January 2012 ~ pimp-my-rig reloaded

TWEAK: Completely Diagnose System Problems in Minutes (Windows 7)

When it comes to diagnosing Windows problems, particularly the latest and greatest Windows 7, it is a bit difficult to really pinpoint the problem. There are 3rd party tools to use to get this done, but do you really have to resort to them? Not really. If you're used to the...

HOW-TO: Resolve "BOOTMGR is missing" Boot Error

dillagrhow-to, usb, windows

Further experimentation(s) with BartPE and cloning sysprep-ed Windows 7 SP1 systems led me to further problems. My interest and expertise in these cloning mechanisms and hands-free installs are for Solaris and Linux, not Windows so I was scratching my head for a while trying...

FAQ: BartPE/WinPE On USB Error

dillagrfaq, usb, winpe

"There’s No Such Thing As A Silly Question" -- does the cliche sound familiar? In this part of pimp-my-rig reloaded, technical questions are answered. Mail them to me and I will post the answers here. If you have a better answer, by all means share it with us. While trying...

HOW-TO: Unload nouveau and Install Nvidia Driver

dillagrlinux, nouveau, nvidia

If you have installed Linux on a machine with Nvidia graphics cards, Linux (Red Hat based ones) would likely default to installing the nouveau video driver for that graphics card. It is a challenge to unload the driver and install the Nvidia graphics drivers to properly display the desktop environment. As you can see from the output of lsmod below,...