Bye bye dual boot

Say Bye bye to dual boot. How?? Well the first option, is you have RAM more then 1GB, using VM ware would be one choice but for crazy freaks like me, who want it real !!!

Well I have always been using two operating systems ( WinXP and Linux Fedora ) on my desktop. I have always been of an opinion that dual boot might not be a healthy option for your HDD. So this is what I did to encounter this problem.

I managed an extra Hard drive of decent capacity ( 10 GB in my case ) and this was targetted for installing Linux. I kept both drives as Master, one as primary and other as secondary. Whenever I need to switch the OS, just get into the BIOS while booting and select the appropriate HARD DISK (not the logical volume).

This has alsways been my choice.... just thought of sharing it with you.

Pinning Programs to the Start Menu in Windows Vista

You can add programs that appear on the top of the Start Menu. These entries always remain there and remain above recently opened programs.

• Right click on the program you want to pin.

• Select Pin to Start Menu.

Changing the Desktop Icon Size in Windows Vista

By default, the icons on the desktop are quite large. To change the size of the icons;
Right click on the Desktop
Select View
Set it to Classic Icons

You can also hold down the Control key while the desktop is displayed. Use the wheel mouse to make the icons larger or smaller, this gives more control