Boot Windows 7 from USB~

.: It's a tragedy, but, never mind, we can do it~~ 

This is a story about our Natsys 1Malaysia netbook getting slow and slower each day using Windows 7 Starter. The first time the first day that netbook come, oh, my world now becomes borderless. I can surf the Net and learn the other side of Malaysia anytime and anywhere I want. Until, my 4 year old nephew ruin the laptop and shatters and crumbles my online world..

The problem is not that critical, he just.. I don't know how he do it, but every font and texts and icons inside that netbook become so enormously large. I thought I'm going hyperopia, but I'm not. I searched and googled and do some study from Youtube videos how to revert the font settings back to normal but none of it works. So, we sent it back to their original service center and ask them to repair the netbook.

To my dismay, after we get our netbook back, it is installed with a pirated Windows 7 Ultimate, not the Starter version. And one of my sister accidentally do the Windows update and then we get then 3 days warning because we are a victim of counterfeit software. Too bad I didn't format it before the warning expires and then we live with a blackened Windows screen to stare all the time, *hurmmmm..*

The one sold at PC Image was not in a box like this.

Our netbook does not include any OS DVD, only Windows 7 exe inside my D: partition, together with the netbook drivers. But that netbook doesn't have any optical disc drive, and how can I install my OS if I cannot boot it from my D: partition? To make it more complicated, the screen was black all the time, and I forgot how to explore Windows using the 'cmd' thing, and I don't have any friends with Windows 7 Starter DVD. *hurmmmm....*

(By the way, some says that there is no such thing as Windows 7 Starter DVD, but I remember I see many of them at PC Image Wisma Saberkas that other day. Around + RM150 I think..)

Fast forward, I borrow a Windows XP CD with an external optical drive from a friend to install it inside that netbook. And later re-install Windows 7 Starter again because I don't want to use Windows XP anymore. You may ask why I did it that way, I did it because that it's the only way I can think to access Windows 7 installer from the D: drive. Later I install win7 (override the XP) and alright, our original OS is back~

Second fast forward, it's getting much more slower than usual. It is understandable when Firefox 4.0.1 always not responding, but how come IE also become very slow when browsing the internet? The boot time also increased a little bit, and chkdsk is more common now. What happen to my Win7???

Maybe fresh installation should help?

So, equipped with 3 more USB, this is what I did:

• first USB installed with Active@ Kill Disk. Erase everything so there is no more "rubbish" inside my harddisk. 
• second USB for storing stuffs. As a place to back up the original Win7 installer and netbook drivers and other documents. 
• third USB is installed with bootableWin7 Starter. I learned doing it using the Ubuntu USB installer. 

After finished transferring my stuff, I erase the hard disk first, and later install Windows7 Starter again. Took me almost 4 hour to complete the OS and driver installation. I better add more RAM later, as 1 GB is not enough.

Now everything goes back to normal (but boot time seems a little slow?), and internet browsing is much faster. Both IE 8 and Fx 4 is working just fine. The only problem I had now is I got one unknown device inside the Device Manager. Before this I use the driver installer that is already inside the D: partition, but this time I use drivers downloaded from the Natsys website. I am very sure I installed everything, but how come there is unknown device there? Hurmmmm... :-?

I'm thinking of doing rollback and install my drivers from D:, but let search at Google first. I might found other solution there.

slow start up with windows 7 starter on 1005HA

My Windows 7 Starter boot screen is like his, but it didn't boot that long..


Ooigi.blog: "7 Starter only?? It's much better than having the black counterfeit screen again."
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PhysicalDrive0: Win32:MBRoot removed by using TDSSKiller

.: MBR problem? Master Boot Record?

"A suspicious hidden object (rootkit) has been detected on your system. This may be a sign of a malware infection. It is recommended to remove the object immediately."

by Avast 6 antivirus.

If you ever had this kind of problem, I found two ways to solve it from the net. But I can only confirm that TDSSKiller works for me, because I not tested the other solution yet (the aswMBR software).

This is how I encounter MBR the first time with Avast 6.

I choose to delete it, and later Avast asks for a boot-time scan. I thought this would sure clean everything, but later after the scan finished, another version of Win32 MBR notification appears...

This time Avast detect MBR using their heuristic method.

