Cobb Posted July 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 I've got a question for you computer guru's *cough cough lkr*. Since I use my computer a lot I ALWAYS have it plugged it. Is that a bad thing considering I leave it on overnight basically every night of the year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 its a laptop? turn it off before you kill dat battery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren2ThaG Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Not new, but new in the household. made in March of 05'. Sony Vaio---Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.40GHZ3.0 GB Ram, NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Is it considered good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 not considered good but it will work for browsing the internet/checking email/listening to music/IMing just fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamerGuy Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Facebook won't load up for me. Every other website works fine, but Facebook won't load. Whenever I try to click on links from my email (like when someone responds to a status, friend requests, ect.) I get a 404 - Page Not Found error. I've cleared my cache and cookies, ran CCleaner, and disabled Windows and Comodo firewall, but it still won't load up. I'm running a virus scan now, but it hasn't picked anything up yet. I'm about to pull my hair out here, anyone got any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamerGuy Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Of course, NOW it decides to work. Lovely. :wallbash3: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobb Posted July 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 its a laptop? turn it off before you kill dat batteryI have two batteries because one only last like 3 minutes before it dies. I usually just leave that one in at all times. It is possible for it to completely die? To the point where I can't even have it in my computer when it's plugged in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobb Posted February 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 For some reason videos on ESPN.com and sites like that won't work. Any advice on what to do to fix the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Get a better laptop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deestillballin Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 For some reason videos on ESPN.com and sites like that won't work. Any advice on what to do to fix the problem? Most videos on most websites require flash.. do you have the most updated one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Instigator Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 For some reason videos on ESPN.com and sites like that won't work. Any advice on what to do to fix the problem?What browser are you on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobb Posted February 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 What browser are you on?Normally Google Chrome, but I have tried IE and still no luck. @Dee - I'll check and see, but I'm pretty sure that I do have then newest version of Flash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Chrome has flash built in. It takes a minute for it to realize you have flash on espn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobb Posted February 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Chrome has flash built in. It takes a minute for it to realize you have flash on espnStill no luck. When I refresh the page I catch a glimpse of the picture in the video, but then it just goes black and I can't click on the play button. http://i55.tinypic.com/qrk7m0.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Anyone with Ubuntu know how to launch non-executable programs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Anyone with Ubuntu know how to launch non-executable programs?what extension? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 what extension? .exe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 (edited) .exea .exe file won't run in linux, that is a windows executable file. you'll have to get a linux compatible compile of it. How to install software in Ubuntu: There are several ways to do this. A few of them are these, from easiest to hardest: - Using the Software Center. Go to Applications -> Software Center. Look for software, press Install.- Using .deb files. DEB files are sort of like .exe or .msi installers for Windows, but even easier. You can get them from the Internet if the Software Center doesn't provide an app (for instance on Getdeb.net). Doubleclick to open them, press Install.- Using a PPA. Software in the Ubuntu repositories is updates with every release, so if you want a cutting edge version of an app, you could use a Personal Package Archive from Launchpad. For instance, if you want to try out Nautilus Elementary from this PPA, open a Terminal and enter these commands: - "Raw" Linux programs. These don't really install themselves, you just run them. For instance, if you download Firefox from Mozilla's website (instead of using the regular Software Center method), you'll get a tar.gz file. Rightclick and Extract it, then go into the folder and run the "firefox" file.- Compile from source. I won't show how to do this, but if the app isn't in the Software Center, doesn't have a pre-packaged DEB and only provides the source code, this is always a possibility. Edited February 21, 2011 by Lkr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 you can also use apt-get https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/apt-get.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren2ThaG Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 any1 know any free malware or virus removers from download.com ? i have Malware bytes anti malware at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 any1 know any free malware or virus removers from download.com ? i have Malware bytes anti malware at the momentmalware bytes is very good. i personally use avast which is free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Thanks that helps a lot. I can't find anything for FBB though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Thanks that helps a lot. I can't find anything for FBB though.a lot of programs don't have Linux support unfortunately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 dash, you should check out wine http://www.winehq.org/download/deb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Already got wine, just not sure on how to use it exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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