I am having problems making a persistent installation of Ubuntu on a usb thumb drive. [more inside]
posted on Jul 22, 2008 - 3 answers

Ubuntu 8.04 on a 40 gb portable HDD: LiveUSB w/persistence, or install straight to HDD? [more inside]
posted on Jun 27, 2008 - 2 answers

Much like my last question posted here four years ago about OS9, I am being flummoxed by hard water. Or more specifically, the level of difficulty wrt installing a water softener. How hard is it? [more inside]
posted on Jun 12, 2008 - 5 answers

Is it worth changing to xUbuntu from Xandros? [more inside]
posted on Jun 10, 2008 - 7 answers

How to install XP to a brand new Vista-riddled Dell? [more inside]
posted on Mar 24, 2008 - 16 answers

What should a bone-novice know about installing extra memory in a laptop, a Toshiba Satellite A135-S2386? [more inside]
posted on Mar 17, 2008 - 3 answers

I need to install a driver for my USB 2 PCI card but the driver requires Service Pack 1 and I do not have enough room on C to install it. What should I do? [more inside]
posted on Feb 27, 2008 - 7 answers

Can I convert/install a VMWare Fusion image onto a Boot Camp partition? Or alternatively, can I copy/install a drive image onto a Boot Camp partition? [more inside]
posted on Feb 27, 2008 - 3 answers

Can I run Microsoft Office (2003) off of an external hard drive? [more inside]
posted on Feb 16, 2008 - 14 answers

I reinstalled Windows XP on a Dell machine running Ubuntu and it won't run above 640 by 480 resolution and 4 bits. It's an 80gb hard drive with 2gb of RAM, and there is nothing I can think of that would cripple the system like this. Any idea how to get the system running like it should be? [more inside]
posted on Feb 12, 2008 - 15 answers

Need advice on buying a tankless water heater - and how to find someone to install it! [more inside]
posted on Feb 6, 2008 - 15 answers

Is it possible to add a driver to my XP box which will allow me to use my mouse wheel as a third button but does not require admin priviledges to install? [more inside]
posted on Feb 5, 2008 - 8 answers

Can I install (and use) a TrueType font on my computer at work without having access to the C:/WINDOWS/Fonts folder? [more inside]
posted on Jan 24, 2008 - 9 answers

Does anyone have any experience with or tips on installing Perl without root privileges? [more inside]
posted on Jan 23, 2008 - 9 answers

I'd like to have a log file of everything an application does to my Windows (XP) system. All files added/removed, all changes to the registry, and everything else it does to the disk. Can this be done free or cheaply? [more inside]
posted on Jan 14, 2008 - 8 answers

I need to install new software on an older Macbook with a broken CD/DVD drive; can I do this by putting the CD or DVD into a windows pc and sharing it; or can I put a disc image on a USB drive? [more inside]
posted on Jan 3, 2008 - 7 answers

Is it possible to install Windows XP (or any other edition) from an external hard drive?
posted on Nov 25, 2007 - 5 answers

I've got a fresh new install of Ubuntu 7.10 on my laptop (it's dual booting w/ xp) and I'd like the hive's recommendations on how to proceed from here. What should I configure first? What apps I should add next? [more inside]
posted on Nov 10, 2007 - 4 answers

MS Excel Problem: CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP? I am a very average PC user having unable to open spreadsheets. I borrowed a copy of MS Office Professional from a friend, but it did not install Excel properly. I no longer have access to those installation CDs. Whenever I try to open a spreadsheet, it prompts me for the CD's. So I bought Excel 97, installed it fine, but still when I try o open a spreadsheet it automatically tries to open it with the XP Professional version... How so I get around this to just use the Excel 97 version now on my computer??
posted on Oct 29, 2007 - 9 answers

I bought a new HP laptop. Vista is installed, I am going to install XP. If I want to reinstall Vista later on, after an SP or two, how can I reinstall w/ my legal copy's credentials? [more inside]
posted on Oct 16, 2007 - 12 answers

PC/installing OS/Disk drive question: Here's what I have: XP sp2 & my software on a 20Gb HDD. All my documents etc are on a separate drive. I want to move my OS and Program Files to a new 120Gb HDD. If I just copy the lot over and change the boot dir as it boots, will all my programs still be installed? Could I change the 120Gb HDD's name to C: while I'm partitioning it prior to copying the OS etc over if that would mean that the software wouldn't need reinstalling? I hope this is clear...
posted on Oct 9, 2007 - 5 answers

Why will neither my computer nor VMware boot the Windows XP SP2 installation CD I got from my university? [more inside]
posted on Oct 4, 2007 - 9 answers

I need help installing my 5LNB dish for DirecTV service. [more inside]
posted on Oct 3, 2007 - 9 answers

