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christopher.berry1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Posted by "Berry Christopher" <christopher.berry1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > A few weeks ago I admitted to buying a new computer with Windows Vista Home > Premium pre-installed! I got a few bricks back, but what are bricks at my age to > worry about! > Anyway, some of you may be interested to know how I have found the new OS. The > answer is it has been a macabre experience! > Annoying becasue permissions are needed for most everything and decidedly slow! > The much vaunted Media Centre has frozen three times, gone into blackout and could > only be resolved by switching off!! > A quiet game of solitaire has ended in the same way several times! > To fix this I decided to 'Windows Update' only to find that I could not!!! I > received 'error 80072EE2' everytime I tried. > Put this error into your Yahoo or Google search box and you discover that you are > NOT alone, in fact, you have joined a multitude! > So I decided to go via Microsoft.com BUT I cannot get into this address either!!! > Oh! And I use Adobe software and they are not happy together!! > THEN via the following site - apcmag.com I found a safe way to dual boot Ubuntu > 7.04 (AMD 64 bit) to installed Vista and it worked! > I get the options of Ubuntu, Xp or Vista Longhoern loader! > I will get rid of Vista when I have resolved the following problems: > 1. I have a Belkin ADSL Modem with High-Speed Mode Wireless G Router in the main > lounge attached to main computer the kids use, whilst grandad is elsewhere > connected via the USB Network Adapter, BUT though fine in Vista,it will not work > in Ubuntu and so I am offline!! > 2. Need to get Epson scanner 2480 to work and OCR software. > It's been masochistic fun! > Christopher. > -- > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Generated by the contributors page > in the members area at D+C GLUG > http://www.dcglug.org.uk/members/list.php > webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > I use a belkin network adapter/donngle thingy on an old omnibook laptop running dsl. If yours is the same type of device I found that modprobing usbcore got it to work. If this is already there maybe a copy of my lsmod might help. You can tell imediately as the device lights up. Simon -- Simon Robert www.oldhouse-cottage.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html