Vingerhogle.com » Software

Make Vista default boot using Grub in Ubuntu

Glenn — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:02:56 +0000

Well I just finished installing Ubuntu on my laptop and the only thing that bothered me was that it automatically booted ubuntu as default when you don’t select anything else on startup (like vista), problem is that I mostly need vista and I’m not always at the pc when booting… So I googled and found that it is so easy to change the default OS and I thought I’d share it with you:

First, you’ll have to launch your terminal in Ubuntu. It’s probably at Applications > Accessories > Terminal.
Type this in terminal:

gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

You’ll be prompted for you password as this operation requires elevated permissions.
There are some GRUB settings that you can consider changing:

timeout sec

You can change it to 5 seconds like I did so it loads into your OS faster. I’m always away from my computer during the boot up ’cause I hate to watch things boot up.

timeout 5

default num

Changing the default startup OS is extremely helpful.

default 6

Booting up to Ubuntu or Windows Vista using GRUB.

Why set default to 6? Windows Vista is the at position 6, remember that programmers, unlike my kindergarten teacher, loves counting from 0. From the above picture, my ‘default’ should be set to 6. It may be different in your set up.

Source

Google launching web browser “Google Chrome”

Glenn — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:43:38 +0000

Check this comic out about the new coming Google Chrome webbrowser, never heard of it until I read it on macrumors.com! Looks interesting, I’m definitely going to try it, but I’m sceptic and don’t really think it will “win” from Firefox, but well, you never know

Check the comic out here!

How to get an iTunes account without Visa!

Glenn — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:31:51 +0000

I found this explanation on TheAppleDaily, very handy for the people without a credit card who also want to be able to download free apps for their iPod and iPhone, but also for album covers!

Follow the Steps below :

1. Open iTunes

2. Click on iTunes Store from the Left Side Pane.

3. At the very bottom of the page, select My Store as “United States”.

4. When the page opens at the Right hand side Under Quick Links, select “Redeem“.

5. Now Go to this site : http://www.tunecore.com/freealbum! You will get a Code from there.

6. Paste that Code in the Redeem Screen of iTunes.

7. You’ll be asked to Enter Your Apple/AOL IDs. Ignore that !

8. Click on Create New Account at the bottom left of that Window.

9. Enter your Details. Now at the Payment Screen you’ll see that Payment is Optional and None option is added.

10. Simply Select that None option and Click Continue !

11. Voila ! You’ve just created yourself a new iTunes Account totally FREE without any Credit Card !

Solution for AVG missing .bin

Glenn — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:07:59 +0000

When I started my computer today I saw that there was an error with my anti-virus scanner AVG not finding a certain .bin file and because of that not being able to update. So I googled for it and found this:

go to »www.grisoft.com/ww.download-update
make a directory on your desktop called AVG
download AVI: 270.6.4
download IAVI: / 1616
move the dowloaded files to the directory you made called AVG
launch AVG
select tools -> update from directory
select the directory called AVG where you put the downloads

And this fixed it! Really easy!

Source

Firefox 3 – Is it good?

Glenn — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:08:36 +0000

Well, to be short, it isn’t good, it is just GREAT! I just installed it and

It looks great,
It loads websites noticeable faster!
Most addons still work,
Download manager updated,
It has some nice new features,
…

You can definitely see they worked 3 years on it! You can immideatly feel the difference, the first thing I opened was Gmail and this loaded a lot faster than with firefox 2 (or Internet Explorer). But ofcourse you have to try it for yourself!

To download Firefox 3 in your language, go here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html

D-Link DBT-122 Vista problem

Glenn — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:09:51 +0000

After a month I finally found the solution for the problem with the D-Link DBT-122 USB Bluetooth adapter to get it working on Vista

The drivers on the D-Link website just didn’t want to work, I was able to install the driver, but windows kept seeking for a driver which he ofcourse didn’t find… Thanks to the 9lives forum I got a driver that works perfect!

Since I couldn’t find the solution with Google I want to share this with you for all those who have the same problem and also spend hours searching for a solution. So here is the download:

Download D-Link DBT-122 driver