Troubled by such annoying detection, I lurk around the web reading others experience removing this rootkit. I tried MBAM, but it didn't detect MBR. I read about Sophos anti-rootkit, Panda anti-rootkit, but I tried TDSSKiller because I've used one of Kaspersky Virus removal tools before. And this is some TDSSKiller screenshots before my MBR problem is finally gone.

Cure this Backdoor Sinowal.knf first.

And then reboot~

Alrighttt~~ No more MBR detected by Avast, alrightttttt~~ (I hope this should not bother me anymore, hurmmm..). Should I made document backup after this? I thought I need to erase my harddisk to eliminate the rootkit trace.. Or maybe not, or may be I need to.

• Read more at Avast forum: Win32:MBRoot.

Ooigi.blog: "Rootkit attacks the deep part of our harddisk. Hurmmm.. Tricky? Yes."
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Unboxing is Art: Why Unboxing is Not Boring~

.: Why? Why they hate unboxing videos so much??

Did they realize that people want to watch unboxing videos so badly because:

• when they're buying some stuff, they can expect that some items should be inside, not missing or stolen. I watch unboxing videos so I know that my stuff comes in complete set~
• the feeling of watching people dares to tear that factory-made plastic in front of their very eyes is sooo... intriguing?!! Oh how much I love watching my stuff all in new condition, no scratch no tear, no dented/rusted sides, the brand new smell... oh, I'm lovin it~
• they had no money to buy it in the first place so watching unboxing videos can help motivates them to buy it later? It applies to me sometimes... :-P

What happens when cats
do the unboxing?

Here, I present you randomly selected unboxing videos which covers so many art of unboxing techniques:

• step by step on how to tear open rip it apart,
• how to multitask like unbox while reviewing it,
• should it be in silence or filled with loud unknown audio,
• can it be done on the soft mattress or on a clean table or on the floor or on air,
• is it done with professional filming and lighting techniques or the beginner's-can-do-it too,
• which package you may unbox or which is not,

plus other videos that you'll see how unboxing is an art, because nobody can do unboxing like they do, Lol~ ;-) Without further ado and blabbers, here is our videos~~

Amazon Kindle 3 Lighted Leather Cover: Unboxing and Demo

Here, cover can be your best or your worst enemy. Choosing the right Kindle cover can save your electronic book reader from any unwanted harm~~

AT&T HTC Inspire 4G unboxing

Is touch screen smartphones is that good? Did the touchscreen technology gets better with prolonged use? I hate it when they become less sensitive when I use them for a long time.

Nokia C7 - Unboxing video of the slim touch screen phone with preloaded Symbian apps - Nokia UK

It almost like an infomercials on TV, but, never mind.

Windows 7 Home Premium Retail 32/64 Bit DVD Unboxing Deutsch

I remember the old R.I.P VHS tape cover when I see the OS plastic cover. I used it as my pencil box when I was young, haha :-P

Dragon Age 2 - Bioware Signature Edition Unboxing [HD]

Multitasking - one hand do the unboxing, the other hand to the filming. What is the difference between a collector's edition, signature edition, and a limited edition??

New 13-Inch Macbook Pro Unboxing & Hands On! (2011 Core i5)

Yeayyyyyyyy~~ Original Apple stickers~~

Awesome iPad 2 Unboxing (HD)

This is my favorite unboxing video so far. This video looks so authentic, so detail, so friendly.. I just don't know why, you had to see it multiple times and enjoys every minute of this video. Seriously! :-)

Canon T3i unboxing

This box looks so old school with the "Rebel" word. It's like a fake DSLR made in China. But unbox is a must do job. You cannot simply choose beautiful cover and decide to unbox or unwrap it because unbox art applies to every boxes or packages out there~~

Nike Air Max+ 2011

What you can expext from this kind of unboxing? Nothing much, just a new pair of shoes of course~~

monster high- unboxing jackson jekyll

She had more courage than I do. My respect goes to this cute girl, she can unbox Jackson without much trouble~~

Unboxing Cute Hello Kitty headphones

Oh, this is how you unbox pink headphones. I am more interested with the King of Fighter poster back there...

