Category Archives: windows

Windows Default from Grub

Posted on May 12, 2011 by phh

Normally, GRUB 2 uses the first entry on the boot menu to start by default. This is fine since most of the time Ubuntu adds the latest version of the kernel to the top of the list. This choice is … Continue reading →

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Use Wikipedia Offline

Posted on April 1, 2011 by phh

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia is huge. The English version alone is currently at almost 3.6 million articles. One of the advantages of it being online is that no matter how big it is you can view the newest version of … Continue reading →

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Splashtop OS from Grub2

Posted on February 25, 2011 by phh

I noticed recently that the folks at Splashtop (formerly DeviceVM) have released Splashtop OS. It appears to be a small, quick loading chrome web browser based operating system with flash support. I have a few ASUS motherboards that support Express … Continue reading →

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Oops, Not So Fast

Posted on February 5, 2009 by phh

A few days after installing the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Mini PCI Express Adapter the Acer Aspire One stopped working. It would make it through the POST. It wouldn’t boot up either with the SSD or from Flash. I wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Dual Boot Clock Problem

Posted on November 19, 2008 by phh

On machines that dual boot linux and windows you could have problems with the proper time on the real time clock on the computer. For example, I have a few machines that normally run windows but I periodically run them … Continue reading →

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