Computer logging/locking issues?

Posted on May 19, 2013 | 2 Comments

How do I unlock a computer, that I am logged into, but for some reason my password won’t take. As in I type the correct password, but no text shows up on the screen. However, when I hit Caps lock, it does show up….
It’s a computer using Windows Vista, and it is a Tablet PC
It’s not a bad password. And I am clicking the box. I’m sure it has something to do with the fact it is Vista.
Or the fact it is a tablet.

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Using an external hard drive OS on another machine?

Posted on May 18, 2013 | 1 Comment

If I successfully install Windows XP on an external hard drive on one machine, can I hook that external hard drive to another machine and run Windows XP on it from the external drive? Don’t ask why I would do that.

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A Microsoft Free life on a PC….Installing a new OS….?

Posted on May 18, 2013 | 4 Comments

I have an out of the box laptop (compaq…789 MHz, 384 MG RAM), and I am most satisfied with what I have, except for the whole Microsoft thing…I am already using Firefox, Thunderbird, and Open Office (love them all)… But I want to stop using XP, and start using a Linux…so the questions are:

a) which Linux product? I have no special needs. I just need an OS that do the normal everyday operations of a normal person with a laptop.

b) How do I do it? Should I split up my harddrive (how?) Should I scrap XP on the whole? Do I need to reinstall all of my programs and drivers to meet the new OS? In short, I am a dummy when it somes to this, and want to make sure that I am not shooting myself in the skull when I am just trying to scratch an itch…Thanks…

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Do I have to reinstall windows to install linux?

Posted on May 17, 2013 | 5 Comments

To dual boot.

In other words, will I have to format the hard drive?
I know that.

But do you know the answer to my question?
ALSO:

How much do you space do you think it would take to install Linux with bootloader?

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Linux installation ?

Posted on May 15, 2013 | 4 Comments

I need to install Linux on my PC which already has WindowsXP. I turn on the PC with the Linux CD inside and, when the installation guide(or wizzard or else:) says that it wants to shrink partition /windows/D (it’s actually /dev/sda5) and create the swap partition, the root Linux partition and partition for /home, I tell it to shrink /windows/E instead (and I adjust the other partitions accordingly).

Then an error while resizing partition E (/dev/sda6) turns out saying:

“Opening ‘/dev/sda6′ as NTFS failed: Operation not permitted. The NTFS partition is hibernated. Windows must be resumed and turned off properly, so resizing could be done safely.”

What does this mean ??? Isn’t Windows already turned off, cause I power on the PC and while booting the system reads the installation CD ???

This is the first time that I try to do such a thing so…. :) help ! :)

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