Set up BIOS to Boot from CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive

Access of BIOS depends on the vendor and manufacturer, lets know how to access BIOS on various computers.

Alphabetically ordered

• AMI/Award: Del and some times Ctrl Alt Esc
• AST Advantage,Tandon: Ctrl Alt Esc
• Compaq: F10
• Dell: Ctrl Alt Enter and some times Del
• Emachine: Tab
• Gateway Systems/Phoenix BIOS: F1
• HP: F2
• IBM: With reference partition-[Insert] during boot or need reference disk and ADF disk for setup or some times Ctrl Ins works
• IBM ThinkPad: F1
• NEC: F2
• Olivetti PC Pro: Ctrl Alt Shift Num Pad [Del]
• Phoenix: Ctrl Alt S or Ctrl S
• Sony Vaio: F2
• Tandon 386: Ctrl Shift Esc
• Toshiba: Esc
• Toshiba, Phoenix, Late model PS/1 Value Point & 330: F1
• Zenith, Phoenix: Ctrl Alt Ins

Moreover some computer uses Ctrl Alt and some Ctrl Esc during boot to enter BIOS

How to set boot option?

When you gone through many installations of Windows; you need to set a computer to boot from CD/DVD-ROM drive. After getting into the BIOS, you can set first boot device to CD/DVD-ROM drive, but again it depends on the version of BIOS is installed on your computer. I'm giving procedure of setting boot options using popular BIOSs.

AMI Boot Options

1. BooT Option
2. Boot Device Priority
3. First Boot Device » CDROM
4. F10 to Save » Exit

DELL Boot Options

1. Boot Sequence
2. Select 1 for CD-Rom by pressing -, /; press Space to enable if disabled
3. Save Settings and Exit

HP Boot Options

1. Boot Device Proiority » Press Enter
2. Down Arrow to select ATAPICD-ROM.
3. F10 to Save » Exit

What is JailBreak

In short, Jailbreak is the process of hacking an iPhone to free it from Apple restrictions.

Because the iPhone is far from flawless as Apple created it, thousands of iPhone users have flocked to Jailbreak in search of iPhone changes and improvements. iPhone has been held back by limited customizability, text message privacy issues, and a lack of multitasking capabilities. But Jailbreak can solve all of these problems with apps and fixes available in Cydia and Installer.

Cydia and Installer are the unofficial “App Stores” of the Jailbreak world. Developers create apps and tweaks and different utilities and upload them to these package managers, which organize everything into categories. The differences between Cydia and the App Store are the lack of an app approval process, and the lack of access limits on the iPhone software — i.e. you can do things Apple did not design the iPhone software to do.

Why Jailbreak iPhone?

1. No restrictions. Want a custom wallpaper on your home screen? Custom icons for your apps? Internet tethering? A category system for organizing your apps? The ability to hide native iPhone apps you don’t use? You can do all of this and more with Jailbreak, as iSmashPhone describes in ten reasons to Jailbreak your iPhone. As one of my readers recently noted, Jailbreak can make all your iPhone wishes come true.
2. To join the subculture. Sick of Apple’s stranglehold on the iPhone? Those who Jailbreak iPhone belong to a movement of people who demand more from their iPhones. And they’re not gonna let Apple stop them. Beat the system: Jailbreak your iPhone.
3. Unlock iPhone. To unlock your iPhone and use it on any carrier, you must first Jailbreak your iPhone. Some of the Jailbreak solutions below also allow you to unlock the iPhone, though unlocking is generally beyond the scope of this tutorial.

Why NOT Jailbreak iPhone?

1. The folks at Apple know what they are doing. They have not enabled multasking — the ability for apps to run in the background, simultaneously — most likely because it is a huge battery drain. By controlling the user experience, Apple ensures that your iPhone “just works,” and you don’t have to worry about managing battery life or any other technical details.
2. Jailbreak could (maybe?) brick your iPhone. “When someone develops something for an Apple product and that development isn’t sanctioned by Apple, you run the risk of it not working as it should, conflicting with the device itself, or just all-around bricking that iPhone,” warns Chris Pirillo, who prefers not to Jailbreak his iPhone because “my iPhone just works already.” But I have never heard of Jailbreak completely ruining an iPhone. The consensus at this forum seems to be that the chance is “extremely slim.”
3. Every iPhone update from iTunes disables Jailbreak. Every time Apple comes out with an update for iPhone, they find a way to prevent hackers from cracking the code again. Hackers then scramble to Jailbreak the iPhone again and release the new methods. That means if you like to download Apple’s iPhone updates, you are going to have to figure out each time how to Jailbreak your iPhone yes again. Do you really want to play this cat and mouse game?
4. Jailbreak might increase your risk of getting a virus on your iPhone. The only two iPhone viruses ever reported have spread across iPhones that have been Jailbroken. That’s not to say the iPhone platform as Apple built it is totally secure. In fact, some say compromising an iPhone’s security is “child’s play” (i.e. easy).
5. Jailbreak voids your iPhone warranty. If your iPhone is bricked because of Jailbreak, or if your iPhone has another problem and it happens to be Jailbreaked, your warranty becomes void. I once saw a sign at the Genius bar of The Falls, Miami Apple Store that warned customers not to Jailbreak iPhones or they would void their warranties. Harsh.

Export MS SQL script

In Enterprise Manager in the Console Root you can click on Tools then select Data Transformation Services and then select whether you are going to import or export data.

Another way to do this in Enterprise Manager there is a row of icons at the top of the Console Root. Look for the Wizard's Wand and then select Data Transformation Services and then select whether you are going to import or export data.

Another way to do this is to select the database in the left pane of the Console Root (you can also do this by pointing to tables if you have expanded the database) then right mouse click, this will bring up a list with one of the options being All Tasks, from here you can click Import Data or Export Data. This will open the DTS wizard.

One more way to move data is in the left pane of the Console Root you will find a folder called Data Transformation Services, expand that folder and click on Local Packages. Then in the right pane right mouse click and select New Package, this doesn't use the wizard here so you have to select each item from the list of icons. I don't recommend this one if you are a beginner to SQL Server.

Now if you want to make a copy of the database only but not copy the data you can also make a Script of the database. This can include all users, roles, SQL Server logins, object level permissions, Triggers, Indexes, constraints like Primary & Foreign keys as well as SPROCs and UDFs. This is done in Enterprise Manager by selecting the database in the left pane of the Console Root, right mouse click on that database then select All Tasks and from here select Generate SQL Script, click that then in the window that just opened click the button labeled Show All, then check the box for Script all objects, Then click Options and select the options you want, then finally click OK and you will have a script generated which can then be used to build a copy of the database (sans data).

Increase Virtual Memory in Windows 7

Here is a way to increase the Virtual memory or Page file on your Windows 7 Computer :

Go to Control Panel » System and Security » Click on Advanced tab, in the Performance section, click on Settings and again on Advanced » click on Change in the Virtual Memory section Change the virtual memory » Restart your computer