Dual Boot Windows 7 with XP

Initial conditions:

1. C: drive to install Windows 7,


2. drive for example F: ready to install Windows XP.

Problem:

If you install Windows XP operating system on a Windows 7-based computer, Windows 7 no longer starts. In this case, only the Windows XP operating system starts.

Solution for dual boot Windows 7 with XP:

1. Start Windows 7 System Recovery Discs and repair existing Windows 7 instalation (if you don't have any, you can download Windows 7 System Recovery Discs).


2. As administrator copy file F:ntldr and F:boot.ini into root C: (because to run a version of Windows operating systems based on Microsoft Windows NT, these files are necessary).


3. Edit file C:boot.ini
   
   
   

   [boot loader]
   timeout=30
   default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)WINDOWS
   [operating systems]
   multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)WINDOWS="Windows XP" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

   
   
   
   
   Note: You can change bold written text, partition number depends on the partitioning:
   
   
   

   default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)WINDOWS

   
   
   
   


4. Restart the computer.

Post-installation verification:

Click Start, click Accessories, right-click the command-prompt shortcut, and then click Run as Administrator. Use Bcdedit.exe for verification entry in the BCD Boot.ini file for the earlier version of the Windows operating system, more http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B919529&x=18&y=10

Stop search engines indexing your web

1 Theoretical possibility

1.1 /robots.txt - robots exclusion file

Create file /robots.txt:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /

Search Engine Support: Google, Yahoo, Bing, ...

1.2 Use page meta tags robots

<meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" />

2 The only sure method

2.1 Password protected web - web server solution

Example for Apache server: httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/programs/htpasswd.html

Create a file called .htpasswd:

user1:nbGwQ3aJkq3qE (e.g. user1:encrypt password1)

KxS Password Encrypter: www.kxs.net/support/htaccess_pw.html

Create a file .htaccess:

AuthName "Restricted Area"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /mysite/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
require valid-user

Upload .htpasswd (best) to the root or a non publically accessible directory on your server.
Upload .htaccess to the directory you wish to protect.

2.2 Password protected web - cms solution

Protected area for registered users dependent on a specific CMS.

2.3 Computers and Humans apart

Captcha: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA

reCaptcha: recaptcha.net

Hidden tag: 15daysofjquery.com/safer-contact-forms-without-captchas/11/

Captcha alternatives: www.arraystudio.com/as-workshop/the-captcha-alternatives.html

Sources:


Detailed description of 6 methods to control what and how your content appears in search engines - 6 ways to stop Google and other search engines from indexing your site | Antezeta Web Marketing.

How To Optimize Your Web Site

How develop web page with best performance?

• Web Performance Best Practices.


• Best Practices for Speeding Up Your Web Site.


• Page Speed is an open-source Firefox/Firebug Add-on.

For web sites, speed may be feature #1. Users hate waiting, we get frustrated by buffering videos and pages that pop together as images slowly load. It’s a jarring (aka bad) user experience.

Time invested in site optimization is well worth it, so let’s dive in:

• 
  High Performance Web Pages - 20 new best practices (slideshare)


• Speed Up Your Javascript Load Time.


• How To Optimize Your Site With GZIP Compression.


• How To Optimize Your Site With HTTP Caching.