installation

i wish to install linux but i m a complete newbie. i currently have windows xp sp3 installed..which distribution of linux is better for a beginner? can anyone guide me through the complete installation process or provide me with any internet links? if anyone can it will be a great help...

Hi guys.I just got my new gaming PC a few months back.i used xp in it until now,for a few months,i have been a vista user.i removed some important registries by accident.now,this xp is pirated,vista is original.i wanna remove xp but i dont have the disc,and i tried cmd,but no result.the...

My computer have 250gb sata hdd and 160gb ide hdd. I am using 250gb sata hdd as root drive. recently my system crashed, I tried re-install winxp with format of 250gb. but at 33minutes its showing bsod and paused the installation. the bsod error :is: A problem has been detected and windows has...

Hi, 1. I would like to find out the installation key of the XP2 installed in my machine. How to go about it? 2. I want to keep a backup of the entire XP + SP2 installation in my PC so that in case of any problem I can use the same to repair the system. Please advice how to go about it...

I wanted to debate on this for a very long time.. I am sick of the quality of the drives and media which are comming these days.. Drives work for 3-4 month and the the trouble starts. and DVD-R/+R's are pathetic.. even if I give more money.. I cannot get the quality. I have totally lost trust on...

Hi Guyz . I can not get 1440x900 on my ViewSonic VA170w LCD :( Althought I can have 1400 x 1050 and even 1600 x 900 but not 1440 x 900 . I tried to install driver of my viewsonic LCD , after driver installation I even cant get more than 1280 x . Any help ??? I am using WindowsXP SP2 ...

hi guys i want to restrict the installation of all the softwares through some software can you peoples suggest some thing i know this can be done by creating an guest account but i want one software so plz suggest me one free software

Can anybody advice a portable internet browser that dosent require any installation, we can use it from network

i have tried the sudo apt-get install anjuta but its says there is a conflicting software and ask me to resolve it but m not able to find out the correct way of installation with supporting files like autogen, gile,pcre which mentioned in the anjuta home page

Hi Experts, I have a Toshiba Satellite M200 with Windows Vista Home preinstalled on it. I wish to install an additional Windows XP on my external 80GB hard disk and wish to boot from it. For the same, I changed first boot priority in Bios to USB IDE and made my local hard disk as second option...

Hello Guys , Facing this problem for a really long time now ! Purchased a Sony DVD-RW about 2-3 months back and attached it to my Samsung DVD-RW in the system using same IDE cable ( i purchased a new cable at that time .... i m still having the old one which i used with Samsung DVD-RW !) ...

I saw the Adippa's tutorial to make bootable XP using nLite but I want to make a Bootable XP CD/DVD from my current installation, that is with all the SP3 and other hotfixes, softwares and drivers intact! More like a custom installation disc for my system only. I know many of you will say that's...

Hi guys ! I have a peculial problem, I downloaded the KIS 2009 and went ahead to install it butt when the installation was about to start, it gave me error that i need to restart my computer, hence restarted and again went ahead to restart the installation, but it again showed the same error...

Hello people, I need some help for installing LINUX. Initially i tried installing Linux OpenSUSE 10.2, Fedora and Ubuntu but not a single distro could complete the installation. This is my configuration :- Chipset Vendor Intel Corporation Chipset Model 845G/GL/GE Brookdale Host-Hub...

I have installed suse 10.3 but for playing pm3 songs i download mpg123 software for linux.I also install that by using their instructions, But i can't see that software on my system , after installation, give me another method to install software on suse

I want to use nlite for a sp3 slipstreamed,cutdown and automated installation of xp.I want manual contol over choosing whether to repair or not,making partitions and formatting using fat or ntfs.But after the first the reboot i want to automate everything,i.e,product key regional settings etc.I...

Recently, I've purchased a HP laptop for my office use. But whenever I try to download and instal the security updates from the MS site, it asks for validation tool for windows, and I had to abort the idea of updating. On cancellation of such installation attempt, I see that the updates have...

My windows XP crashed so i installed it again on a different drive, all the files on earlier drive are visible, is there any way to recoved saved password in firefox in earlier installation of XP. I couldnt repair my old XP installation as it was asking for admin password and the password i...

i've tried installing xp sp3 and it stopped in middle saying 'access is denied' couldn't install xp sp3...., all was restored but gav a warnin 'xp sp3 installation failed and xp may not work properly'....., then its havoc ....., wen i open wmp11 it doesn't show up but music plays!!! its window...

Whenever I try to install Solaris 10 on this PC with PIV processor, 512MB Ram , the installation seems to get stuck after showing Extracting Windowing system , please wait..... It remains the same even after 10-13 minutes. What is the reason?