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heiowge — Sat May 25, 2013 9:15 am

Author: heiowge

Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 9:15 am

I'm more concerned about them patching the little error with my activation timer...

Installed Win 8 lost me LINUX :(

towy71 — Sun Apr 28, 2013 2:19 pm

Author: towy71

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 2:19 pm

this is an old page but still works if you boot into a live disk:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows

Java and Libre Office on Mountain Lion

Marrea — Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:03 pm

Author: Marrea

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:03 pm

Rhakios wrote:

On my own system there is an entry under LibreOffice>Preferences>LibreOffice Base>Databases for a bibliography (not something I put there, it's there by default), perhaps if there are no databases registered it might not prompt you for Java?

I see that I too have a similar entry, so I tried moving the file somewhere else temporarily - but I still got the error message.

Rhakios wrote:

LO used to need Java for help to work as well. I don't know if that's still the case in LO4.x, but you could try disabling the help agent as well.

Tried that as well - still makes no difference.

Thanks for the suggestions.

I may well have a go at NeoOffice and see what it's like. I do a great deal of word processing and a fair amount of spreadsheeting, whether that be in Windows, Linux or Mac, so I need some sort of office suite on my Mac mini.

Blackberry issue with GMail two stage validation.

Davido02 — Tue Apr 09, 2013 12:52 pm

Author: Davido02

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 12:52 pm

Hi Rhakios,

Yep that solved it.

Google generates an application specific password which can be bolted into the BB and were away.

Many thanks

David

Windoze ate my hdsik.

towy71 — Sat Feb 16, 2013 4:37 pm

Author: towy71

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 4:37 pm

I had a quick google for UEFI Toshiba and got this page: http://forums.toshiba.com/t5/Windows-8-Knowledge-Base/How-To-Enter-the-system-BIOS-or-UEFI-in-Windows-8/ta-p/329292

Don't know if it is any help as my hardware still uses rubber bands to start up

Installing DOS

oldpenguin — Sat Feb 16, 2013 8:15 am

Author: oldpenguin

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 8:15 am

1) Suggest using 6.20 instead.

2) Use syslinux to start a floppy image.

3) I'm sure there are more experienced users here to say why.

A photobucket for wav files

heiowge — Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:55 am

Author: heiowge

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:55 am

Yeah, it was my main aim.

[SOLVED]: HELP: Forgot Windows XP password

Bruno — Sun Jan 06, 2013 2:31 pm

Author: Bruno

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 2:31 pm

Yep, Linux to the rescue again

Help needed...

Bazza — Thu Jan 03, 2013 12:06 pm

Author: Bazza

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 12:06 pm

Hi DM...

As your advice bears no relevance to my original post I will let you find the ROM images for Current Macbook Pro Intel 64 bit architecture...

I await your finding the binar(y)(ies) with eagerness... ;oO

Help I've borked the wifes windows box

Dutch_Master — Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:15 pm

Author: Dutch_Master

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:15 pm

Recommended: http://www.sysresccd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage

Texting script

Dutch_Master — Mon Dec 10, 2012 3:19 am

Author: Dutch_Master

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 3:19 am

Thanks for trying! The key is: I can't use an Android phone... The ISP has locked down the device to the SIM card, so I'm forced to use this cr*p... It has to run on the Win-version I posted earlier, otherwise it won't work (still need to do that google though, work intervened unfortunately )

OS/2 Article on The Register

Nuke — Tue Nov 27, 2012 8:38 pm

Author: Nuke

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 8:38 pm

guy wrote:

I recall OS/2 being expensive in the early days. It was pushed as a better Windows than Windows itself .. Towards the end, the price did drop in a desperate attempt to build some kind of viable user base.

Maybe those later days are what I remember. I came in at v2.0 and went through to v3 (Warp). Early on I approached IBM with a technical query and for some reason they assumed I was an OS/2 "Reseller". From then on I got free copies of all variants (except server). I sold them recently, some still shrink-wrapped, on eBay - to keen buyers. I also attended a free OS/2 course at IBM Warwick.

guy wrote:

I can't recall if OS/2 actually contained MS code - it may well have done - but it certainly incorporated Microsoft IP at a very deep level.

