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 | Hi there, I have been running SuSE 9 Professional since it came in retail in the store on my wife's desktop system and we love it. As desktop distribution it works great. Everything is easy to install and works perfectly. Unfortunatly we keep running into this problem with the font. …  |
| | Hi, What is the best site to get a basic knowledge of troubleshooting common Linux problems. And the best site for learning fundamentals of Linux? I'm not into programming but wanting to learn a new OS. Thanks Joe |
| | Hi, I have a Windows box connected to a Linux box and they both share the Internet. H can I get my Linux box to see my Windows files and how do I configure my printer on the Linux box? Thanks |
| | Setup: RedHat 9 running Samba, Windows XP Professional connecting successfully to the RH box. I can map a drive from Windows to RH, but cant print to the RH box. Here's my smb.conf file: *** [root@home salvatore]# cat /etc/samba/smb.conf ; /etc/smb.conf ; ; Make sure and restart the server after … |
 | I have an HP photosmart 320 every time I take a picture or I should most everytime I take a picture it comes back with these circle like things aka orbs. I had done some reasearch and its either one of two things its either my house has ghosts (which … |
| | Ok, internet connections have a possible tweak to make them faster, or program to make them faster. Is there anything to tweak a graphics card? and if there is, where can I get it? |
| | hehehe....Um...well you see, I was messing around with two machines, a Windows XP pro, and a Win2k pro, and I sort of got confused. Well to make a long story short, I sort of renamed one of the user accounts...Now it's, of course, not logging in correctly. It's logging in … |
 | Well, that is what the teacher told me. This is an old computer running Win98 and it keeps freezing. She tells me that it freezes when she submits her attendence (the program here is called Winschool) or when she checks her e-mail (Outlook) or does anything. If she has more … |
| | Hi, I have Emac and iMovie's included. I managed to edit my video in the iMovie but I need to transfer it into mpeg format which could be read by VCD players in Malaysia. It's important.... does anyone know how 2 do it? The quicktime version is too bad, it's … |
| | Is novell downloadable like linux or unix is like if I went to novell.com can you download it or do you have to buy it in the store like windows? thank you for your help |
 | hi all i read your advise on these pages and you guys are doing a great service glad to see theres still decent peeps out there. Enough with the creeping.LOL Anyway i came across this site as im having probs with ie6 being hijacked im using the usual precautions spybot,zonealarm … |
| | XP Pro SP1 had been running fine with just the Administrator account, and one other account with administrator priviliges. When I added a new user with the wizard, limited account, XP makes it to desktop with that account and then reboots. The same happens with the guest account. Previous accounts … |
| | Greetings, I have a computer problem. The problem started a couple of months ago when I went to log on to Google. Instead of going to that page, it redirected me to a different page that appeared to be Google but every site was a different porn or gambling listing. … |
| | OK ... system specs... Running Windows XP Home AMD Athlon XP 2200+ ATI Radeon 9600 PRO 1 gig pos ram but works. Asus A7V266-E Mobo. Mouse Keyboard yeah im cool... ATX kase, Koolance, PC2 or what ever ... 430 watt Enermax PWR Supply, not that any of this matters... Some … |
| | When I tried to install panther on to my lap top. It failed. After disk 2 it said insallation complete and to restart. I did but I keep getting a notice to resart and I do not get to the desktop. I tried starting from the first install disk and … |
| | Hi, I want to install a 40GB hardisk on a Celeron 300 running Win 98SE. When I run scandisk on this system, the HDD is show bad sectors after a certain point. However when I check the same HDD on a Celeron 1.7 GHz system, the scandisk is coming out …  |
| | Greetings, I recently installed the Windows XP update on to my computer and have had no problems up to now. I had to re-install Norton Antivirus and after I installed the program I ran the live update. Everything was working fine until I rebooted the machine. Now EVERYTHING from the … |