I'm getting a new PC (with XP) and will be installing a whole bunch of things right quick. Some of them will want me to reboot. Must I reboot with each install or can I do it once after all the installs? [more inside]
posted on Oct 3, 2007 - 9 answers

I need help installing a printer driver. It used to be installed, but it is not anymore. Machine has XP Pro installed. [more inside]
posted on Sep 4, 2007 - 2 answers

Configured Readline with the prefix 'ur/local' on OSX. Then installed Ruby in /usr/local, but with Readline. Would like to put everything in the proper place without damaging anything, so what do I do now? [more inside]
posted on Jul 23, 2007 - 5 answers

How can I make my computer like-new without a CD drive? I sold my computer, which has Windows XP Pro on it. I want to make it look like a fresh install but don't have a CD drive. Besides, making a new user and deleting mine, what can I do to restore the start menus, default applications, installed programs, registry, etc.? I've modified quite a bit of everything.
posted on Jul 19, 2007 - 11 answers

What should I install on my sister's computer when we meet up for an hour or so; in two categories free and not-so-free [more inside]
posted on Jul 16, 2007 - 19 answers

What are all the things I need to apt-get, in order to turn my minimal Ubuntu Fiesty Server install into the complete graphical OS? [more inside]
posted on Jun 16, 2007 - 5 answers

Password emergency / mystery. I'm a new Filemaker user and I've somehow set a password that's keeping me from accessing the file I just put two days of work (and some not easily replaceable data) into. [more inside]
posted on Jun 11, 2007 - 10 answers

I'm trying to install Ubuntu Server on a just out of the box Dell machine. After completing the install the machine hangs (displaying only a blinking cursor), and subsequent attempts at reinstall from the LiveCD result in hangs as well. [more inside]
posted on May 3, 2007 - 18 answers

Attempting to install rear speakers on a 1995 Honda Civic Coupe [more inside]
posted on Apr 10, 2007 - 5 answers

Help! Windows won't let me install downloaded programs. [more inside]
posted on Feb 24, 2007 - 8 answers

I'm trying to get Postgre running on my winxp thinkpad. Please hold my hand. I can't get this users stuff straight. [more inside]
posted on Feb 20, 2007 - 3 answers

How can I wipe a hard drive if I can't boot from CD and there is no floppy drive? We want to install winXP on a machine with Ubuntu (eventual dual-boot). [more inside]
posted on Jan 28, 2007 - 14 answers

Is it possible to install an earlier version of Windows from what I'm running now? [more inside]
posted on Nov 13, 2006 - 9 answers

I need help with a Windows XP device driver / install problem. [more inside]
posted on Sep 14, 2006 - 5 answers

Installing Xubuntu on an iBook SE with a broken CD drive: possible? [more inside]
posted on Aug 1, 2006 - 9 answers

I just installed Ubuntu, now how do I install programs? [more inside]
posted on Jul 20, 2006 - 14 answers

What did I do to gain Administrator privileges to install software and how can I do it again? [more inside]
posted on Jul 19, 2006 - 18 answers

Debian won't find my hard drive! Please help! I have details so there's [more inside]
posted on Jul 12, 2006 - 14 answers

I know what's wrong with my Dell computer - I need to repair reinstall. But of course, Dells don't come with a Windows install disc, so I'm waiting for them to send me one [two weeks and counting...], but the tech support rep is contradicting himself and I don't know what to do. [more inside]
posted on May 26, 2006 - 26 answers

Help me find an FTA satellite dish installer in the Baton Rouge metro area! [more inside]
posted on May 1, 2006 - 5 answers

I'm trying to keep up with WordPress upgrades (2.0.2 just came out yesterday, and I was only halfway through upgrading 30 installs to 2.0.1!), but I swear there must be an easier way than the way I'm doing it. [more inside]
posted on Mar 14, 2006 - 10 answers

I have an older Wacom 4x5 USB that used to work on my old Win98, but I cannot load it on my new XP Pro laptop...Ideas? [more inside]
posted on Feb 11, 2006 - 3 answers

Wordpress install woes. Why can't I get this to worK? [more inside]
posted on Feb 7, 2006 - 17 answers

Office 2003 SP2 grief - it cannot install and i want it to quit trying to install for a few days. [more inside]
posted on Jan 11, 2006 - 4 answers

I'm looking for a simple web FTP interface to allow clients to upload files to my web server. I'm using Dreamhost, so it has to be installable on standard Apache / PHP / MySQL, etc. I'd like to have a simple "upload file" area in the client's section where they choose 1-3 files and click "upload."
posted on Dec 15, 2005 - 10 answers

Question about Magellan RoadMate 300-- [more inside]
posted on Dec 13, 2005 - 3 answers

LinuxFilter: Install Linux on laptop from Floppy? [more inside]
posted on Nov 22, 2005 - 9 answers