gHacks technology news » reboot http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:31:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Reboot Computer Into Different Operating Systems http://www.ghacks.net/2009/09/20/reboot-computer-into-different-operating-systems/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/09/20/reboot-computer-into-different-operating-systems/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:35:30 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=16526 Some computer users use several operating side by side. Could be an avid Linux user who likes to play the occasional game in Windows, a Windows user who installed a test version of the upcoming Windows 7 operating system next to the standard operating system or simply someone who needs different operating systems for different purposes. Users who want to switch to another operating system from the current one usually have to perform a task that requires their full attention. They need to press the reboot button, wait for the boot menu and select the right operating system from the selection.

iReboot makes rebooting into different operating systems more comfortable by providing the selection screen in the operating system. All a user would need to do to reboot the computer and load another operating system (or the same one) would be to select the operating system from the system tray icon.

The iReboot software would handle the rest. This means that users do not have to pay attention to the boot process, great for a quick stroll to the kitchen or restroom.

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The program to reboot computers into different operating systems has a small memory footprint (roughly 2 Megabytes). It provides access to its features from the Windows system tray (iReboot via Into Windows)

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/09/20/reboot-computer-into-different-operating-systems/feed/ 6 Don’t Reset! http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/15/dont-re_at/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/15/dont-re_at/#comments Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:07:04 +0000 joshua http://www.ghacks.net/?p=4989 This is a incredibly handy little tip that I found in APC Magazine.

When you’ve been working on your computer for a day or two and it’s starting to slow down and is struggling to open the start menu then it’s probably time to reset. Resetting clears the RAM and gets the system running fresh again.

The Anonymous writer of Shipping Seven also had this suggestion:

Windows occasionally gets into a weird state where, well, things just stop working – the start menu doesn’t launch some apps anymore, clicking links in Internet Explorer doesn’t work, context menus stop working, etc.*

Instead of rebooting Windows to get things working again, try logging out and logging back in. When Windows (and the apps that plug into the Windows shell) get into some weird state, you don’t need to reboot; a logoff shuts down the Windows Explorer, and a logon loads it again.

This used to happen to me every now and again, but since SP1 It hasn’t happened once.

Alternatively there is a much easier way to get your computer running smoothly again and remove all the idle processed.

  • Create a new shortcut on the desktop
  • In the input field type:

“%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks”

  • Click ‘next’ and name the shortcut.
  • When this shortcut is run the system should stop for a few seconds as it reclaims RAM before speeding up again as you use it.

 

Hope you find this useful.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/15/dont-re_at/feed/ 8 Superfast Shutdown for XP and Vista http://www.ghacks.net/2007/03/18/superfast-shutdown-for-xp-and-vista/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/03/18/superfast-shutdown-for-xp-and-vista/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2007 12:55:55 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/03/18/superfast-shutdown-for-xp-and-vista/ It sometimes takes ages to shutdown Windows XP and Windows Vista, most of the time when you are in a hurry. This can be caused by processes that are still open or not reacting. Windows tries to close those processes which can take a long time. If you don’t have the time or patience to wait for the shutdown you might want to try the excellent freeware Superfast Shutdown which does exactly what the name suggests.

The shutdown is almost immediate which means it is much faster than the shutdown with the usual registry tweaks that can be applied to reduce the timeout delay for processes. The freeware runs fine on Windows Vista and XP, you should just be aware that Superfast Shutdown ignores everything that is still open and running. This could mean that you loose data that has not been saved. Make sure you save everything important before you activate the shutdown option.

Installing the freeware adds two shortcuts to your desktop. The first is called superfast shutdown and the second superfast reboot. Both options are great if you think that the normal shutdown and reboot procedure takes to long. Again, make sure that everything important is saved before you click on the shortcuts.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2007/03/18/superfast-shutdown-for-xp-and-vista/feed/ 4 Why Reboot ? http://www.ghacks.net/2006/05/09/why-reboot/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/05/09/why-reboot/#comments Tue, 09 May 2006 05:03:41 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/05/09/why-reboot/ Why the hell do I need to restart my computer after installing this software, it works without problems without rebooting. If you asked yourself this question the little why reboot application might be the answer.

Why reboot is freeware and only 60k in size. What it does is that it will give you a listing of operations that windows will perform after rebooting. (those are the operations that the newly installed software wants to perform).

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