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Many of you might have heard of Windows 7 beta being released to the public. It’s actually very cool and  a lot of people use it as their primary operating system now. It’s a lot snappier than Vista and doesn’t require such a powerful machine to run. If your into Windows I highly recommend you pick up a copy and try it out. However, installing it can be a bit of a hassle.

First you need to get the beta. Go here and READ IT. It tells you stuff like the fact that the beta will expire in August and you won’t be able to use it anymore. So keep the copy of Vista or XP you already have. Then go ahead and download it. If you don’t know what system you have I recommend the 32bit version. Now after downloading it you need to burn it to a DVD using burning software. Make sure your optical drive is capable of burning CD’s. Then do a quick google on the software your will use. I’m sure you’ll find directions on how to burn an ISO image onto a disk. For NERO all you have to do is open “Nero Burning Rom” and the select the “Open” option and select the ISO and then click burn. For most software it’s probably that easy.

Once you have the image on a disk you have to face a real challenge. Do you want to erase your entire disk and install windows 7 over it? This is probably the easiest way, and if you don’t use a lot of old programs you can easily get away with it. If a program doesn’t work in Windows 7, right-click it, and select “Run in compatibility mode for Windows Vista/XP” and you should be fine. However if you have disk partitioning software such as “Partition Magic 8″ then you can break off a chunk  at the end of your drive. You’ll need about 12gb but I recommend 20.

From there just pop the disk in and boot from it. You have to make sure your computer is set to boot from a CD/DVD in the BIOS. Tap F2 or F12 or whatever to enter the BIOS setup utility when booting. Then go to the boot order and re-arrange it. If you have any questions, just ask.

OK… OKOKOKOK…..

Hi guys. This is Alberto.

I wish i was Asian. AZn people are hella cool. I’m just plain white and i steal puppies.

Sometimes in the morning I wake up and I just go straight to class. Theres no need to wash my face or change or even look in the mirror. I look like this all the time in fact. It’s the cool werewolf look I’m going for. You know that awesome movie Twilight? I want to be the werewolf like Jacob Black. He was my inspiration.

I also think that i need cialis. You can look it up if you are curious enough. I just watched a commercial about it just now. It looks good, I think I’ll talk to my doctor about getting some.

I want a husky. they are so cute. I like furry animals. they are soft. i could rub my face all over their fur. i want to name my dog killa. i think it is a funny name. i also like spagetti. my favorite day in the DC is when they have spaghetti and meatballs. also, mashed potates and chicken pot pie. they are so delicious. it makes me drool thinking about food. i think i will eat soon.

my roommate armando is a funny fella. he is sleeping. i think i should pull a prank on him. maybe i will fart on his pillow. then he will have red eye, like from that pregnant movie.

Ok so I though up this little computer prank that you can play on windows users. Sorry Mac people. I made a video on how to do this a while back but people found it to be confusing. I think it will be a little easier to explain here.

1. Open Notepad: Start>All Programs>Accessories>Notepad
2. Paste or type the following into notepad:
   @echo off
   :Flag
   echo Haha you got hacked > c:\users\albert\desktop\1.txt
   rename c:\users\albert\desktop\1.txt %random%.txt
   goto :Flag
3. What’s going to happen is the command prompt will open up and will generate a text file named “1″ containing the text “Haha you got hacked” on the desktop. Then it will rename the file with a random number. It will do this incredibly fast, so fast even that it will almost immediately start to encounter errors because it runs across duplicate numbers
4. You can replace “Haha you got hacked” with whatever message you want it to say inside the text files however they will all say the same thing.
5. The line “c:\users\albert\desktop\1.txt” will need to be edited by you. The easiest way to do this is to right click on a file on the desktop and then select “Properties”. From there look for “Location” Hilight and copy+paste that in place of “C:\users\albert\desktop” but leave the “\1.txt” there. So it may look like this:
   echo Haha you got hacked > c:\users\Loginname\desktop\1.txt
   OR for most XP users it may look like this:
   echo Haha you got hacked > c:\documents and settings\loginname\desktop\1.txt
6. Make sure you have the same location on lines both 3 and 4
7. ONCE YOUR DONE EDITING IT CLICK ON FILE>SAVE AS>NAMEOFFILE.BAT
   You must save the file you created in notepad with the extension .bat or this will not work.
   
8. For an added bit of fun create this on your friends computer and then leave it going while hes goine or paste a copy of it into the startup folder in the start menu.
9. The resulting file should looks something relatively similar to this:

If you have any questions please ask!