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This is a Discussion of the article in the Business Center titled "What PC Hassles Do you Need Help in Solving?" This is not a Discussion for solving PC problems. If you need help in solving a problem, from the main Community page, go to the area that best fits your particular issue: Desktops, Notebooks, Networks, Printers, Peripherals, etc and click on the "Start A Discussion" button, which is haze blue. Make sure that it is marked as a question (default check mark should be in the box) and then give it a descriptive heading and describle your issue in detail. per rgreen4 on page 2 of this thread. Thanks!

[eddynine7]

How do i go about finding sites that saids find.pcworld.com/60901 for example.

[termnl]

After installing Vista my CD/DVD Players dont work ???
Can you help me fix this....Thanks Steve

[exrafjen]

I installed Ubuntu on a Dell L600 in place of Windows ME. I would like to replace Ubuntu with Windows ME but when I play the Windows Me installation disc after a short start an error message comes up and the installation stops. Can you help please (Note I'm over the hill aged 91 but am reasonably computer savvy - have several including XP Vista & a MacMini with Tiger OS}.

[Robbie711]

Can you help me find out where Steve Bass went?

[Anns1966Dad]

A public accessed website has posted several of my families social security numbers, now i am receiving phony bills that I directly attribute to this website. I have emailed this website three times and received generic auto-replies, yet a month later the information is still listed. Can you help remove this sensitive material ? What can be done to permanently discourage these websites ? I certainly did not give them any authority to ruin our good name!

[Mongoose]

Steve is here: http://www.techbite.com/

DLDx

[Mongoose]

Just click the link, it is a valid URL.

DLDx

[Mongoose]

exrafjen: If you reformated the HD when you installed Ubuntu you probably deleted the hidden partition that Dell places on the HD. The Dell install disks probably require that partiion and the information it contains. It is possible, I believe, to restore the partition with software that Dell provides, but that will require a visit to the Dell website or a call to Dell support technicians.

If you did not reformat your HD, it is possible that the Ubuntu installation deleted or otherwise damaged the hidden partition. Same result as above.

Better solution: If you found Ubuntu unacceptable, the best solution is to buy a retail upgrade version of Windows XP. XP, for all its faults, is a much superior OS to ME. To be kind, ME blows. When you use an upgrade CD, it will ask to see your old OS CD to verify your upgrade rights. Be sure to update to SP3 and all the latest updates.

Good luck.

DLDx

[istanbul]

stevebass@techbite.com

[Robbie711]

[quote name='Mongoose']
Steve is here: www.techbite.com/

DLDx
Thanks. I wondered were he went. I signed up. He doesn't say why he is gone he just disappeared. did he quit?

[Mongoose]

Steve and two of the other highest paid writers were pink-slipped to cut costs. Other cuts were made in addition, and before this. There will be more cuts later. They did not let him write a good-bye column, just turned off the switch.



One of the points of contention was that PCW wanted to reuse his columns without compensation. This is the same problem that the writers had with the movie and TV studios several months back. The writers won that one too.



One of the cuts/changes made was the editorial director and the new guy promptly hired Steve back as a contributing editor to write an occasional article. I will look forward to those.



DLDx

[Robbie711]

I will look for the new articles and go to his home page to find the neswletter.

>>One of the cuts/changes made was the editorial director and the new guy promptly hired Steve back as a contributing editor to write an occasional article. I will look forward to those.

[CapeCodBob]

Firefox crashed immediately upon starting. Vista system with no known problems.

[Mongoose]

Well CapeCodBob, that's not a lot to go on.

Try this: http://support.mozil...n-US/kb/Firefoxcrasheswhenyouopen+it

or this: http://support.mozil...n-US/kb/FirefoxcrasheswhenusingYahoo+Mail

Also, IIRC, FIrefox previous to 3.0 (or some of the 2.x releases) were not compatible with Vista. Download a fresh copy of 3.0.3, uninstall your current Firefox install, then install the fresh copy. Make sure any Firefox add-ons you use are compatible with 3.0.3.

DLDx

[denebola]

Typing with my laptop
Toshiba PC is nearly impossible,with the
pointer and cursor
jumping all over the
page, spelling garbled
and words inserted in
previously typed text.
This Satellite Model
1135-S155, WIN XP with SP2 OS. Could
this be mouse/mouse-
pad problem? Both
plug-in mouse and
mousepad malfunction.

[Fanfoot]

Oh, geez. Do you really want to open this can of worms?
My HP Laserjet P2015dn... I print stuff to it from various PCs on my network, and it just decides to wait 10 minutes before it prints anything. Why?
My Linux FC9 installation will sometimes log on to the wireless network here at work, and sometimes it won't. Why?
My Firefox browser seems to crash every other time I download something, during the virus scan. Why?
My Wife's Vista laptop doesn't automatically connect to our home wireless network anymore, and she has to connect to it manually every time she restarts the computer. Why?
My older Tivo DT somewhat randomly disappears from view on the other Tivos for some unknown reason. Why?
At work I can print from Linux to certain work printers but not others. Why?
My iPod sometimes needs to be reset before it will play anything after a synch. Why?
My Apple TV seems to crash routinely when left alone for long periods of time. Why?
Want a serious question? Okay, I'd like to make sure that iTunes starts when my home computer is rebooted. So it will have the latest podcasts on it when I drop my iPod into the dock. But that means I need to automatically login, and I've got multiple accounts on this computer with passwords... Seems like what I need to do is automatically login to my account when the PC starts, launching iTunes, then IMMEDIATELY lock the screen. How do I do that?

[natestera]

Since I installed iTunes, I notice that my vista home laptop is often having trouble going into hibernate mode or even shutting down. It simply hangs after logoff and I have to press n hold to stop it.

[MikeM001]

Here's one for you. I have two desktops right next to each other and one with a wireless card. that one is running XP the other Ubuntu. Is there a way to connect the linux computer through the xp computer and use it's wireless card?

[Garee]

Windows XP Pro "Remote Desktop Connection" and/or Symantec's PCAnywhere. I cannot get either to allow a connection. I've tried everything but presume it's likely a firewall issue. Kaspersky and SBC DSL are my clients involved. Would love to get a resolution! Been to multiple tech support forums for assist, none fixed it as yet. Latest issue.. Does my XP User account (admin) have to indeed, be setup with a password; first and foremost??