Versions 1.x were written by an alliance of IBM and MS, so it was joint IP. Of course the code diverged after the break-up, and some of it went into Windows NT. Eg its file system, NTFS, was an evolution of OS/2's HPFS, and I believe the OS/2 printing system was still there at least into XP.

IBM somehow retained the right to distribute Windows 3.x with OS/2 (for a royalty). This was not Windows code in OS/2, it was a customised Windows itself running in a VM hosted by OS/2. In 1994 I found it awsome to see a Windows desktop [ie Program Manager] running in a window on the OS/2 desktop, as seen here :-

Of course you could not separate the Windows code out (or maybe a serious hacker could have). You could buy OS/2 with or without Windows in it (and if without you could then install a copy of Windows yourself). I had all these versions!

guy wrote:

IBM were incompetent in some areas too, but it was the MS action that struck the lethal blow: after that, it was only a matter of time.

I was taking MS opposition and dirty tricks as read. It was the threat of OS/2 that started MS punishing PC makers if they did not pre-load Windows. I was highlighting the incompetance of IBM senior management in the face of that. Another example is that they wasted developers' time trying to get OS/2 to run on 286's, even after 386s were already on sale. At the time it was assumed that non-power users always be using 286s (enough for anybody) for years to come. But the processor arms race then took off and a very short while we were all on 486s and then Pentiums.

My first experience of Windows 8

Bazza — Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:43 pm

Author: Bazza

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:43 pm

Hi nelz...

Nah, only a walled garden if one wants it to be. This is no
different to my Debian tool except much more slick. Most
of the SW I use on my Debian tool is on here from the F(L)OSS
ether...

Mic Input On Apple MacBook Pro 13 Inch...

Bazza — Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:20 pm

Author: Bazza

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:20 pm

Disclaimer:-

You take this information and use it ENTIRELY at your own risk.
I hold no responsibility for any errors either in this text or with your electronics capabilities�

BEST VIEWED IN PURE TEXT MODE!

The reason I have given this away is/was because I needed an audio input for a simple MacBook Pro
Python Audio-Oscilloscope I am developing.

Machine:- Apple MacBook Pro 13 inch.

OSX 10.7.5...

Vintage:- August 2012.

Common 3.5mm Mic/Ear socket cable for external MONO audio input, (and stereo audio output)�

Plug required, (or similar)...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-5mm-Mini-Jack-Right-Angle-90-Degree-Solder-4-Pole-Male-Plug-Connector-/320770305756

Resistor, 2K2, 1/8 W, 10% tolerance...

This is the wiring for the auto-switching of the Mic input to external�

Pins. Wiring.
----- TIP -------
1 ----> O <----- Left Audio Output +ve.
2 ----> H <----- Right Audio Output +ve.
3 ----> H <----- Mono (Mic) Input, Active.
4 ----> H <----- Common To All Inputs And Outputs.
---
| |
| |______
|__________|=========

For the auto-switching capability a 2K2 resistor must be connected across Pins 3 and 4. [Mono (Mic) Input, Active and Common]�

Test by plugging into the socket and check that the "System Preferences > Sound" switches over to external input and output.

You now have two audio outputs at low impedance and an analogue audio input at around 2K2 _impedance_.

Do NOT drive the input with more than 100mV AC and do NOT connect to a DC _supply_ either.

Do NOT load the audio outputs with less than 33 Ohm resistors.

Do NOT assume that Common is connected to GND, Ground, of the computer, aothough it may well be.

I am assuming that if you are capable of doing this that you are also capable of doing the subtle level tests etc...

(C)2012, B.Walker, G0LCU. (Issued as Public Domain for all.)

Enjoy finding simple solutions to often very difficult problems... ;o)

OpenWRT advice / help please

donkey42 — Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:40 pm

Author: donkey42

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:40 pm

bobthebob1234 wrote:

If you got the pdf from the Open WRT website, then yes it is a good start!

did, so good

bobthebob1234 wrote:

Most usual config can be done in the 'pink fluffy GUI', and those that can't are usually very simple, just ssh in and boom.

, i did like GUI but not it's kind of in the way of getting stuff done

bobthebob1234 wrote:

I have found the openWrt website to be very good, answering any potential questions I have, and if I can't find the answer on the website someone else has usually asked the same question in the forums!

that's good, and thankies very much for replying

BTW: where thank you ?