Simply for the line, “and then I kicked him in the teeth and I just kept going.”
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/ver/256.0/popup/index.php?cl=7158225
WWII vets kicking some punks ass makes me happy. However, the fact that he had to because society has become such a shit hole, makes me sad. Men like that are the reason we won the war. One to the balls to take the punk down, another to the teeth to keep him there.
Hat tip Hot Air.
All versions of Windows since 98 (98 SE, ME, XP and Vista, excluding 95, 2000 and NT) have the System Configuration utility, also known simply as msconfig. Not much has changed in it except which system files it configures.
I’m going to give a quick rundown of every tab in the msconfig window.
First thing you need to do is open msconfig. To do this, click Start > Run and type in msconfig then hit enter. You should then see this:
This tab is for selecting how Windows is going to boot. The first option is self explanatory. I have never seen Normal Startup selected, though I image it is the default option selected after a fresh install of Windows.
The next option is Diagnostic Startup. I’ve never used this option before, but it seems to be pretty similar to Safe Mode. Some of the services that this disables is Networking, Plug & Play, Event Logging, and Error Reporting. And according to Microsoft, this also permanently deletes all system restore points. So keep that in mind if you ever decide to use this.
The next option is the one that is always selected on my computers, Selective Startup. The first two sub options should be checked. The second two sub options will be checked if you have never changed anything under the Services or Startup tabs, if you have, they will be green like in the picture. The next sub option just tells Windows whether or not you are using the original boot.ini or a modified one. You will not be able to select modified unless you modify the boot.ini file from within this program (the boot.ini tab). If you edit it manually by opening it in notepad, msconfig will still think it is the original. More on boot.ini later.
Next tab: SYSTEM.INI
First thing you should know about this tab and what’s in it is this: DON’T CHANGE ANYTHING. This file has pretty much been phased out in favor of the registry. In a fresh install of XP, this file is created blank, but XP will still acknowledge some entries to provide backwards compatiabilty with older 16-bit applications.
Next tab: WIN.INI
First thing you should know about this tab and what’s in it is this: DON’T CHANGE ANYTHING. By default in Windows 3.x, basic settings were stored in this file, but like system.ini, it was phased out in favor of the registry. Also like system.ini, XP will still acknowledge some entries to provide backwards compatibility with older 16-bit applications.
Next tab: BOOT.INI
If you use Vista, skip this. Vista did away with the boot.ini file and now stores information for manging boots in the registry.
Boot.ini is the only boot file you would ever need to worry about, and really only if you are trying to do dual boot. Boot.ini contains several things Windows needs to know as it boots. Editing the file from here will change the option under the General tab to “Use modified BOOT.INI.” First entry is timeout. If you have multiple versions of Windows (or Windows and Linux, though using boot.ini to boot Linux sucks and isn’t really done anymore), the value for timeout is the length of time, in seconds, it will give you to select which OS you want to boot. The next entry is default. This tells Windows what OS entry you want to be the default. If you fail to make a selection before the timeout period ends, the value for default will be used.
The next section lists the operating systems installed. Each line is a separate entry and these will be displayed at boot up. Here is an example of a boot.ini with two OSes:
The checkable options add the value to the end of the selected OS giving it various different commands for booting said OS. Here’s a rundown.
/NOGUIBOOT – This disables the bitmap progress bar when booting. This also disables the text output used by CHKDSK and various partitioning tools, so you should use this switch with extreme caution.
/BOOTLOG – Creates a log file to log the boot process.
/BASEVIDEO – Starts the computer using the standard VGA video driver instead of the video driver from the video card manufacturer.
/SOS – Names the display drive while loading.
Clicking Advanced Options brings up yet more command options.
For more command options, see this.
