From the category archives:

Windows

Fixing the Master Boot Record (MBR)

January 21, 2010

1. Put Disc in drive
2. Startup PC
3. Let the PC run into the CD
4. Choose the Recovery Console
5. Type you admin username
6. Type your admin password
7. Type fixmbr
8. Type exit
9. Eject Disc
10. Load windows !
11. Enjoy !

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Software Set-up for a new Windows System

January 17, 2010

These are the additional applications I recommend installing after a fresh Windows install. All the software below is available free at Filehippo except Tunelier available in Downloads.
AVG anti-virus (always install first)
Firefox web browser (a much better browser than Internet Explorer)
CCleaner (Crap Cleaner)
Winzip (for handling zip files)
Flashplayer (for Youtube and Hulu videos)
VLC media-player [...]

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Grub Configuration for laptop + Unix Reminders

December 17, 2009

I’m often switching between Windows, OS X and Linux (flavor of Unix). Windows and OS X use a graphical user interface (GUI) for just about everything, but Linux often requires me to use terminal commands. These are some cheat codes to help me remember my Unix.
Grub menu.lst file
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title Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic [...]

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