On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 01:09:34AM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: > On Sat, 10 Feb 2007, RJ Gillis wrote: > > > Hi, I am hoping you can help me. I recently had to use 'safe mode' > > and when rebooting, was offer the choice of 'windows' or 'debian > > installer'. I have never seen or heard of debian before and no one > > else uses my pc, so the question is; how did this get on my pc? I > > cruised your site and I know it's an OS, but not how it got > > here. The only hardware changes I've made recently are a new monitor > > and graphics card; neither disc includes debian on it. Any clues? It > > sure is a mystery to me. Thanks- RJ > > [ Your question is more suitable for debian-user, as debian-www is for > people maintaining our web site, www.debian.org ]. > > Most probably, you (or somebody using your computer) visited the site > http://goodbye-microsoft.com/ and executed the windows .exe available > there. Normally, Debian is installed by using an install CD, but the > executable you ran allows people to install Debian without the need to > burn an install CD at all. > > If you don't want to install Debian, I would assume that the procedure > to remove 'debian installer' from your boot menu is documented somewhere, > but in case it's not I'm cc:ing the author of such windows installer > (hello Robert).
Hi! I'm sorry that someone out there is using the win32 loader on systems they don't own. I don't support such use of my software!! RJ, to uninstall the loader, you just need to open the Windows Add/Remove Programs dialog (in Control Panel) and select it for removal there. -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
