editing vista boot menu

Posted on September 19, 2006 by Sascha

if you are installing vista in a multi-boot environment (e.g. with XP or server 2003 on a separate partition or disk) you might run into the issue that only vista is booting and no other entries are shown in the boot menu.

since vista is not using boot.ini anymore like "older" windows versions did. vista is using the boot configation data (BCD) store for this.
editing this is more complicated than just editing boot.ini in the past.

but i found a nice tool to easily manage (add/remove/edit other operating systems) the BCD store: vista boot pro

vista boot pro screenshot

with this i could easily add my windows server 2003 system on my second partition to the vista boot menu.

beaker sings “feelings”

Posted on September 18, 2006 by Sascha

this rocks SO hard… beaker is just awesome 😀

thanks paul for the link

coming zune…

Posted on September 15, 2006 by Sascha

zune

WiFi, 30GB HDD, built-in FM, a 3-inch screen, music, pictures and video playback …
i’ve just decided that the microsoft zune will be the christmas present i will give to myself 🙂

more of the public details at engadget

finally: drm-free mp3 shop started

Posted on September 14, 2006 by Sascha

today akuma.de started it’s beta phase.

it’s an online music shop that (legally) sells pure mp3’s … no drm "protection" or anything.
the prices are ok as well i think: for example a full album costs between 4 and 12 euros, a single song costs 89 cents.

i like the approach and will for sure test it out… maybe this will be the first online music-shop i’ll really use.