Recent content by DavidNW

Hi everyone, I'm dual booting Ubuntu with Windows 7. In Ubuntu, I can see and access my Windows partition as it shows up as a 'local disk' in Ubuntu. Great! Windows 7 and Ubuntu are both on my one hard drive (I partitioned it to accommodate Ubuntu). I would like to have access to my...

Hi, I have recently switched ISPs from Virgin to BT.com. I'm currently using BT's Yahoo email, which is of course, web-based. I have tried to get Thunderbird (my favourite), Eudora and Opera to work with my BT Yahoo email, as I would like a client that I can work with offline. None of...

Hi guys, Running Windows 7 on my old PC, which I keep upstairs. Just maxed out the board as far as memory is concerned (2GB) and the performance is great, except for watching DVDs, whereas the screen output jitters a little. The problem lies with the graphics card. The board supports 1.5V...

Hi, Glad you're okay. Did not mention you, as I had seen posts of yours fairly recently, but I would have equated you with the guys I mentioned as the 'old regulars' - in the nicest possible way, of course!:) Take care, David.

Having only been on here on & off for the last few months. I have noticed that there were no new posts by BigBrother, Donkey, megamaced. When I was a regular on here a couple of years back, these guys were avid posters. Just wondered why they don't seem to be around now. David.

Hi, Here's a C&P of a problem someone I know has, any suggestion please. ................................................................................................... "Finally got wireless router, first laptop working full strenth signal brillant. Daughters laptop will not...

Hi, A friend of mine's desktop running XP is taking (so he says) around a staggering 10 minutes to fully boot into Windows! When it finally gets there, there are errors with just about any application he tries to run. Clicks on Outlook Express, and a different program opens. His web...

Hi Guys, Found the solution. The parent folder (which in my case is 'david' did not have a program opening facility linked to it. Odd, because only this morning it did! I simply had to re-apply a program opening facility to it. I just applied File Manager. Solution as follows courtesy...

Yes, I'm running Gnome. Nautilus was installed, but I reinstalled it just now to see if it would put things right - but it has not. Have done a little research and there is a school or two of thought that the problem is bug-related. I'll look some more and will post back if I find a solution.

Hi, I can't open the Home folder in Ubuntu 9.10. Here's a screenshot of the error message. Is there a way I could fix this as the system was running fine this morning? Thanks, David.

"XP - Stick the USB drive in and boot into XP. Then go to Control Panel - System - Advance (tab). There click on the 'Setting' in the 'Start up and recovery' area. In the drop down menu, you should have listed all operating system found on the system. If Ubuntu is listed there then proceed to...

Thanks, that would be good. I also have XP and Ubuntu 9.10 on My Desktop upstairs, but that boots straight into Ubuntu! The laptop has to be different though and do the reverse! David.

Hi, Have not been around for sometime, so hope everyone is doing okay. I'm currently dual booting XP & Ubuntu 9.10 on my laptop (I have Ubuntu installed on an external USB drive in this case). XP boots first if I don't initiate Ubuntu from the menu. Can I change the boot order, so that...

Hi Daniel, Thanks for your reply. Yes, I had checked everything including the BIOS. However, have solved the problem. The Acer laptop came with its own power management software - which overrides XPs power management options. It seems, as far as I can assertain, that Acer power management...

Hello, all. I have the abovementioned laptop. On watching a movie file, say, an AVI, for instance, after a few minutes, the screen will dim. I assume this is a kind of power management feature. If I press any key, the screen will return to full brightness. I have checked Power Management...