Category Archives: Windows

Install Windows 7 SP1 in spite of GRUB

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Anders K. Madsen

I’ve been trying for some time now to get Windows 7 SP1 installed. It’s been failing with a somewhat weird error — apparently something about Windows not being in control of the MBR or something, which is probably true, since … Continue reading →

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My Next Computer

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Anders K. Madsen

My MacBook (2nd gen) is nearly 4 years old now and it’s not running that great, so I’m looking into what computer I should be getting next. Since I’ve taken up some gaming recently — Urban Terror and Starcraft — … Continue reading →

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When Linux Can Look This Good…

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Anders K. Madsen

Who would want to be stuck with OS X or Windows? Setup: GTK2/Metacity: Elegant Cold Blue Flat Icons: AnyColorYouLike Title bar font: Aldo Application font: Butter Clock/date font: Digital-7 Wallpaper: Annotated / Raw Conky: .conkyrc Docky: bluesmoke Well, back to … Continue reading →

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Why Running Linux is Not That Hard

Posted on December 29, 2009 by Anders K. Madsen

Back in March the web version of the Danish news paper Politiken ran an article on boosting computer performance [danish], where they list several steps for tuning Windows, with the last two steps suggesting that maybe re-installing Windows or installing … Continue reading →

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Politiken’s Weird Computer Ways

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Anders K. Madsen

Politiken runs an article titled “EU action may cost you your internet connection” (article in Danish, Google Translation) about how European Windows 7 users may not be able to access the internet because of the EU’s intervention against MS’s browser … Continue reading →

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