New to Windows 7 i was kinda irked by the fact that I was not able to view Show Desktop in the Quick launch or task bar. I read through blog http://www.askvg.com/how-to-get-the-good-old-show-desktop-feature-back-in-windows-7/ to find that its hidden in the notification area, but then could not find a way to configure i t. Accidentally i clicked on the corner most part of the task bar after the Time/date i found the show desktop working
Little did I realize that setting default settings in BIOS would cause the Windows XP not to boot. When I searched in the web, it provided info such as Dll failures, registry repairs, reinstalls XP etc. You would want to believe them that its Windows XP’s fault, cos Ubuntu Live Cd worked like a charm. When i tried to reinstalling XP, an automatic restart happened after the windows files were copied. Made me feel that i can never install Xp in the system now.
It stuck me suddenly that some SATA harddrives are not supported by XP & Bios has a work around to let XP identify the HDD through different module. Browsed through the Bios & ensured i changed the HDD settings to SATA + X & Resolved IT…
I was trying to play some of the dvds my friend in US gave me & i would get the message in VLC that VLC could not open page.
Resolved it by..
sudo apt-get install libdvdread4
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
In US i got a postpaid AT&T connection without a handset since i had my own Samsung Jet S8003.
Got my Data enabled but then could not connect to the internet,, specifically could not sync my exchange, because like in India the GPRS settings are not sent to the phone automatically. i could not find a direct answer to add the settings to my phone. Not sure if AT&T support might have helped if i had called but the store could not help. But i…..
SolvedIT!! by ading the settings i found in AT&T site for other non windows samsung phone.
in Jet goto -> Menu -> settings -> network settings -> connections -> create
Set Name: Express
Bearer Type: Packet data
Access Name: wap.cingular
Auth type: Normal
User ID: <blank>
Password: <blank>
protocol: WAP <You can leave it http if you want to browse http sites>
Home URL: your choice
Gateway address: 66.209.11.61 <this option will not appear if you choose http protocal instead of WAP>
proxy address: <blank> <this option will not appear if you choose WAP option>
Secure Connection: off
Linger Time :300
& Woala!! you are connected & your exchanges Sync should work now.
Removing Windows application in cross Over is possible only if you remove the bottles. CrossOver -> Configuration -> MAnage bottles is the place to go, but in professional edition there is no delete button. Searching hig & low i
Solved It!! by clicking on the ‘-‘ button in the bottom.
i cant believe how easy things are in ubuntu, but then its just matter of searching for fixes when it comes to small bugs. keeps me glued to the OS
Anyways, my problem was that i have never used webcam in ubuntu & specially in skype. away from family for couple of weeks so wanted to setup my cisco vt camera to be able to video conf in skype. i was surpirsed that minute i plugged in the cam i say in
skype -> options -> video devices i saw “UVC Camera (046d:08c7)(/dev/video0)
i was excited & thought wow, 100 times simpler than windows webcam installation[those who have cisco vt cam & do not have the driver cd – you know the pain)
but then my smile was short lived when i clicked test nothing showed up.
followed the blog http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-913832.html which lead me to http://blog.larsstrand.org/article.php?story=Linux_and_LogitechQuickCamPro9000
where i had to do nothing cos my drivers were already there & just got to know that luvcview is good tool to know if webcam is working & it was for me
High & no nothing shed me the light as to where the problem was then i
Resolved It!! by adding bash -c ‘LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype’ to System -> preferences -> Main Menu -> applications > internet -> skype -> properties-> command. closed it relaunched skype & Whola webcam worked.
Note: Dont remember where i got the solution but, To whom it may concern “Thank you”
got a call frommy beloved that her PC was hanging because her memory is used up completly &in task manager she sees the SearchIndexer.exe is consuming a lot of those.
My first question – did you try to end the process ?
Ans: YEs & it comes back.
2nd Quest: Did you Install IE8 😉
Ans: Yes,will removing it help
Maybe But then
SOLVEDIT BY… type services.msc in Run & then search for windows Search. Stop the Service & then disable. You have attained moksha.
you should still be able to search
I am using Ubuntu 9.10 [dont know of a reason why the following wont work in the prev editions]
First to make webex work in fire fox i had to install the following[with firefox browser closed]
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin & then install libstdc++5 [need to manually download the deb for 9.10 cos libstdc++5 is not support in 9.10; down deb here http://packages.debian.org/etch/i386/libstdc++5/download%5D
added these two line to profile file
vi ~/.profile
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.15
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
**check for your jvm path & version number before adding the first line & Restart X server
Now things were smooth & working suddenly 1 day i got java not working when i accessed webex & then I
SOLVEDIT BY…. running “sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts” seems like my java plugin was uninstalled during one of the package updates
Step 1 – remove all apps from startup [except probably your antivirus]
a. start -> run -> msconfig -> startup -> unchecked those i did not require -> OK
Step 2 – keep desktop clean.
a. Ppl have this nagging habit of saving everything in desktop. **STOP IT** thats why you have the drives & folders. Putting things in desktop[unless they are shortcuts] is going to take a long time for th desktop to load, in turn making you feel the boot time is high[technically its not cos loading of desktop is login/profile loading time]
Step 3. Disable unnecessary services – http://www.optimizingpc.com/optimize/windowsservices.html [use services.msc for disabling not msconfig]
Step 4. Defragment [Start – Accessories -> System tools – Defragement]
Tip: Turn off screensaver & powersaving. defragmentation without interruption [even a mouse movement] will help you get the task done faster.
Step 5. reboot to see if it help
If it worked, good for you, it did not work for me so I,
SOLVEDIT BY………. Switching over to Ubuntu – fast boot, quick install, FREE, quick shut down easy to use.
why this blog…Well its simple, I like exploring new things about things related to PC, which mostly gets me into trouble by creating small hiccups & mostly I resolve it with my persistent tries by searching the Web. I have found that most of the content for resolution is spread across many pages. this is my attempt to try giving my steps to resolution for my problems in a short simple way & hopefully it will help other who face the same problem
Resolved n Issue 