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  • Ubuntu 12.10, Wireless not working

    - by Karthik
    My Laptop is Acer 5742G with "Npilfy 802.11 wireless". I have both windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10 Earlier when I had Ubuntu 12.04, the wireless was working fine, but after installing 12.10 wireless is not working at all, although it is still working in windows. I am not able to see "Wireless Networks" in the Network Manager nor in the Network Settings. This was the output I got for rfkill 0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: acer-bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no This is a snapshot of my Additional Drivers settings. As you can see, the required driver for wireless is installed.

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  • WD My Passport Essential SmartWare External Hard Drive

    - by Acer
    Hi Ive been gifted a My Passport SmartWare External Hard Drive(500gb). I used it and it works fine and installed WDSmartWare The Second time i used it,still fine,but I took it out without using the "Safely Remove Hardware" So the third time I used it,there's a bubble come out that says: USB Device Not Recognized One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it.For assistance in solving the problem, click this message. I tried connecting it to other USB Ports but it didn't work I tried Uninstalling WDSmarWare and connect it but it didn't work Please help me I like this hard drive so much and I spoilt it easily XD P.S I think about 13% has been used up in the Hard Drive P.S.S Other USBs can work fine in the computer P.S.S.S I tried connecting it to other computer and works fine OMG

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  • wireless internet in linux is very very slow... but in windows.... everythnings fine

    - by Cody Acer
    yesterday when i was connecting to our neighbors wifi connection which is the signal strength is below 50%, i cant browse anything... even ping to gateway. 100% packet loss, and sometimes.. i can connect awesomely i can open my facebook account for 15 minutes but after 15min.. connection is extremely slow. but not windows i can surf even the signal str is very poor weird ey??.. root@Emely:~# lspci -knn 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx DMI Bridge [8086:a010] Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Notebook N150P [144d:c072] Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a011] Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Notebook N150P [144d:c072] Kernel driver in use: i915 Kernel modules: i915 00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a012] Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Notebook N150P [144d:c072] 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02) Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Notebook N150P [144d:c072] Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02) Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02) Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 3 [8086:27d4] (rev 02) Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 4 [8086:27d6] (rev 02) Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02) Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Notebook N150P [144d:c072] Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd 00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02) Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Notebook N150P [144d:c072] Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd 00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02) Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Notebook N150P [144d:c072] Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd 00:1d.3 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02) Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Notebook N150P [144d:c072] Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd 00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02) Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Notebook N150P [144d:c072] Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation NM10 Family LPC Controller [8086:27bc] (rev 02) Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Notebook N150P [144d:c072] Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich Kernel modules: lpc_ich 00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:27c1] (rev 02) Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Notebook N150P [144d:c072] Kernel driver in use: ahci Kernel modules: ahci 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02) Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Notebook N150P [144d:c072] Kernel modules: i2c-i801 05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:4727] (rev 01) Subsystem: Wistron NeWeb Corp. Device [185f:051a] Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge Kernel modules: bcma 09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [11ab:4354] Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Notebook N150P [144d:c072] Kernel driver in use: sky2 Kernel modules: sky2 root@Emely:~# ip addr show 1: lo: mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: eth0: mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000 link/ether e8:11:32:2e:a6:fd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 3: wlan0: mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP qlen 1000 link/ether 00:1b:b1:a9:ac:e0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.1.108/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global wlan0 inet6 fe80::21b:b1ff:fea9:ace0/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever root@Emely:~# ip link show 1: lo: mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 2: eth0: mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000 link/ether e8:11:32:2e:a6:fd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 3: wlan0: mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP qlen 1000 link/ether 00:1b:b1:a9:ac:e0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff root@Emely:~# rfkill list all 0: samsung-wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: samsung-bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 3: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no is this a wireless driver issue?

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  • How to mount NTFS drive at startup

    - by user3403
    I'm not even sure if this is the right question, but basically I have a partition with Windows 7 on it (named Acer in my Ubuntu places menu) that I have to click on every time I start the computer in order for my music to come up in Rhythmbox, since my music is stored on the windows drive. What I want to do is have the NTFS drive "Acer" mount automatically when I start the computer, so my music is there automatically.

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  • Low-profile, PCI Express, x1 video card with VGA-out?