Next tab: Services
This contains a list of all services that have a Startup Type of Automatic or Manual as listed in services.msc (which has a complete list of ALL services whether set to Automatic, Manual, or Disabled). As long as the service does not say it’s essential, you can de-select it from starting up with Windows, however doing so may cause weird things to happen if the service has something to do with Windows functionally. Some people thing that cleaning out this list to only include services vital to Windows will speed up boot time and free up system resources. Not so much. If it is from Microsoft, I’d leave it be, but feel free to un-check any third party services. This tab also tells you what the current status of the service is, Running or Stopped. A lot of services will run at boot to serve some function then shutdown shortly after, others remain running all the time. These services are started before you get to the login screen.
Next tab: Startup
This lists all programs that are set to startup with Windows. This includes Microsoft programs as well as third party apps. Anytime you tell a program to start will Windows, it simply adds an entry here (which is actually in the registry) telling Windows to boot it at startup. This is done about the same time as the desktop first appears. This is a good place to come if you have a slow boot up. Taking programs out of here can have dramatic effects in your computers start up time if the program is a resource hog or simply isn’t working right.
For more information check out the following links:
How to Edit the Boot.ini File
How to Troubleshoot Configuration Errors in Windows XP by Using the System Configuration Utility
How to Troubleshoot Configuration Errors in Windows Vista by Using the System Configuration Utility
Also, special thanks to Jesse for recommending msconfig as a topic.
First off, with yet another hat tip to RHOG, is the worst sports analogy ever.
“Since all political commentary is powered by sports analogies, let’s take football here. The Clinton team is playing as if this will be decided on points. But in fact, it will be decided by judges, some of them empires, some of them representatives of the crowd, some of them big donors to the stadium. And those judges are terrified of pissing off their loyal fan base. The strategy here should be making the loyal fan base like you, not trying to pummel the other team.”
What? Empires? It’s umpire you jackass, and they aren’t in football (American football or soccer), they are in baseball. Not decided by points? Has this guy ever watched even one game of football… ever? Highlights even? Does this guy get ESPN? And why would you need to make the LOYAL fan base like you? I’m a Dolphins fan even though they have sucked for years.
Moving on….
Obama’s military adviser is anti-semitic.
Clinton says she “misspoke” when she lied through her teeth about her trip to Bosnia in ’96. Hat tip Crush Liberalism.
“She was quick to answer, jumping in before I was fully finished with the question. Here’s her response in its entirety:
“Now let me tell you what I can remember, OK — because what I was told was that we had to land a certain way and move quickly because of the threat of sniper fire. So I misspoke — I didn’t say that in my book or other times but if I said something that made it seem as though there was actual fire — that’s not what I was told. I was told we had to land a certain way, we had to have our bulletproof stuff on because of the threat of sniper fire. I was also told that the greeting ceremony had been moved away from the tarmac but that there was this 8-year-old girl and I said well, I, I can’t, I can’t rush by her, I’ve got to at least greet her — so I greeted her, I took her stuff and then I left, Now that’s my memory of it.
I followed-up, noting that the episode has raised questions about her credibility on foreign policy. She responded:
“No, I don’t, Good grief, I went to 80 countries, you know. I gave contemporaneous accounts, I wrote about a lot of this in my book. you know, I think that, a minor blip, you know, if I said something that, you know, I say a lot of things — millions of words a day — so if I misspoke, that was just a misstatement.”
I like how she even tries to drum up sympathy and distract you by throwing in that bit about the 8-year girl (seen in the video) still being there after the ceremony had been moved.
On an unrelated note, I don’t know when I’ll do another “Customize your PC” post. Maybe this weekend if I can think of something else to do. If you have a suggestion, please, please post it in the comments or send me a message.
I’m surprised CBS is actually calling her on this one.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23411799-7583,00.html
Ahh, the liberals nonsense is slowing starting to collapse under the weight of the truth. To quote the author, “It will all be vastly entertaining to watch.”
**Warning** There is a very high possibility that you will be in pain after watching this video… from laughing uncontrollably. You’ve been warned.
The DailyShow just got some cool points back from me.
Big HatTip to RHOG.
