installation

An eagerly looked forward to version of Ubuntu, 10.04 LTS - the Lucid Lynx is a Long Term Supported version, and on face value, replaces the orange look with a pink-purple one. While it is a Multi-User OS, we reviewed it from the perspective of a home user. The installation was a...

The PCLinuxOS distro comes in a number of flavours. It offers Gnome, KDE, and OpenBox desktop enviromnents amongst others. It also comes in a variant known as 'Enlightenment Desktop' which includes a window manager of the same name. We went ahead with the KDE version. The...

We tested the new Linux Mint version 9 codenamed Isadora based on the Ubuntu Linux distribution. Mint is a user friendly, easy to use OS which focuses more on first time users. During the installation process Mint and Ubuntu basically feel and operate the same way with the only seeming...

Slackware is one of the oldest Linux distributions around and it's well known for several reasons. It's been somewhat notorious for its installation process. It’s only when we got to the installation process that it became obvious that little has changed in that aspect.  You really need...

hi i have downloaded the latest version of wine i.e wine1.2 the file has .bz2 extension i extracted it but not able to install it can anybody tell the procedure for installation on ubuntu10.04LTS pls reply

hi all, my PC crashed a few days back (which i also posted here, but got no suggestions) so after trying out a few things on my own i decided to format n reinstall. when i did that i ws able to format and copy installation files to the pc but when windows restarts for the actual installation i...

Today i had to repartition my drives(it contained Win7HP 30 day trail). So i inserted the xp installation disk and deleted all the partitions and created 3 partitions and then head to follow the further xp installation. But just after formatting it eventually gave me a blue screen stating some...

Hi, I installed win7 enterprise edition from the digit jan2010 DVD which has got a trial period of 90 days. I am planning to buy a win7 home basic/premium copy after that period. Can I apply the home basic/premium key to my existing installation of win 7, or will I need to freshly install win 7...

OK to start off, this is a really funny problem, or series of problems... it would be better if you try not to laugh... Ok... i had a perfectly working system with windows xp sp3 and ubuntu installed.... Then i went out and bought a 1Tb hard disk and tried to install windows 7. I couldnt install...

HELP : Drive not opening (refers to unavailable location) after partitioning yesterday I partitioned a dell laptop(win7) with easeus partition manager. After partitioning when it tried to restart, then it couldn't enter into the os but failed at startup and I was stuck with no option as...

Installation of Antivirus problem! Hi I installed symantec endpoint protection 11.06 latest in one of the client pc's in our domain through deployment method from symantec endpoint manager as managed client.It worked good but all of a sudden when tried to update through policy that...

hi friend's, During installation of any operating system we need a serial key. can any one tell me how this key is checked. Is there any key file stored in installation disk or what. somebodies tell me that when you enter the CD-key it is checked by an algorithm and not against a set of keys. Is...

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Hi guys, yesterday i bought this config. AMD Phenom II X4 955BE Gigabyte 880-GM-USB3 4(2*2GB) 1333MHz Corsair DDRIII RAM PowerColor HD5850 1GB GDDR5 WD 7200.12 500 GB LG 22x DVD writer Samsung S2233SW Now the problem i am facing is that, i didn't get the windows installed from the assembler...

Okay ,, i got a new computer so.. installed Windows (xp) on it now on my old computer harddisk i have lots of bookmarks in Firefox.. and the main problem is some how windows got corrupted and i cant boot in to Windows Xp.. but i can connect the Hdd to my new Rig and iam able to access all...

Here is the situation: C: WinXP I: Windows 7 Now how do i get rid of Windows 7 without messing with the WinXP installation. I don't want to re-install WinXP.

Hi, I my office laptop running on XP, installation of Skype is blocked. Also I'm not able to download the software from internet. So I downloaded the software from a different machine and tried copying it to my desktop. But during Copy, the software 'skype' got deleted from my pen drive...

hi i have window xp sp2 pro with 500 GB hard disk.i just encountered a bsod of 0x00000024 with sfsync02.sys during installation of a software.after that i am unable to boot into window,loading window freezes and restarts.safe mode doesn't work.recovery console doesn't find any window...

Hi guys, My Seagate HDD crashed yesterday and is no longer accessible, though it shows up in the BIOS. But it isn't getting detected anywhere after that. Not even during the OS installation. In fact the OS installation hangs up after the boot screen if I plug in the HDD. So finally the...

Hi freinds i need a urgent help from you i have trouble installing windows xp in compaq presario laptop this was actually pruchased in germany and i am using it in here india. i cannot install a windows xp english installation , it installs but after full installation it stops at the windows...