| | Hey guys new to the site so go easy on me.... My brother is a retard. I went to the bathroom and he changed my account from admin to normal and changed my password. Is there a wa to get n without deleting my stuff or reinstalling xp/ |
| | OK some weird things happened while on MSN messenger today I posted them on the IE forum but here it is: "start the application sharing feature so I could see her desktop. The app share thing took forever to start working and we were never able to connect. THEN all … |
| | When trying to load Word, a command prompt dialog box pops up for a few seconds before disappearing. Nothing else happens. The same problem occurs with most other utilities - it won't even run something simple like a ping command. The OS is Windows XP Home (no SP installed), and … |
| | This site is currently being run off of a (slow) dedicated server. A Pentium III 450 Mhz machine with 128 mb of ram. It has been for all of ONE DAY. I thought this would be enough for only these forums, but apparently not. All 128 megs of ram are … |
| | Hi there, a generally question: What does these errors in a bluescreen means (Win XP): - IRCQL_less_or_more (or something like this) and - "this file could caused an error : VGA.... please restart...please update drivers...." the second error appeared after the setup was finished, and with every restart first "Setup … |
| | Greetings, Whenever I attempt to save Jpegs from the web onto my hard drive it use to save them as Jpegs but all of a sudden it will only save them as .bmp files. Unfortunately when I attempt to open them, they cannot be viewed, as all of my Graphic … |
| | Hello, I have a computer that came with windows Me installed on it. I have had nothing but problems with it. Can I downgrade to window 98SE or do I need to upgrade to Windows XP. I have some win98SE licenses but don't currently have a windows xp license that … |
| | I saw previous messages and i dont think that solved my problem.Internet explorer runs ok at main window but when i click to a link which opens new window or any other window these dont load and when i press stop at new window it shows at adress bar this … |
| | I was just moving some stuff around on my Windows XP machine. So that I wouldn't run out of room moving between partitions, I moved a bunch of stuff to a Samba share on my Linux machine (via My Network Places in WinXP). I had thought I had moved the … |
| | I have 19 gigs used on a 20 gig hard drive. I can only find about 11 gigs being used. Could it be the millenium files from installing xp (choosing to keep them for a system restore back to ME)? If possible, where are they? I want to delete them. … |
 | I'm using winxp on c drive(6gb) and want to install linux redhat on d drive (14gb).I have got 512ddr ram,pent-4 processor and gigabyte motherboard,built-in soundcard and riva tnt 32mb agp card.I only want to install linux on d drive ( the second partition) and multi-boot with xp.Someone plz help me … |
| | I have had two emails in the past two days one from a friend of mine and another from a site I have never even heard of saying that I or my computer sent tha an infected email. My friend simply stated tha I had sent him an i-worm and … |
| | Hi, not sure if anyone can help but I've encountered 2 problems using messenger. No problems on my side of things but 2 out of the 3 people I've tried connecting to with my webcam only get a black screen whereas it appears to be working on my end. NOTE: … |
| | I have a PC running WIN98/SE and each time I click on the Internet Explorer icon nothing happens. My instant messaging works just fine, just not Internet Explorer. This is machine is the client in a wireless network and the other machine has no problem. I use a cable modem …  |
| | Hi, I am using SSH secure client to log into a linux system. When I run emacs in the SSH, all the commands such as C-Spac, M-< etc etc etc does not work. I know it has something to do with key binding and such, but how do you exactly … |
| | This has been happening a lot lately and I don't know what to do. I'm on the net, and I'm working or doing my stuff, and then if i leave for lets say 20-30 seconds, I come back and I click on a link, it says cannot find server. My … |
| | Hi! I'm having a strage and mysterious date & time problem.... my computer keeping having 60s flashbacks. Seriously, at least once a day, I'll restart (and I don't even have to restart, sleep also does it) and I come back and it's 1969 or earlier! I'm running OSX on an … |