    - by Dandy
    I just bought an Acer Aspire EasyStore H340 system (http://us.acer.com/acer/productv.do?LanguageISOCtxParam=en&kcond61e.c2att101=54825&sp=page16e&ctx2.c2att1=25&link=ln438e&CountryISOCtxParam=US&ctx1g.c2att92=450&ctx1.att21k=1&CRC=936243954) It comes with Windows Home Server, which I don't particularly care for (too dumbed down for my liking)--I bought the box mainly for the form factor, and intend to install Server 2008 on it and have it run as a small domain controller. The geniuses at Acer however went out of their way to ensure you can only run Home Server--you can only connect to it via the Home Server Connector software, as it has no video-out whatsoever (so essentially, there's no way to even get into the BIOS). It only has a low-profile, PCI Express x1 slot. It turns out to be way harder than I thought to locate a video card that both has an x1 connector, and is low-profile (I'd really rather not snip the bracket at the back just so it'll fit the case). I know they're out there, and I've seen one with Display Port outputs, but I don't have a monitor with this connection. So to reiterate, it needs to be: - x1 connector - low profile - VGA out (though DVI would be okay; I have some spare adapters) Can anyone recommend anything at all?

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  • How small is too small (of laptop for a programmer)

    - by defn
    Im thinking of replacing my HP Pavilion dv5-1004nr with Acer Aspire AS5738-6444, I'm a CS student... so im torn between screen size (liking the 15in and decent gpu.. but it weight nearly 8 pounds and battery can barely last 2 hours in power saver mode) and wanting something portable to carry to classes/take notes ect (3 pounds and up to 8 hour battery life of the acer) what would you guys suggest? acer any good? i love my hp keyboard.. (or have links to other good laptops, im aiming for 600$ range?)

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  • Is it possible to control my CPU frequency?

    - by Tim
    My laptop's CPU Type is: Mobile AMD Turion 64 ML-30, 1600 MHz (8 x 200) I was wondering how to find out if its CPU frequency is controllable? What softwares or other ways can control my CPU frequency? My OSes are Windows XP and Ubuntu. Can I control CPU frequency so that the CPU temperature can be controlled not to exceed some temperature? Thanks and regards! More information: My laptop is Acer Aspire 5000. Its motherboard is reported by Speccy as: Manufacturer: Acer, Inc. Model: Lugano M Version: Not Applicable Chipset Vendor: SiS Chipset Model: 760GX Chipset Revision: 03 Southbridge Vendor: SiS Southbridge Model: LPC Bridge Southbridge Revision: 25 BIOS Brand: Acer Version: 3A19 Date: 05/17/05

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  • Synergy: avoid single machine loop when client is not connected

    - by petobens
    In order to loop between my screens I have the following section in my synergy.sgc file: section: links Pedro-Acer: right = pedro-lubuntu left = pedro-lubuntu pedro-lubuntu: left = Pedro-Acer right = Pedro-Acer end With those settings When the client disconnects the server screen wraps around itself as seen in the image below. I don't want this behavior. The only reason I set the config file to loop between my screens is because I want to have a single key to switch between them: keystroke(alt+`) = switchInDirection(right) If there is way to have a single key for switching in both directions without having looping screens then that would also solve my problem.

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  • Cannot boot NixOS Install CD

    - by InFreefall
    I am trying to install NixOS on an Acer laptop. When I try to boot off of the install CD, the system starts up and shows the Acer logo. Then, the boot menu of the CD appears, but it only displays on the top left corner of the screen. The rest of the screen still shows the Acer logo. If I try to select "boot" from the menu, that area of the screen goes black, and nothing else happens. I tried adding "nomodeset" to the boot arguments, but that did not affect anything. Are there any other boot arguments or anything else that could fix this?

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  • problem with php_curl.dll load

    - by acer
    related Questions didn't help ! i have a problem loading php_curl.dll under following circumstances: XAMPP for windows 1.7.2 Apache 2.2.12 PHP 5.3.0 mod_ssl enabled in http.conf php_curl.dll enabled in php/ext copied ssleay32.dll and libeay32.dll in system32 checked the extension by php: if (extension_loaded('curl'))- FALSE ! and all i got in apache errors.log is: [Sat May 22 15:13:20 2010] [error] an unknown filter was not added: DEFLATE can you tell me what do i have to do ??!?!?!?

