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Yesterday my resolution was changed and I tried to change it back but nvidia wouldn't list the resolution I wanted 1280x1024 so I removed the nvidia driver and re-installed it.
After that...

I installed bleachbit and it removed almost 1GB so that's good news, I normally used
df -h
so when I used df -H it showed my hard drive as 76GB overall capacity instead of the 71GB with df -h
...

Is there anything I can do that would really make a difference? I have already un installed the programs that I installed and don't use, the only programs left now to remove are the default programs...

Ok, I didn't know if it was safe to that's all, also the 23.3 was my recycle bin (oops) so I emptied it all.
I checked it all again and so far everything in my home folder including hidden files is...

Sorry ran out of time to edit
I had a quick look around my home and one of the biggest folders is
.local which is 23.3 GB,
and a folder called
.Virtualbox which was 9.2GB
and I have...

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Today I entered df and noticed that my hard drive was 80% full. I checked my home folder and my files came to 7.3GB but when I viewed all hidden files it...

All done, it wasn't home or pro but media Center. We looked at the label and compared it to other labels we have and a media center one looked similar so we tried it and it worked fine. Thanks guys...

Thanks alot, we managed to get hold of the owner he said it was XP home but we dont know what SP we tried sp3, sp2 we are now trying sp1
The hard drive is gone, dead, the BIOS doesnt see, we slaved...

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I was messing around on my laptop which running WattOS, which is a remaster of Ubuntu in case you haven’t heard of it.
I plugged in my usb stick and I wanted to format it and I used...

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My summer job is working in a PC repair shop and we have just had a lady drop her laptop off and the hard drive is screwed. We just went to re-install the OS when we realized that we don’t...

Ok thanks, I was just worried as it wasn't spinning down but I just tried it on Win XP and it still doesn't spin down after 'safely removing' it. It only stops spinning once you unplug it.

Cheers...

Sorry forgot to mention its Ubuntu 9.04

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I just bought an external 60GB HDD I cant say what brand name as it doesn't have one written on it.
I know there are problems unmounting HDD's and then they do not spin down and I am...

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I just thought about backing up my home directory to a zip file so I used

zip backup-13-jul-09 .

Then I read about the argument -u so I found a file called readme.txt in my home...

The reason I am running an old version is because the laptop its running on is low spec, 256RAM Pentium 3, so Live cd takes hours. The only alternate .iso I had on my pc at the time was 6.06 and seen...

Sorry I was bit vague with my last response as to what version, its firefox 1.5.0.12eol

Firefox

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I am trying to install Flash Player on my laptop with Ubuntu 6.06. I have had trouble installing flash on Ubuntu before but this time I really am struggling. I have tried installing the...

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A while back I used this to hook up a Ubuntu 7.10 pc to the internet.
Usb to lan RJ45...

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Today I bought a acer aspire one. Its great but I don't know how to install software on it, i found this site and many like it http://www.laptopmag.com/advice/how-to/aspire-one-apps.aspx?...

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I have an old laptop, 256 RAM pentium 3 CPU and a 20GB HDD. I have previoulsy run ubuntu 6.06 on it and it was ok (not fast but not slow) but for wireless i have to use these drivers for my...

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I have made this small text editor and it works fine. I would just like you too look over it and give me any tips and things, that would make the code better (more acceptable to you).

...

Thankyou guys, i added

setJMenuBar(menu);

and the menu bar appeared but I will keep Alex Edwards comments in mind and try them out soon.

Thankyou all

HLA91

Sorry I dont understand, can you clarify please

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I am making a simple text editor, it is my first project and I have got the text area all set up but i have now tried to add a menu bar which will hold the File>Save,Open,exit etc...
I...

Thanks alot Ezzaral i have finally done it with your help, hopefully i should not have any other problems, but if i do i know where to come you are the best

OK, i have fixed it so it compiles fine and i get the Help option in the menu bar but when i click it i get a blank drop down menu (please run the code in this post and you will understand what i...

Well, i have now tried to copy the way the exit choice works, but obviously instead of exiting it makes the About window appear but now i am getting error messages about " ; expected on line 124 "...

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I copied the source code for a simple text editor from http://www.leepoint.net/notes-java/examples/components/editor/nutpad.html
I tried to modify it slightly by adding a help column to...

OK thanks, i think the book assumes you are compiling in the actual bin directory , i followed your instructions and it was all good, thanks alot

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In the book im learning from 'Getting Started In Java' one of the example programs is a small swing application with some buttons and icons on the buttons.
I typed the code and the book...

Thankyou, its just how I wanted it and i have now learn't somehting new, thankyou for your time

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I was trying to make it so my small program that gets user input would first ask for a string and then print out the string that the user entered, then it would ask for a number it would...

All works now
Thankyou for your time VernonDozier, most appreciated

Thanks for the quick reply VernonDozier

I placed the menu within a do while loop but the problem now is that the choice is within the loop so it wont compile, but getting the choice input has to...

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Im working on an exercise from a book im learning java with.
It is a console app, i have to make a menu 1-4 and then evaluate what number the user entered, carry out the command and then...

OK thanks, i removed the package declaration and it was all good, thanks for the info, strange that the tutorial didnt mention anything about it though and I would have expected them to, if it was...

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I was reading through the swing tutorial at http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/start/compile.html
and i copied and pasted the provided source code for the HelloWorldSwing.java...

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I started learning java and I installed it on my Desktop(XP) and it was fine I could run the programs I made it was all good. When I came round to installing java on my laptop running...

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I want to go to Aberystwyth (pronounced aberistwithh) University In Wales,United Kingdom, when I finish my A levels. I want to take the Open Source Computing ,computer science course they...