I did a very silly thing this morning. I deleted my Ubuntu, and Vista partitions without fixing XP’s MBR. This basically leaves grub in rescue mode because there is no boot partition. I have the Vista disk but it was unable to fix the MBR or so I thought.
To fix the XP MBR (from a vista downgrade or whatnot) do the following:
Boot from the Vista DVD
Select repair install when the screen shows up after the language settings.
Then open the command prompt aka restore counsel:
Type the following: X:\Boot\Bootsect.exe /NT52 All
Note: X:/is the drive letter where the Windows Vista media is located (the command prompt will show the letter).
After the computer restarts it should load XP’s MBR again .
If it doesn’t still work or you use Vista and have the Vista dvd then just use the repair startup tool 2-3 times.
One annoying thing you may miss from Windows is that Chrome/Firefox seem to do not support middle wheel auto scrolling.
Well there thankfully is a fix.
Firefox: Edit –> Preferences. Go to the advanced tab and select “Use Auto-scrolling”. Restart Firefox and boom it now works .
You can also do it via Auto:Config. In the address bar type auto:config. Accept the warning. Type in the box; scroll. Look for the phrase general.autoScroll. Under value set it to true. Restart Firefox.
Installing (or replacing) a hard drive can be intimidating for new users. Computer TV has a video (11 mins long) that shows you step by step on how to install, and replace a hard drive/SSD.
Being in the U.S. is great…you can get all your TV shows online for FREE.
Live outside the U.S? Good luck, almost everything is blocked.
Living in Canada sucks because of U.S. Copyright law…and/or tv networks that just won’t budge.
I have plenty of examples too.
ABC? Nice try!
No CBS for me.
Fancast? Guess Again
Fox? Forget about it.
Nope, no Hulu
Forget NBC
No TV.com
Reirect for Canada…but works.
So many show I can’t watch online.
But there is somewhat of a fix.
For FOX/CBS/NBC/ABC there is CTV/CBC/Global/Access so most shows are able to be watched.
DNR: Does not Restrict
So lets see:
Cops? Nope !
V? CTV
Simpsons? Global
House? Global
American Dad? Global
Family Guy? Global
Cleveland show? Global
Heroes? Global
24? Global
NCIS? Global
NCIS: LA? Global
Glee? Global
Kitchen Nightmares? Global
The Nature Of Things? CBC
Human Target? CTV
CSI (All versions)? CTV
1000 Ways to die? Spike (DNR)
Colbert Report? CTV
Daily Show? CTV
TMZ? CTV
Whale Wars? Nope! (No free version online – iTunes only)
AETV? (DNR)
Discovery Channel (DNR)
History Channel? (DNR)
Discovery Channel? (DNR)
Comedy? (Redirect)
So most of my shows are online if I choose…but I have to hunt and peck since Hulu does not want to work with Canadian Networks.
Note: Canadian Networks that “host” the American TV shows are actually just bought for $2-3 million ea for usage, so technically it’s not a loophole but rather a make peace payment.
The unfortunate thing is most online steaming boxes (Boxee, Tivo, etc) while work in Canada, they do not know about the Canadian Networks so usually there nothing to watch.
Windows Media Center Online TV has no Canadian/Outside access AT ALL.
So while I can do some work a round’s I wonder how many shows Australians/Europeans watch online shows since well…there not Canada.
The real bad thing is though the Canadian ISP’s…NONE of them offer unlimited bandwidth (except for Yak but it’s limited to a few Providences ((AB/BC)).
I can get unlimited internet that way but 3MB/s its too slow.
So ya, in Canada it’s not easy, so I am envious of Americans who have high (I.E over 40GB/month) bandwidth caps.
While I don’t expect anything to change, I hope this will show just how uneasy it is incase you travel.
Included apps are Adium (chat), Open Office (Microsoft Office Clone), VLC Media Player, Hand Brake (Rip DvD’s), Double Twist (iTunes Clone), Quicksliver, and Carbon Copy Cloner.
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