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  • what am I doing wrong? Trying to reinstall Windows 7 starter onto my Acer Aspire One Netbook?

    - by Robbie Roberts
    I have been having some issues with my Netbook so I figured I would reformat it. I downloaded a copy of windows 7 starter, inserted it into my usb dvd drive and started my netbook. I made it as far as, "where do you want to install windows?" and it seems like the computer just freezes. it shows, Disk 0 Partition 1: PQSERVICE 13.0 GB OEM (Reserved) Disk 0 Partition 2: SYSTEM RESERVED 101.0 MB System Disk 0 Partition 3 218.8 GB Primary I cannot click on either of them, What am I doing wrong?

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  • X server with nvidia driver crashing: 12.04

    - by Raster
    My X server consistently crashes. It seems like this is happening when the X server is idle. This behaviour is new with 12.04. This is only happening on the second display of a multiseat system. Is there a configuration change I can make to stop this? X.Org X Server 1.11.3 Release Date: 2011-12-16 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.42-26-generic x86_64 Ubuntu Current Operating System: Linux Desktop 3.2.0-29-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 27 17:03:23 UTC 2012 x86_64 Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.2.0-29-generic root=/dev/mapper/Group1-Root ro ramdisk_size=512000 quiet splash vt.handoff=7 Build Date: 04 August 2012 01:51:23AM xorg-server 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.7 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support) Current version of pixman: 0.24.4 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.1.log", Time: Sun Sep 2 22:37:06 2012 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" Backtrace: 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x26) [0x7fcee86be846] 1: /usr/bin/X (0x7fcee8536000+0x18c6ea) [0x7fcee86c26ea] 2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x7fcee785c000+0xfcb0) [0x7fcee786bcb0] 3: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so (0x7fcee14ba000+0x902a9) [0x7fcee154a2a9] 4: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so (0x7fcee14ba000+0xfd5e7) [0x7fcee15b75e7] 5: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so (0x7fcee14ba000+0x4d6b92) [0x7fcee1990b92] 6: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so (0x7fcee14ba000+0x4d74d5) [0x7fcee19914d5] 7: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so (0x7fcee14ba000+0x4d767d) [0x7fcee199167d] 8: /usr/bin/X (0x7fcee8536000+0x1196ec) [0x7fcee864f6ec] 9: /usr/bin/X (0x7fcee8536000+0xe8ad5) [0x7fcee861ead5] 10: /usr/bin/X (0x7fcee8536000+0xe9d45) [0x7fcee861fd45] /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Desktop" Screen 0 "DesktopScreen" 0 0 InputDevice "DesktopMouse" "CorePointer" InputDevice "DesktopKeyboard" "CoreKeyboard" Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" Option "AllowEmptyInput" "true" Option "AutoEnableDevices" "false" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Desktop2" Screen 1 "Desktop2Screen" 0 0 InputDevice "Desktop2Mouse" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Desktop2Keyboard" "CoreKeyboard" Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" Option "AllowEmptyInput" "true" Option "AutoEnableDevices" "false" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" EndSection Section "Files" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" Option "AutoEnableDevices" "false" Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on" Option "AllowEmptyInput" "on" Option "ZapWarning" "on" Option "HandleSepcialKeys" "off" # Zapping on Option "DRI2" "on" Option "Xinerama" "0" EndSection # Desktop Mouse Section "InputDevice" Identifier "DesktopMouse" Driver "evdev" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "GrabDevice" "on" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "Buttons" "5" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" EndSection # Desktop2 Mouse Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Desktop2Mouse" Driver "evdev" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event5" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "GrabDevice" "on" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "Buttons" "5" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "DesktopKeyboard" Driver "evdev" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event4" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "Protocol" "Standard" Option "GrabDevice" "on" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Desktop2Keyboard" Driver "evdev" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event6" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "Protocol" "Standard" Option "GrabDevice" "on" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Desktop2Monitor" VendorName "Acer" ModelName "Acer G235H" HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "DesktopMonitor" VendorName "Acer" ModelName "Acer H213H" HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "EVGACard" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" BoardName "GeForce GTX 560 Ti" Option "Coolbits" "1" BusID "PCI:2:0:0" Screen 0 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "XFXCard" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" BoardName "GeForce GTX 9800" Option "Coolbits" "1" BusID "PCI:5:0:0" Screen 0 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "DesktopScreen" Device "EVGACard" Monitor "DesktopMonitor" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Desktop2Screen" Device "XFXCard" Monitor "Desktop2Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection

