I was hoping some linux tech heads here could give me some pointers about installing linux onto a
laptop I have which has no cd drive. To make things worse it does not even boot from usb. I had
installed XP on it with an unattended install using the /makelocalsource switch which copies files
to the local hdd then finishes setup from there after reboot. Is there an easy switch function to
install any linux distro once you have the files on your hdd? (I have a mapped network drive to my
laptop and sharing from my desktop so i can access my files. I just don't know if...

How to Install Windows XP on your CD/DVD/Pen drive QUOTE This article will show you how to
install Windows XP on your CD/DVD/USB Pen drive/ Flash Drive/ thumb Drive Requirements:- 1) Windows
XP CD or Windows XP Setup Information 2) Blank CD or DVD or 2) USB Pen Drive Minimum of 1 GB (disk
space necessary 256 MB or less) 3) BART PE builder software. Procedure:- 1) Make sure that your
system has about 500MB of free disk space! 2) Download the latest PE Builder version
(self-installing package) and install it. 3) Start PE Builder (pebuilder.exe). When you sta...

If you bought a brand new computer within the past few years, you might have noticed that your
computer shipped with a Serial ATA (SATA) controller instead of the convetional Enhanced IDE (EIDE)
controller. The reason for this is to enhance performance and power management as SATA controllers
and their supported Hard Disk Drives have a higher data transfer speed against their IDE
counterparts. And they are supposed to use lesser amount of power thereby saving you more battery
life in your notebook's battery or UPS as the case may be. If you want to install and run ...

Hi, I just found out this nice software which allows you to install Ubuntu from Windows as any other
application. I haven't tried it personally though, because I'm already running Linux, but
some of you may want to check it out. Here it is: http://wubi-installer.org/ I hope it helps
somebody....

I was wondering if anyone here knows something about Windows updates. I use Win XP SP2 and have
done a repair install of Windows. I now notice that my updates do not work properly anymore. I have
Automatic Updates turned on, but now, I see the yellow icon in my taskbar which tells me updates are
ready to be downloaded. When I double click on the icon and allow the install, everything still
works as normal, except, after only half a minute or so, i get the message: "The following updates
could not be installed:", showing me a whole bunch of updates. After that, the y...

IM on my computers computer.. my computer won't boot properly, i turn it on, everything is
plugged in, it says " Dell " then under it Dell.com then under it BIOS revision 1.8.2 ( i forget
what the version was i think it was 1.8.2) and bottom right it says Intel and top right it says
click f12 for blahblah blah and f2 for blahblahblah its just just there.. I have dell Inspiron
530s core 2 duo processor (E4300) 2 gigs, uhm viewsonic screen, intergrated card, i didnt recently
update anything in the computer.. uhm.. and then night before my computer owuldn't turn ...

Ok I had this problem with my laptop so we just ignored it but then it started to piss me dad off.
So he started taking it apart. And what he found was dust and alot not even dust like lint in the
what my brother said was somethig that detected the tempature and was making it so my compter would
randomly shut off with no warning. So we clean that out with some compressed air. And now it works
just like brand new. It may not be that best compter in the world but it still works good. I
gurantee no one else it as happy as I am. Anyone else fix a computer problem like this?...

kk.. i made another partition off my 250gb harddrive, and i wanted to install vista on it, so i was
doing that, and my power went out, and now i can't boot from my... other partition, the one that
already has everything set up, its very annoying, and i can't get on my computer any more, im on
my mums...

How to install Microsoft Windows XP automatically As you know, during installing Microsoft
Windows XP, setup asks you several questions about your installation drive, windows serial number,
your language, administrator password, local time zone and … . So that you should sit and answer
above questions. But there is a small tool in Microsoft Windows CD , let's you answer these
questions before installing Windows. 1- Put Windows XP CD/DVD in the CD/DVD in your CD/DVD ROM and
go to following folder: X:\Support\tools\ 2- Copy deploy.cab in your Hard Dr...

How to add items to My computer right click context menu. Here I would like to tech you, how you
can add some major commands and controls to My computer right click context menu. Here you can add
following commands and controls to right click context menu: Search ، Disk Cleanup ،
Control Panel ، Registry ، Services ، System Restore ، Logoff ،
Shutdown ، Restart and … First download below *.reg files by Internet Explorer or a Download
manager like DAP . ( don't download these file by Opera or Firefox!!). Aft...

Does Anybody know how I can install windows without a cd-rom drive on an old laptop? The only
removable drive is a floppy. Any help would be appreciated....

Okay, here's the tutorial I keep on finding but won't work: QUOTE Step 4 Get the server
software. When running a LAMPP server you actually need to get the AMPP part. I like to install the
XAMPP server from Apache Friends as it organizes the files and makes installing a snap! 1.
Download XAMPP. http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html 2. Install XAMPP
Click on the Applications menu, then accessories and finally Terminal. While I hate having to jump
through hoops with the stupid terminal, trust me this will simplify your life...

My friend just called me, asking for a place to get drivers for Linux. I know a little about Linux,
but not enough to help him out. He's using the distro ubuntu, and he needs a driver for a
wireless card. The card he is using is a Dell Wireless 1350 802.11 B-GPC. I know nothing about
Linux drivers, I use knoppix and everything I need is already on the CD. Can someone help me?...

I recently installed CentOS 4.2 on an old computer of mine and then I realized that I needed a few
more packages than I selected during installation. I need some of the Developer Tools packages
(mainly gcc for compiling stuff). Is it possible to use the install CDs to get the packages now or
do I have to reinstall? It's not connected to the internet so I can't get them there, and
I've tried using yum but that seems to want the net, too. Edit: Added OS to description for
clarification ...

