How To Do It Yourself

Nowadays, many people access the internet without having any idea about the dangers the computer must face. Yes, I said dangers! Your operating system is vulnerable to the multitude of viruses, spywares, trojans!
Experts claim that by the end of 2009 there will be about 1 billion viruses/malware programs
There are many types of malware (by the way, malware comes from Malicious Software):

Viruses - A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without the user’s permission or knowledge, because it attaches itself to a harmless program.It can also be sent as an attachment to an email message, the virus then emails itself to dozens of people in the victim’s e-mail address book.

Trojan horses - A Trojan horse is another form of malware. Continue reading »

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How to install Windows - do it yourself way.

First of all you need a licensed copy of Windows XP, you can buy one from almost any Computer Shop.

Insert the cd in your PC and reboot. You might need to set it to boot from CD, if not already done.

0 - Wait for the following message : Press any key to boot from CD…

Press any key, for example the SPACE hey, or a letter key.
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Usually to boot from a CD you need to edit some settings (if not already set) in BIOS. Depending on your BIOS vendor you enter the BIOS this way:

1 Power on your computer.

2 Imediatly press the DEL (Delete) key or F2 found on your keyboard. (It might be different for you, but pay attention to the messages on the screen. At a moment in time it will say something like this: “Press DEL to enter Setup“

3 Here you will have to find an option called First boot device it is usually found in the advanced menu on boot priority or something similar.

4 Change it to CDROM. The Second boot device should also be set to HDD-0 or the First Hard-Disk Drive. (Use the instructions on the bottom of the screen - REMEMBER: In BIOS you can’t use your mouse!)

5 Save and exit - Usually it’s done by pressing a key, (instructions on the bottom of the screen) but you can do it also in the menu)

6 The computer will automatically reboot itself, insert the bootable CD and wait for instructions.

You might also have a QuickBoot option which lets you select the device to boot from, without entering BIOS, for example AMI Bios has this option and you select the boot device by pressing F8 from the keyboard

Here is an image of the Quickboot Option in VirtualBox:

To install Windows see this how to.

To install GNU/Linux see this one.

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Many people these days, try to migrate from a non-free Operating System (OS) (like Windows/MAC OS) to a free solution, a free OS like GNU/Linux. Yes, it’s called GNU/Linux not simply Linux acording to the GNU Project.

In the middle of the 80’s GNU Project was created to develop a free UNIX-like OS (The GNU system), unfortunately the GNU kernel was never finished, so the GNU Project adopted the Linux kernel developed by Linus Torvalds. So you can see GNU/Linux as GNU over Linux, GNU OS over the Linux kernel.

GNU/Linux can be found in many flavours called Distributions developed and maintained by different communities. Here you can see an image describing the evolution of different distros. You may also like to take “the test” to find the most suitable one for your personal needs.

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Hello,

My name is Cristian and I am about to lead you through some “how to’s”!

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