[ubuntu-uk] Diagnosing Faulty HDD

2011-11-29 Thread Jon Reynolds
Hi Folks, My son claims his hard drive is faulty. He lives remote from me so I couldn't look at the symptoms first hand. His diagnoses is basically, that when he tried to log in (WinXP) the password would only work if he puts caps lock on (?) and when he was logged in, there were many many

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnosing Faulty HDD

2011-11-29 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 29 November 2011 08:58, Jon Reynolds maill...@jcrdevelopments.comwrote: Hi Folks, My son claims his hard drive is faulty. He lives remote from me so I couldn't look at the symptoms first hand. His diagnoses is basically, that when he tried to log in (WinXP) the password would only work if

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnosing Faulty HDD

2011-11-29 Thread Steve Fisher
If your netbook has a CD drive try this: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ Can put it on a flash drive, but you will need an external CD drive or access to a laptop/desktop. Sounds to me like it is more likely to be virus related (windows opening by themselves...) Steve --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnosing Faulty HDD

2011-11-29 Thread Steve Fisher
Also download an antivirus rescue live USB/CD e.g. http://www.avg.com/gb-en/avg-rescue-cd-download Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnosing Faulty HDD

2011-11-29 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Tue, November 29, 2011 09:46, Simon Greenwood wrote: I've got to agree that it sounds like software level corruption, especially the problem with logging in. However, there is a command line programme called ntfsfix which is essentially fdsk for Windows disks which should at least report

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnosing Faulty HDD

2011-11-29 Thread Dave Morley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 29/11/11 10:00, Steve Fisher wrote: Also download an antivirus rescue live USB/CD e.g. http://www.avg.com/gb-en/avg-rescue-cd-download Steve Trinity rescue kit and hirens boot cd my friend. If you get the iso burn it boot from it and run

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnosing Faulty HDD

2011-11-29 Thread Colin Law
On 29 November 2011 11:18, Jon Reynolds maill...@jcrdevelopments.com wrote: On Tue, November 29, 2011 09:46, Simon Greenwood wrote: I've got to agree that it sounds like software level corruption, especially the problem with logging in. However, there is a command line programme called

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Top Posting

2011-11-29 Thread James Tait
On 28/11/11 10:07, Colin Law wrote: On 28 November 2011 09:44, Jon Reynoldsmaill...@jcrdevelopments.com wrote: On Thu, November 24, 2011 19:36, Liam Proven wrote: Would you say your signature should be at the complete bottom, including all quoted text, or just after your immediate reply? I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Top Posting

2011-11-29 Thread Colin Law
On 29 November 2011 10:13, James Tait james.t...@wyrddreams.org wrote: On 28/11/11 10:07, Colin Law wrote: On 28 November 2011 09:44, Jon Reynoldsmaill...@jcrdevelopments.com  wrote: On Thu, November 24, 2011 19:36, Liam Proven wrote: Would you say your signature should be at the complete

[ubuntu-uk] Printer Authentification

2011-11-29 Thread Michael Daniels
I now get a request to enter authentication for each print job, 10.04, have never previously needed a password to print something, have looked everywhere for help, nothing found. Any ideas, please ?-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printer Authentification

2011-11-29 Thread Daniel Case
Hey Michael, Is it a local printer, or is it done across the network with CUPS? Daniel On 30 November 2011 00:08, Michael Daniels michae...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: I now get a request to enter authentication for each print job, 10.04, have never previously needed a password to print something,