I have been using Linux on my Laptop for awhile. Ubuntu. I'm thinking I am ready to turn my
desktop into a Linux machine, or atleast half of it. Currently, the only things keeping me on
Windows are... -Flash. -Dreamweaver. -Photoshop. -Games. (HL) Please suggest me Linux alternates
that I can use to jump off of Windows. This whole reformat every 3 months thing isn't fun....

Switching from Windows to Linux wiping away the evil simplified by psychiccyberfreak AKA B.J.
Ok, so in here, we will cover ALOT of things. Linux is a command based OS with HUGE
possibilities. In this tutorial, we will cover things that will get you familiarized with linux,
seince you are switching from windows. It's ok, you can still have a window system. It's
pretty much downhill from there. The best part is that it's free. :::::::::::Table of
Contents:::::::::::::::::::::: :: 1. Is it right for you? :: :: 2. Why
both...

Ok so the machine in question has a old 5400rpm drive with WindowsXP on it. I'm considering
replacing it with a long over due upgrade to a Raptor 10,000rpm. My motherboard has the input so
that isn't a problem. Rather, the problem is that I can't transfer all Windows files to
another harddrive by simply copying them over. Also, I've been having a lot of problems with
my current setup and figure a clean install of Windows would be just as well, killing two birds with
one stone. But I remember having to submit a code to Microsoft when I originally install...

I booted my computer off of my SUSE 10 install dvd this morning, and the coolest thing happened. The
GRUB background on the disk was of lots of little penguins running around in the snow with santa
hats on. I know it probally sounds like I'm making this up, but try it for yourself. It's
really funny. I think they have it installed to check the BIOS date, and if it's December 25th,
it displays that background. Sorry I can't put a screenshot up, but I'm not in the OS to do
that....

I encountered this bugs or what 6 months ago, untill now still gives me a headache. I don't
know if it is a virus, problem in windows services or what but honestly I cant fix it. What it does
is, it's gives you an error message saying blahh blahh...with a timer of 60 seconds, when the
timer reached 0 it will automatically restart your computer....

I'm trying to install courier-authlib on OpenBSD 3.7 but when I do the "make install" I see this
messages: *** Warning: linker path does not have real file for library -lvpopmail. *** I have the
capability to make that library automatically link in when *** you link to this library. But I can
only do this if you have a *** shared version of the library, which you do not appear to have ***
because I did check the linker path looking for a file starting *** with libvpopmail and none of the
candidates passed a file format test *** using a file magic. Last file checked:...

hey...do you guys install windows xp server pack 3 preview,the detail of which you can browser at
the site . its real name is Windows XP Service Pack 3 Unofficial Preview.there are some
instruction about it below: QUOTE Microsoft has confirmed that there will be a Service Pack 3
for Windows XP and that it will come out before Vista. It will not include Internet Explorer 7.
WARNING: Although all of these hotfixes are directly from Microsoft, some have not been tested and
may cause system instability. Use at your own risk! Visit our forums to find out whic...

I am wanting to move a complete RedHat 8 install from one box to another. Current box is a IBM
server (SCSI drives etc etc). Not sure of the new box spec yet (it may only be temporary) so may
have normal IDE drives (though i'd guess having SCSI also would be much easier) While yes i
could load up a fresh install and bring everything over, i am no exactly Linuxperienced a great
deal and the box has some prorietary software (locally produced and rare) that i KNOW i could never
get up and running again (the customer wants to avoid the software house as they are movin...

QUOTE Everyone that has adventure into the Windows task manager has already wondered what were
all those processes about. Well, processes are computer programs that run behind stage.. back-door
programs is another name for them. So, for exemple, let’s suppose (i mean i'm sure you have) a
antivirus running on your PC right now. And what's the meaning of a anti-virus? Stop the virus..
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easy part, but how can they stop it? By running a process that consists on the a...

yeah,Tiger come into us finally.after mac os 10.39 we welcome the tiger with many new feature and
deep expection.but it is expensive(180.0$) to buy a real Tiger os CD to install,so we have to
download the .iso files to install but hard to setup not as CD format which about 2.5Gbyte as a dmg
file. someone here use mac os,how can you intall the smart tiger?i have no idea with the mirror
image(dmg) file.do you use the disk tool?recovery from other disk? i need help...thx all.
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Hi I was just wondering if anybody would be interested if I released a wallpaper pack with all of
the official Apple Wallpaers from Jaguar, Pantehr and Tiger? I have to wait untill tiger has been
officially "unleashed" which is in 10 days. Please post here if you are interested. I will use my
free hosting which I will hopefully get in time for this. ~Wuzzie...

Hey guys, I am a teenage almost starting up a gaming server compuny. So i came up with the idea of
making sure i could give super cheap gaming servers and still make a provit. The way is bye brand
new computers. BUt i need to know what is the best i can get for my money. i charge $500 a year
for a 32 slot gaming server so they save $700 but i am still trying to make $200 that
doesn't go to the computer so i get some money out of it. so i am asking you what is the best
computer that i can get for $0-$300 or so. If you want a server e-mail me...

My computer iz Pentium IV, with 2,4 GH power, with 80 Gb memory and DVD writer. Is it good or
little? My internet operater have cabal internet line, and I am so satisfive (Is godd that word?).
Please, if something to tell me what can I doing with my computer the best. Now I wach movies,
listen sam music, write letter, make a site personal.......