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  • sudo apt-get moo and other easter eggs in Linux

    - by Arkapravo
    I came across this command while dabbling in Ubuntu 9.10: sudo get-apt moo acer@acer:~$ sudo apt-get moo (__) (oo) /------\/ / | || * /\---/\ ~~ ~~ ...."Have you mooed today?"... Which most surprisingly "made a MOO". (How unfortunate for the cows). Does anyone else know of funny command line easter eggs in their flavour of Linux (Fedora, Slackwire, Mandriva, Solaris, Suse, etc)?

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  • rfkill unblock all does not activate a certain wireless card

    - by Davidos
    With an intel 1000 wireless card; rfkill list 0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: Bluetooth Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no rfkill unblock all 0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 3: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no Why does my wireless card not turn on?

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  • On the lighter side : sudo apt-get moo

    - by Arkapravo
    While dabbling about Ubuntu 9.10 ! I came across this command ! ..... sudo get-apt moo acer@acer:~$ sudo apt-get moo (__) (oo) /------\/ / | || * /\---/\ ~~ ~~ ...."Have you mooed today?"... Which most surprisingly 'made a MOO' ! .....Does anyone know any more such funnier outcomes of command line etc ?

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  • 2.560 x 1.440 over HDMI

    - by ben
    Hi there, I have a acer 1810T and going to buy a Dell u2711 with a resolution of 2.560 x 1.440. The question is, can I connect the panel over HDMI with the acer and use the 2.560 x 1.440 res? Thanks for your help!

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  • How can I script nvidia display setting changes?

    - by Ronnie Overby
    I have my tv connected to my Windows XP pc's nvidia GeForce 8500 GT. I am constantly switching between single display and clone display. Is there a way to script these settings? I would be fine with writing a batch file or a .net program to do it. When I want to use my tv I right click the nVidia tray icon - nView Display Settings - Clone - TV + Acer Monitor When I want to switch back to only my moniter, I right click the nVidia tray icon - nView Display Settings - Single Display - Acer Monitor

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  • Ask How-To Geek: Learning the Office Ribbon, Booting to USB with an Old BIOS, and Snapping Windows

