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If you’re having boot problems on your Windows PC, it’s often helpful to repair the MBR (Master Boot Record) to restore the Windows 7 boot loader—and you can do it easily from the Windows installation disc.
This is generally most useful if you’ve broken something and there’s a boot loader error, or if you have made the mistake of installing an older version of Windows on the same PC that already has Windows 7 which wipes out the boot loader.
Note: If your PC starts booting into Windows but fails, you should probably try using Safe Mode instead.
The first thing you’ll need to do is boot off the install disc, and then click through until you see the “Repair your computer” link in the lower left-hand corner.
You’ll need to choose the correct installation of Windows and then click the Next button.
And then you’ll get to the System Recovery Options screen, where you can get to the Command Prompt.
If you want to restore the master boot record, you can simply type in the following command:
bootrec /fixmbr
You can also write a new boot sector onto the system partition with this command (which is often more useful):
bootrec /fixboot
And of course, if you just use bootrec /? you’ll be able to see all the options.
This is the same way that we fixed the “BOOTMGR is missing” error when trying to boot up Windows 7 or Vista.
If you’ve managed to install XP on the same PC that you already had Windows 7 on, you’ll noticed that you can’t boot into Windows 7 anymore. You can use this command to fix that and restore the Windows 7 bootloader:
bootsect /nt60 all
Depending on the partition that you’ve installed, you might need to substitute the drive letter instead of “all”.
Note: if you want to restore Windows XP back to the menu, you can open up a command prompt in Windows 7 and run this command:
bcdedit /create {ntldr} -d “Windows XP”
Of course, all this command-line stuff is probably not necessary in most cases. You can usually just use the Startup Repair option from the Recovery menu…
It’ll check for problems and probably fix them. If not, then you can always use the command prompt.
Have you ever needed to restore your boot loader to get Windows working again?
ESET’s Cybersecurity for the Mac is a AntiVirus form the makers of NOD32. Cybersecurity for the Mac is lightweight yet powerful. During everyday use it is unobtrusive and does not cause any unneeded load.
Installation is pretty straight forward and typical of any Mac program. However, Cybersecurity does require a restart after installation.
For most cases a typical install will do.
But with the custom you can add proxy settings.
Define what users have admin access privileges.
And choose if Cybersecurity should detect unwanted applications.
ESET Cybersecurity has the typical antivirus features and it is very simple to use. If you are currently being fully protected by it its green.
And red if not, it also lets you know what you need to do to become fully protected.
If you happen to download a virus, Cybersecurty lets you know and if its able, will remove it for you.
With the scans section you can set up your own customs scans or start a full scan.
The custom scan will allow you to change what time of scan you are doing.
And what type of media and drive you can choose from.
You can also drill down and choose what folders and even what files are scanned.
From the Update menu you can see if you are up to date or if you need to update.
Cybersecurity updates automatically, if you need to update manually, you can do so from the Update menu.
With the tools section you can view your log files.
And see the Quarantine list.
You can also use the scheduler.
ESET’s Cybersecurity runs very smoothly and does not effect your work. While running a scan on out 17″ MBP Running a Core 2 Duo 2.8 with 4GB of DDR3 We were able to view a DVD with no issues in playback as well as play a flash game online.
During a scan Cybersecurity took on average 15% of the CPU and fluctuated between 9% to 20%.
When not scanning it takes 0% of the CPU most of the time.
ESETs website has many resources for help. They have a knowledge base, forums and contact forms. Cybersecurity itself has links to these options as well the ability to contact ESET Customer Care right form the help menu.
In the field currently, it takes some skill to get a Mac virus. If you are on a mixed client environment or share files with PCs having a antivirus is helpful in preventing the unwanted spread of infections. With its lightweight install and lack of intrusion on your work ESET Cybersecurity for the Mac will be a nice choice once it’s publicly released.
This is pretty fantastic. Dave Girouard, president of Google Enterprise, announced via the Google official blog today that mobile editing for Google Docs is coming to the iPad and Android. Up until now, the Webkit browsers used on the mobile devices have been missing a key capability for handling rich text editing.TUAWGoogle Docs editing coming to iPad originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tango is a video and audio chatting app that does what FaceTime should have done. It works on a 3G (or a 4G) network. This free app was released last week and I have been testing it over the weekend.
It performs pretty much as advertised using it on my iPhone 4. You can make and receive calls over either a WiFi network, or over the cellular network. Even better, the app works with a variety of Android phones including the Droid, HTC Hero, Evo and Nexus One so you're not stuck with just iPhone users.
When you get the app you register for a free account. Your name and email address is all that's needed, and the Tango contact list will instantly display friends who have signed up. Contacting them is as easy as clicking on their name. You have the choice to do an audio-only call or a video call. Both iPhone 4 cameras are supported, and just like FaceTime, you can switch cameras while a call is on progress.
How well does it work? I tried a call to an Android phone running Tango and it worked fine. An acid test was a call from a friend visiting China. He called me from the Great Wall, and the video was passable and audio was fine. He said he was in an area with intermittent 3G and Edge, and his connection kept switching, but given the conditions it did work well. If the Tango app notices network issues, it puts up a warning on screen. Eventually the video locked up and the call dropped, but it was better than expected under challenging international conditions.
TUAWWant FaceTime on 3G? Try Tango originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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