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Here are random problems I ran into.

It is stuff I found out eventually…(I wrote it down so you don’t have to wonder how to do something for such a long time) – Watch out for Dragons! They really raise the temperatures of their food quickly.

CDROM/DVDROM Drives Will Not Work in Windows Vista

This problem was making my brother get a little excited. For some reason the drives would not show up in My Computer, and Daemon Tools would not work either. Turns out that the solution was found in this Microsoft Help page.

Explorer.exe Will Not Start With Windows Logon

This problem drove me crazy. Well it was a Linksys network program that was preventing explorer from running automatically. You can use task manager or msconfig to figure out if a program is interfering.

No Images in IIS 7

If you have just installed IIS 7 on Vista and no images show up. Make sure you turn on Static Content under Common Http Features <- World Wide Web Services. It sure helps to see images on your sites. I can’t believe it isn’t enabled when you turn IIS on. Well there you have it.

Guest Additions for VirtualBox for Ubuntu

I was trying to install the Guest Additions for VirtualBox for Ubuntu. VirtualBox is running on windows. Here is the easy way:Press Alt-F2 and type gksudo nautilus

Drag and drop VBoxLinuxAdditions.run into the new root window and execute, woot!!!

Of course it is necessary to click on “Install Guest Additions” under the Devices menu of VirtualBox which will load in a virtual cd which should show up on the desktop.

EasyBCD 1.7.1

If you are looking for a way to edit the boot for vista so you can multi boot, etc… check out this excellent program. It even worked with Mac OS X 86 on an external usb hard drive with the chain0 information. EasyBCD 1.7.1.

Auto Mount an NTFS Drive in Ubuntu

To auto mount an ntfs drive in Ubuntu 7.10:

Type: put it into the /etc/fstab file on a system with ntfs-3g (Ubuntu Gutsy)

For example :

/dev/sda1 /media/windows ntfs-3g

Bad Microphone Noise in Windows Vista Problem with USB Headset

I was having this problem with Vista on my computer when talking with my friends on Skype. They were hearing a background sound like a motorcycle. Well I found the solution. My computer has 4gb of RAM on Vista 64. Microsoft released a patch. Here is the link. Microsoft Link

Once more I know realize how important it is to have one’s user files on a seperate partition from a partition containing a windows install. Eventually it seems everyone needs a reinstall of an operating system, and boy, it makes it so much easier and safer to have important files in a safe location. That is my useful tip for the day.