Inspired by XKCD: MBR Love Note
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| In any case, the comic has inspired me to write a Windows-based program that
| can write a “love note” to the MBR and display it when the computer starts.
| And of course, just for fun it shows the “Missing operating system” message
| as well. Shown is a screenshot...
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http://www.virtualroadside.com/blog/index.php/2007/11/11/inspired-by-xkcd-mbr-love-note/
Related:
Geek in Paradise - Vista Upgrade
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| As the HP Advisor disc was in the process of finishing, the machine
| froze solid. After giving it 5 minutes of no disk activity, I reset
| the machine to be greeted by a lovely blinking cursor. I put the
| Vista disc in and booted into a repair installation, where I ran the
| Repair tool. My hunch was proved correct when it returned a corrupted
| MBR, which it had fixed. Thinking all was well, I rebooted to be
| greeted with a black screen (no blinking cursor). Well, there's
| something more going on so I rebooted into the repair tool and let
| it do it's thing. This time, it found a Corrupted Partition table
| which it then said it repaired. Awesome! Next reboot was greeted by
| the same black screen, so I figured the other partition was corrupt
| as well and let the repair tool run again and fix the partition
| table again. Reboot, same thing...
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http://geekinparadise.com/2007/04/05/vista-upgrade/
Vista scoots to new boot, but it's still kinda rooted
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| While Microsoft would like the world to believe that anyone running Windows
| has no need of any other operating system, that attitude doesn?t cut much
| mustard with many of its users.
|
| Why settle for one OS when your PC is easily capable of running two or
| more?
|
| [...]
|
| One of the more questionable tactics that Microsoft has implemented in
| Vista is to automatically overwrite any existing MBR during the
| installation process without asking if you mind or giving you an option
| to back up.
|
| Microsoft says that the Windows installation system can't intelligently
| interrogate an existing non-MS MBR, although such features are quite
| common in the install routine for other OSes.
|
| It also argues that an "official" Vista MBR is required for security
| features -- such as measured boot, which works with Trusted Platform
| Module (TPM)-enabled chips to check that the OS hasn't been hacked or
| altered each time it boots -- to work correctly.
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http://www.apcstart.com/site/akidman/2006/09/1656/vista-scoots-to-new-boot-but-its-still-kinda-rooted
I removed Vista and installed Linux on my Laptop...
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| Who said that Linux doesn't have Eye candy? and who said that Linux
| is a pain in the butt to install and configure? I installed Vista
| and checked it, ok...cool Aero...! But believe me not as good as
| Beryl...nice look and feel...not bad compared to GNOME on FC6 and
| Ubuntu...!
|
| My image towards Linux was that it should be a Server OS, it doesn't
| need Word Processors and blah blah... Well...I was wrong, and I
| reallized it the first day I tried to install Linux as a Workstation,
| it ain't as bad and difficult as people think.
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http://blog.fourthirty.org/?p=23
EasyBCD 1.51 - Dual Boot Vista and Anything!
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| Dual boot Windows Vista with BSD, Mac OS X, Linux, SkyOS, FreeBSD,
| ReactOS, Longhorn, Windows 9x, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and
| more with NeoSmart Technologies' EasyBCD 1.51. All it takes is
| one click, and you can configure Vista to boot into virtually
| anything!
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http://neosmart.net/blog/archives/304
Microsoft Windows "Vista Capable": Good for Booting Only
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| Many computer makers have been marketing their computers as "Windows
| Vista Capable." The trouble is your idea of a "capable" computer may
| differ from that of manufacturers and Microsoft.
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http://www.mouseprint.org/?p=207
0wning Vista from the boot
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| Does it work on all the versions of Windows Vista?
|
| Nitin & Vipin: Yes, It should work with almost all Vista releases,
| even localised ones, but it will need a little bit of fine tuning.
| Most probably, it will support Vista Pack 1, but hey this is only
| a guess.
|
| Have you released your code online?
|
| Nitin & Vipin: No, we haven't released the code for vbootkit, but
| we have provided binaries to a few antivirus vendors.
|
| However, you can download previous versions of bootkit (which runs
| on Windows 2000/XP/2003) from the our site. Even source code is
| provided.
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http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/442
WARNING!! There is windows in my.. BIOS!!!!
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| From my laptop's Bios download page
|
| This BIOS is ONLY for use with Windows Vista. Please do not install this
| BIOS for use with Windows XP, or other Windows versions.
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http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=2705017#post2705017
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