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PROBLEM: Installing Ubuntu after installing Windows is easy. But installing Windows after installing Ubuntu removes my grub installation. How can we safely install windows after installing Ubuntu. SOLUTION: Here's what we should do: Make space for windows. Install windows. Reinstall GRUB. Install the boot loader MAKING SPACE FOR WINDOWS:               Open Gparted and make a partition for windows according to your requirements.  Make note of current  /boot  device. If that doesn't show up there, make note of the  /  device. The device name is something like  sda5 . You can install Gparted using the following commands: sudo apt-get install gparted  OR you can use Gparted in your live Ubuntu CD. INSTALL WINDOWS: Just install windows into the space (partition) that you've made in the previous step. REINSTALL GRUB: Now load your Ubuntu live CD. Open a terminal in the live session and enter the following commands: If you d...

Internet explorer- the default browser used in Microsoft windows is some times necessary in ubuntu also when you need to visit a site which requires internet explorer. Well here is a remedy for you! Although it is not a full replacement for internet explorer you can make firefox to behave as if it is internet explorer. You can edit the configuration to make this possible.But why take the risk? Let's go in the easy way. There is an add on for firefox called user agent switcher. You can use it to make firefox to behave(not look) like internet explorer.This add-on is also available for chrome. The User Agent Switcher extension adds a menu and a toolbar button to switch the user agent of a browser. Search for it in google or the firefox addon website and amp up your firefox. The extension does not render web pages in the same way as the selected one. User-Agent Changer is primarily for developers who want to test how a page responds to different browsers. Switching User-Ag...

Ubuntu is a free and open source operating system. It is one of the many variants of linux like fedora, debian, redhat open suse etc. Ubuntu is known as an user friendly OS. Ubuntu is also mostly (although not completely) virus free and has advanced built-in security. In this article I am going to tell you how to install ubuntu on your PC. WHAT YOU NEED: A computer with windows pre-installed. An image(ISO) file of Ubuntu which can be downloaded from  here . You must download ubuntu according to your computer's architecture(32bit or 64 bit). A DVD or pendrive (USB drive) . INSTALLING FROM A DVD: After you have downloaded the image file double click on that and a window will show up. Click burn and you after the process is finished we will begin the installation. INSTALLING FROM PEN DRIVE: First you need to download USB installer to prepare your installation and you can get it from  here  . After you have downloaded it double click to open it. Now you need to select the ver...