Get rid of “Install Windows 10” message

This is very annoying and confusing, I know several people that installed Windows 10 by mistake on old hardware and are now having trouble using their PCs. The following information is based on Windows 7, in previous versions of Windows the screens are different but its the same principle.

The Install Windows 10 app comes in as an Optional Windows update. If you are like me and prefer to chose whats installed in your PC you should still have it pending, open up the Windows update app (Control Panel / Windows Update), click on the Optional tab and look for KB3035583, click on it, its description at the right pane wrongly says: Install this update to resolve issues in Windows.

Arch Linux on the Raspberry Pi 2

Yes, I already have a couple of Raspberry Pi, but I had to get one of the new Raspberry Pi 2 (model B), to check out its increased processing power with OpenCV and image processing.

So, lets install it. The Arch Linux install page is here. This new RPi2 has a new ARMv7l Cortex-A7 quad-core! Arch Linux has a new distro page dedicated to it. If you want to install the previous RPi model you can also follow my notes, you just have to get the correct SD image here.

Arch Linux install on Virtualbox VM

I’ve installed Arch Linux in a few VM’s (Virtualbox / Windows 7) and each time it is slightly different. These are my notes from a successful install. Virtualbox v4.3.22, Arch Linux 2015/02/01.

Start by downloading the ISO image of the latest Arch Linux distro, use the torrent link to go faster. You can use Deluge, an open source torrent client. Burn it to a CD so it can have it at hand. InfraRecorder works great and it is open source.

Start Virtualbox and create a VM, if you type “Arch” in the new VM name it will automatically change the type to linux and the version to Arch linux 64 bit, nice! I want a small VM so I just configure 1024Mb of RAM and 50Gb of virtual hard drive.

Insert your Arch Linux CD and start the new VM, sometimes you need to go to Devices menu and set your CD reader, sometimes it is already done for you.

Boot your system from the CD /first option) until you get the shell prompt, then using fdisk create new partitions in your new virtual drive. There are lots of info on how to create partitions so I wont get into details. Anyway I was following the Arch Linux documentation, the installation guide is great.

Virtualbox on Asus MAXIMUS VI EXTREME mobo

I had some trouble making Oracle Virtualbox work on my Windows 7 PC. The motherboard is an Asus MAXIMUS VI EXTREME and for some reason the hardware virtualization is disabled on the BIOS settings. What this does is, when creating a new VM, in the versions combo box we only have the 32 bit versions of the proposed OS’s.

After going to the BIOS settings and changing “Intel Virtualization Technology” to “Enabled” we have both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions available.