk}%99`%{= Wk} %100`%112`%102`%101`%= %115`%114`%108`%113`%116`%106`%104`%103`%105`%107`%Y-%m-%d %0c:%s'
 
 # NOTE: Older version of screen have an arbitrary limit of only being able
 # to change colors 16 times in this 'hardstatus string'.