Brown Eyed Girls - Sound G Album Unboxing

Against all odds, this video is you-must-not-see-this or you-can-try-your-guts. KPop, wow~

Dyson DC35 unboxed

I can't believe my eyes watching this unboxing video. Can I unbox my house somehow? Please? Help? Urmmmm... :-|

To do justice, this the video evidence which explains why other kind of people out there wants to stop all unboxing videos. Even the video title says it all...

Let's End Unboxing Videos

Eh? I didn't think about the plastic at all. Poor Mr Plastic, you should be given more credit for keeping my stuff safe. Do not litter this plastic. Please dispose it properly, okay?

But there is no unboxing without weird and silly unboxing...

UNBOXING CHICKEN REVOLUTION!

Is unboxing chicken is that important? How about unboxing something else then? Haa... spoooooky...

New strange unboxing

May be the best unboxing pranks ever, lol~~

Anddddddd.. (You must watch all unboxing videos above before you can really feel this). The ultimate unboxing video of all time!!~~ X-D

Exciting Rare Unboxing Review!

Lol~ Unboxing was never this funny, Lol~~ X-D


Ooigi.blog: "Now can you accept that unboxing videos is definitely crucial now? Then, the next time we unwrap anything, just do it unboxingly, hahaha~"
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iPad 2 dog days are over. And Steve Jobs still kickin' : We love you Steve~~

.: From Yahoo! daily snippets: How the iPad 2 stacks up against the competition? brings me to Engadget: Live from Apple's iPad 2 event, where I can see Steve Jobs giving speech again, yayyyy!!~~ :-D

Steve is sick, he's liver is failing. You can see he is more skinny right now. It was a surprise to see him appear at this iPad 2 launch. He just don't want to miss this magical blockbuster launch. Steve Jobs, you're the man, man!

What is the relation between iPad 2 launch with Florence and the Beatles? Dog days Wiki is here, but you have to read it more at Engadget iPad 2 event and look for "Florence" there, heehee ;-)

Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over (2010 Version)

Dog days are over Lyric by Florence and the Machine, many thanks to SongMeanings :

Happiness hit her like a train on a track
Coming towards her stuck still no turning back
She hid around corners and she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
With every bubble she sank with her drink
And washed it away down the kitchen sink

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run

Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your longing behind
You can't carry it with you if you want to survive

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
Because here they come

And I never wanted anything from you
Except everything you had and what was left after that too, oh
Happiness hit her like a bullet in the head
Struck from a great height by someone who should know better than that

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
Because here they come

Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your loving, your loving behind
You can't carry it with you if you want to survive

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
Because here they come

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run~

I hope that Steve will get well pretty soon. And to tease everyone, this is the iPad 2 first hands-on video~~ (Whoaaaa, I want one!!)

For more iPad 2 video:

• Engadget : iPad 2 first hands-on! 

Ooigi.blog: "Apple is charming everyone with their magic and blockbuster~ Snow white with apple?"

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Legacy " wowexec.exe" and "ntvdm.exe" from TopCat.exe?

16-bit screen-mate?

.: Desktop mate or screen-mates is one quick method to enliven up our computer screen, but those tiny widgets can bring harm to our computer too...

Such case happens to me today. After trying one screen-mate - TopCat.exe from Cool on-Screen Fun, two UFI appears..

UFI : " wowexec.exe" and "ntvdm.exe".

UFI? 2 Unindentified Foreign Image-Name appears in my task manager after I close down TopCat.exe. Strange, hurmmmm... I tried to end both of them and it was a success. Lucky it was not some heavy trojans or other computer virus. Just to be sure I double check on the Net to see if somebody has encounter such process before.

Forum analysis:

• WOWExec as in " wowexec.exe" means Windows16-bit on WindowsNT emulator? And "ntvdm.exe" means NT Virtual DOS Machine.
• Usually " wowexec.exe" uses nothing, but "ntvdm.exe" use such a tiny fraction of your memory.(refer to picture)
• These 2 process/utilities will starts automatically when we use or play any 16-bit (legacy) games or DOS programs, which in my case is this TopCat.exe.
• Both will remain in memory even after we close the 16-bit program, so we need to end it manually.
• If we still let them running, it takes up a whole lot of resources, blocks IE and Fx, and other programs from running.
• "wowexec.exe" and " wowexec.exe" can be considered as safe process, but "_wowexec.exe" is still a mystery..