| | Hello, new to the forum, and looking for an answer.. the status message bar (which would say "loading hxxp://thisplace.com", basically anything the web browser is doing) is gone, i cant figure out how to get it back, and i do use it. Any help would be appreciated :) thanks! btw … |
| | Ok, about eighteen hours ago I deleted a leftover Norton AntiVirus 2004 folder, Symantec Shared, that contained script blocking files that were....well, blocking scripts. Then there was a massive unrelated problem with the video card that took a while to fix. However after finally getting the PC going again, I … |
| | I set up a wireless network using a D-Link DI-614+ access point, cable modem and cabled XP pro PC. Everything seems to work fine except web pages with drop down boxes or text boxes always time out. I first noticed when I tried to open a yahoo email account. Also …  |
| | [font=verdana, arial, helvetica][size=2]My Windows 2003 Server is Configered for a domain......I'm running webserver on it. I also installed AD on it ....... I enabled web sharring for one of my folders and it works fine when accesing it from Internet explorer...... But when I'm trying to Map Drive to a … |
| | I've run into a few pages with frames, and mozilla seems unable to display them. Is there away to enable frames in mozilla? Any potential negatives to this? TIA. |
| | I know I said this before but this time I'm serious. I'm going to reformat and start XP fresh and clean. Here's the deal though, slash current configuration setup. I have an 80GB Maxtor which is the primary drive, and a 20GB WD for backups, MP3s and pics. I have … |
 | I have an annoying problem with my monitor. Basically, whenever I turn the computer and monitor on, the display is too stretched and the sides of the screen are not visible. I use the OSD controls to resize the display so that everything fits on the screen correctly, and the … |
| | Upon entering a CD (audio OR data) in my drive, I occasionally get a message from XP asking me if I want to perform a certain function every time that type of CD is loaded (ie. Play an audio CD with Media player, or Creative Jukebox, or other players). I … |
| | I am needing to upgrade from Win95 to Win2K. Is this possiable? If so, what is it that I will need other than the boot disk? |
| | Just replaced mobo because same problem was occuring with other mobo too. My new mobo is ASUS A7V8X-X with and xp2000 chip in it. Can hear HD spinning, and CPU fan is spinning. No beeps when starts up(internal speaker is plugged in correctly). It doesnt even go to the BIOS, … |
| | Internet Explorer 6.0, SP1. Windows 2000 Pro Missing "advanced" tab in tools - options Did a rollback and then re-upgraded to 6.0 from Microsoft site. Still not resolved. Any ideas? Virus? Any solutions? Thank you  |
| | hi everyone, My problem is big i think, and would appreciate any but all help i can get. My PC is a Acermate model 5120 pentium 120mhz. Its original operating sys was win95 then it was upgraded to win98 It was extremely slow on net and some applications I was … |
| | My daughter is running xp home on a Dell laptop. All her programs seem to be associated with windows media player and of course it gives the error that it can't play them. I have tried restore to a earlier date. Tried creating new shortcuts and icons. checked the registry … |
| | hi folks, first time poster looking for advice. after searching the posts for similar questions, i came up empty handed. i'm running a KDS RAD-5 (15") LCD on windows XP, with an older NVidia TNT2 graphics card. this combo has worked fine for over a year, but the display has … |
| | I have the following in /etc/inittab: # Run webcam uploading utility - added by slp on 12/18/2003 cam:3:respawn:/home/salvatore/cam/runcam runcam is: [root@home cam]# ls -l runcam -rwxr-xr-x 1 root salvatore 55 Dec 31 09:46 runcam runcam contains: [root@home cam]# cat runcam webcam /home/salvatore/cam/.webcamrc >/dev/null 2>&1 & [root@home cam]# uname -r 2.4.20-27.9 … |
| | Well, we have one intranet at home where several systems are connected to our main server which holds the backups for the connected systems, with backups I mean personal files and not the programs or operating systems. Anyway, due to security, there are several layers of connectivity before this server … |
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