    - by Jason Fitzpatrick
    You’ve got questions and we’ve got answers. Today we highlight how to master the new Office interface, USB boot a computer with outdated BIOS, and snap windows to preset locations. Learning the New Office Ribbon Dear How-To Geek, I feel silly asking this (in light of how long the new Office interface has been out) but my company finally got around to upgrading from Windows XP and Office 2000 so the new interface it totally new to me. Can you recommend any resources for quickly learning the Office ribbon and the new changes? I feel completely lost after two decades of the old Office interface. Help! Sincerely, Where the Hell is Everything? Dear Where the Hell, We think most people were with you at some point in the last few years. “Where the hell is…” could possibly be the slogan for the new ribbon interface. You could browse through some of the dry tutorials online or even get a weighty book on the topic but the best way to learn something new is to get hands on. Ribbon Hero turns learning the new Office features and ribbon layout into a game. It’s no vigorous round of Team Fortress mind you, but it’s significantly more fun than reading a training document. Check out how to install and configure Ribbon Hero here. You’ll be teaching your coworkers new tricks in no time. Boot via USB with an Old BIOS Dear How-To Geek, I’m trying to repurpose some old computers by updating them with lightweight Linux distros but the BIOS on most of the machines is ancient and creaky. How ancient? It doesn’t even support booting from a USB device! I have a large flash drive that I’ve turned into a master installation tool for jobs like this but I can’t use it. The computers in question have USB ports; they just aren’t recognized during the boot process. What can I do? USB Bootin’ in Boise Dear USB Bootin’, It’s great you’re working to breathe life into old hardware! You’ve run into one of the limitations of older BIOSes, USB was around but nobody was thinking about booting off of it. Fortunately if you have a computer old enough to have that kind of BIOS it’s likely to also has a floppy drive or a CDROM drive. While you could make a bootable CDROM for your application we understand that you want to keep using the master USB installer you’ve made. In light of that we recommend PLoP Boot Manager. Think of it like a boot manager for your boot manager. Using it you can create a bootable floppy or CDROM that will enable USB booting of your master USB drive. Make a CD and a floppy version and you’ll have everything in your toolkit you need for future computer refurbishing projects. Read up on creating bootable media with PLoP Boot Manager here. Snapping Windows to Preset Coordinates Dear How-To Geek, Once upon a time I had a company laptop that came with a little utility that snapped windows to preset areas of the screen. This was long before the snap-to-side features in Windows 7. You could essentially configure your screen into a grid pattern of your choosing and then windows would neatly snap into those grids. I have no idea what it was called or if was anymore than a gimmick from the computer manufacturer, but I’d really like to have it on my new computer! Bend and Snap in San Francisco, Dear Bend and Snap, If we had to guess, we’d guess your company must have had a set of laptops from Acer as the program you’re describing sounds exactly like Acer GridVista. Fortunately for you the application was extremely popular and Acer released it independently of their hardware. If, by chance, you’ve since upgraded to a multiple monitor setup the app even supports multiple monitors—many of the configurations are handy for arranging IM windows and other auxiliary communication tools. Check out our guide to installing and configuring Acer GridVista here for more information. Have a question you want to put before the How-To Geek staff? Shoot us an email at [email protected] and then keep an eye out for a solution in the Ask How-To Geek column. Latest Features How-To Geek ETC How to Upgrade Windows 7 Easily (And Understand Whether You Should) The How-To Geek Guide to Audio Editing: Basic Noise Removal Install a Wii Game Loader for Easy Backups and Fast Load Times The Best of CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in 2011 The Worst of CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in 2011 HTG Projects: How to Create Your Own Custom Papercraft Toy Download the New Year in Japan Windows 7 Theme from Microsoft Once More Unto the Breach – Facebook Apps Can Now Access Your Address and Phone Number Dial Zero Speeds You Through Annoying Customer Service Menus Complete Dropquest 2011 and Receive Free Dropbox Storage Desktop Computer versus Laptop Wallpaper The Kids Have No Idea What Old Tech Is [Video]

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  • libreoffice on Mint14 problem : save as 2003 doc

    - by Philip Van Cleven
    When saving a doc file (MS office 2003) as a doc file, libreoffice crashes and the file without any updates goes into recovery mode ... I installed mint14 from scratch and did not modify anything the odd thing with mint13 and libreoffice, there is no problem (save as works fine) with an upgraded mint14, there is no problem (save as works fine) this happed on acer one d522 machine and a no-name PC (amd based) both are running a 64 bit version of mint (virgin install) the other machines : - acer X1370 upgraded mint14 and - a dell 1520 (mint13 out of the box) do not show this proble please help... something I forgot or a bug? Philip Van Cleven

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  • My hardware needs a module to be blacklisted to work, how can I get this fix shipped?

    - by Jorge Castro
    I have an Acer Timeline 1830T. When I install 10.10 and 11.04 it needs to have the acer-wmi module blacklisted for wireless to work. I think I need to file a bug on the linux kernel but I am not sure. I've heard the term "quirk" being thrown around by developers when it comes to fixing something so that it works on certain pieces of hardware. Is this indeed a kernel bug? What steps should I take to ensure that this gets reported so that everyone with my laptop doesn't have to go through this over and over?

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  • Trying to configure samba share with office server

    - by tomphelps
    Hi, i'm trying to set up fstab to automatically connect to my office shared server. I'm undoubtedly doing something silly here as the username and password and server name work fine in the first code snippet below, just not the second - any help would be appreciated! The following command works as expected... tom@tom-desktop: sudo /usr/bin/smbclient -L Server.local -Uguest Enter guest's password: Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.10] Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- Lacie Disk Disk macosx Server Disk macosx IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Server) ADMIN$ IPC IPC Service (Server) Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.10] Server Comment --------- ------- ACER-9D60040D10 SERVER Server Workgroup Master --------- ------- WORKGROUP ACER-9D60040D10 But when i add the following line to /etc/fstab, i get this error: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -22 //Server.local/Server /media/maguires cifs username=guest,password=password 0 0

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