Okay, that should clear my questions for now. It's been 2 months already after I cleaned someone's computer from malwares. Oh I hate malwares, they're pretty clever in hiding and disguising themselves...

• Neuber : What is wowexec.exe? Is wowexec.exe spyware or a virus?
• Help.LockerGnome : wowexec.exe...trojan/virus?? 
• File.net : wowexec.exe file information.
• File.net : ntvdm.exe file information.

Ooigi.blog: "Sometimes you can see it x86, sometimes x64, 32 or 16. 8 is too old. But which one is which?"
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Windows AutoRun, your life saver or your computer destroyer?

.: Stock post that has been hibernating in my draft... :-(

What is an AutoRun actually?
Wiki: AutoRun is an automation feature for Microsoft Windows which allows removable media or devices to launch programs by itself. Programs launched depends on the commands written inside autorun.inf, a text file in the very first directory.

Autorun.inf

Wiki: autorun.inf is a text file that contains written commands (aka instructions). This commands is read by the Windows Autorun feature, only after it is found in the very first directory. If autorun.inf is found in the secondary or other directory, it will become just an ordinary text file...

Autorun is the feature only. The one who activates it is the operating system, a.k.a. Windows (XP/Vista/7). Windows runs the feature based on the commands found in autorun.inf. Good autorun.inf commands will generate good feature, while "naughty" autorun.inf commands do the opposite. So autorun.inf is quite a culprit~ 

Uses of AutoRun.

• To read the autorun.inf commands and launch it.
• To start the software installation. Simply by inserting your software CD/DVD, Windows AutoRun will read the autorun.inf automatically and ask for your permission before installing the software. So, there is no need to explore the CD/DVD looking for the setup.exe file. 
• Silently run malwares or virus inside your computer... X-O 

While AutoRun is created to simplify our work, it can become a serious problem to us. Because of the automation process by Windows, the third use of AutoRun is a disaster. One wrong move, and you're officially runs the malwares or the virus inside your computer. That wrong moves includes:

• Double-Click (eg: click twice on your removable drive and the virus runs automatically),
• Contextual Menu (eg: choosing the wrong pop up menu also runs the virus),
• AutoPlay (kinda similar to contextual menu above, but this graphical feature can recommends you related application to run, play or display the content).

AutoPlay Wrong move - DO NOT 'Open folder to view files using the program provided on the device'. The original 'Open folder to view files' can be seen at the bottom of the menu.

Comparing between the harm and benefits of AutoRun, it is not recommended to use these feature regularly. Only if you know what you're installing, then AutoRun doesn't bring any importance at all.

So, can we stop or block this AutoRun feature?
According to Wikipedia, there is a number of ways to alter this feature from running or we just stop it completely. Some of the alteration is very risky to do (especially for newbies), we might need to opt other "friendly" methods. Our main focus here to stop or block the autorun.inf file completely, because the commands inside it is the one who deceive the AutoRun feature. This can be done by:

• using softwares, particularly antivirus or autorun.inf blocker. 
• delete autorun.inf manually.

We will learn about stopping or blocking this AutoRun later, so in the meanwhile, please scan every USB inserted to your computer first before you use it. Better be aware rather in despair..

• 'Infected AutoPlay' image credits to apcsnh : Downandup (aka Conficker, Downadup and Kido!) worm virus infects over 9 million via Windows "AutoRun" for USB devices (thumb drives, cameras, flash drives, external USB storage devices) - (solution included).

Ooigi.blog: "No program is too perfect - human who makes them too useful or too useless."
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iPhone 4 + AMOLED = iPhone 5.1???

.: Inspired by Comixed from Icanhascheeseburger, this is my iPhone 5.1 comixed??

Apple iPhone 4

+

AMOLED

=

Apple iPhone 5.1???

Yep, while this is not a very good recipe (yet), but do you think this is the sky limit? We won't know when will AMOLED and Apple will be together, but AMOLED can stand for Apple-Modified Organic Light-emitting Diode~ X-D

Just my wild imaginashun, meowwww~~   :-P


Ooigi.blog: "Transparency excites humanity? Oowhhhh, I get it~"
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